Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/10/09 | Georgia
The CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance Database
Here is the database that gathers all of the falsehoods that have been detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance. This database unites fact-checkers in more than 70 countries and includes articles published in at least 40 languages. Para búsquedas en español, haz clic aquí. Faça buscas em português aqui.
Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/10/09 | Georgia
FALSE: Millions of test kits for COVID-19 were sold on World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) in 2017-2018.
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/10/09 | Spain
FALSE: Supposed document from “Doctors for the Truth Canada” saying that de pandemic was caused by an intoxication produced by flu vaccination.
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2020/10/09 | Colombia
Partially False: Cali Mayor declared a red alert in five communes due to COVID-19 outbreak
Fact-Checked by: Estadão Verifica
2020/10/09 | Brazil
FALSE: A former Education Minister said São Paulo’s state government shouldn’t provide vaccine to all it’s population. He claimed people younger than 35 years-old don’t need to receive the vaccine.
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/10/09 | Spain
FALSE: Twitter users say that the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid has rejected the lockdown of Madrid “thanks to (politic party) Vox”
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/10/09 | Spain
FALSE: Donald Trump supposedly said that doctors “have never seen a body kill the coronavirus” as his has done, according to a subtitled video
Fact-Checked by: Newtral.es
2020/10/09 | Spain
FALSE: Proper oral hygiene cures COVID-19
Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/10/08 | Georgia
FALSE: Because of wearing masks, children develop bacterial infectious diseases and a rash appears on their face. Bacteria thrive in warm, humid environments created by prolonged wearing of the mask. After 8 hours of wearing a mask, colonies of bacteria and molds were found on the surface of the mask. The resulting bacteria travel to the lungs and cause long-term results. Accompanying photos show a child with rash on the skin.
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/10/08 | Spain
FALSE: A poorly done PCR test has not pierced a patient’s brain
Fact-Checked by: Science Feedback
2020/10/07 | United States
FALSE: Mortality in the U.S. this year is not materially different from the previous 5 years
Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/10/07 | Georgia
FALSE: The WHO has radically changed its approach to the Covid-19 epidemic. It opposes compulsory vaccination, calls for regulations to be lifted, and changes hygiene recommendations. According to WHO, asymptomatic carriers of the Covid-19 virus can not infect others, so regulations (keeping distance, masks, etc.) make no sense. Old approaches of the WHO were dictated by the Democratic Party of the US.
Fact-Checked by: Chequeado
2020/10/07 | Argentina
FALSE: An article that ensures that the director general of the WHO said that “another pandemic is coming and it will be another tragedy”
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/10/07 | Spain
FALSE: 97 elderly died in an old’s people home in Madrid after getting the flu vaccination in september
Fact-Checked by: Facta
2020/10/07 | Italy, Germany
FALSE: 3 young girls died in German after wearing a face mask
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