{"id":102058,"date":"2021-01-12T02:03:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/the-infodemic-article-headline-misleads-on-asymptomatic-covid-transmission\/"},"modified":"2021-01-12T13:07:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T07:07:27","slug":"the-infodemic-article-headline-misleads-on-asymptomatic-covid-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/the-infodemic-article-headline-misleads-on-asymptomatic-covid-transmission\/","title":{"rendered":"The Infodemic: Article Headline Misleads on Asymptomatic COVID Transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here\u200b.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Daily Debunk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Claim: <\/strong>A study showed that asymptomatic transmission of Covid-19 \u201cdidn\u2019t occur at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict:<\/strong> Misleading<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story at:<\/strong> Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Social Media Disinfo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img alt=\"Screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/88A2B653-FB93-4D6E-A7C9-51AE0BEF95EF_w650_r0_s-1.jpg\"\/><\/p><figcaption>Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Circulating on social media: <\/strong>Claim that the nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is dead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict:<\/strong> False<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story at: <\/strong>Reuters<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Factual Reads on Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Scientists are monitoring a coronavirus mutation that could affect the strength of vaccines<\/strong><br \/>As scientists try to track the spread of a new, more infectious coronavirus variant around the world \u2014 finding more cases in the United States and elsewhere this week \u2014 they are also keeping an eye on a different mutation with potentially greater implications for how well Covid-19 vaccines work.<br \/>&#8212; Stat, January 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here\u200b. Daily Debunk Claim: A study showed that asymptomatic transmission of Covid-19 \u201cdidn\u2019t occur at all.\u201d Verdict: Misleading Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse Social Media Disinfo Screenshot Circulating on social media: Claim that the nurse who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}