Chuck Grassley’s ‘Spanish Flu’ Tweet Adds to Wave of Xenophobic COVID-19 Rhetoric From GOP
As the disease has gone on, so has Republicans’ urge to demonize China for it.
As the disease has gone on, so has Republicans’ urge to demonize China for it.
On March 17 2020, Imperial College London’s coronavirus response modeling report came to the attention of the broader public — which is why you’re suddenly seeing it everywhere.
Novel coronavirus strain COVID-19 prompted a rumor that a “St. Corona” was the patron saint of epidemics — but that’s not exactly the case.
A South Carolina firm became a symbol of tenant anger after a note purportedly from them spread online.
A screenshot of a Facebook status update advises Americans economically affected by the coronavirus pandemic to dial 866-211-9966 for assistance from the United Way.
We noted several attempts by the U.S. president to downplay the epidemic.
Rumors circulating via text message, on social media, and through Google Docs (as well as other vectors) contain a claim that a four-week-long quarantine will go into effect for all Americans at the beginning of April 2020 — but that remains completely unsubstantiated.
Pet warnings are always popular, and COVID-19’s link to hand sanitizer made sure that a claim that it was fatal to animals spread far and wide..
Amazon is only planning to suspend its receipt of shipments from third-party merchants, but that part of a viral story was hidden behind a paywall.
A meme making the rounds on social media criticizing Republicans contains several factual errors.