Is a Texas Doctor Curing COVID-19 Patients For $50?
Dr. Brian Procter gained attention on both Facebook and YouTube for his “aggressive outpatient regimen.”
2020
Richard Rose Dies of COVID-19, After Repeated ‘COVID Denier’ Posts
A Facebook user posted repeatedly that he did not believe COVID-19 was a risk; he contracted SARS-CoV-2 and died in early July 2020.
Wayfair Child Trafficking Conspiracy Theory
Commenters shared suspicions about inexplicably expensive Wayfair WFX cabinets, sparking a new conspiracy theory about human trafficking.
‘New Cases, Yesterday: Germany: 298, Denmark: 10, Norway: 11, Sweden: 57 — United States: 55,442’
Debate over reopening schools for the 2020-2021 school year in the United States led to a viral tweet about the purported number of new cases of coronavirus in various countries.
Why Is the Coronavirus Test So Invasive? Would a Cheek Swab Work?
“If modern science can do a complete DNA mapping from a cheek swab,” is COVID-19 testing unnecessarily unpleasant?
‘Ghislaine Maxwell Was Arrested by the FBI, Can We Talk About How Similar She Looks to Madeleine McCann’s Female Abductor Sketch’?
After Jeffrey Epstein’s companion was arrested, a viral Facebook post compared her to a purported sketch of “Madeleine McCann’s female abductor.”
Did Carsyn Davis Die After Attending a ‘COVID Party’?
The untimely death of Florida teenager Carsyn Leigh Davis led to rumors that she had been intentionally infected at a First Youth Church “COVID party.”
Are ‘BLM Convoys’ Threatening to ‘Occupy Atlanta’?
A longtime conspiracy theorist tried to regurgitate disinformation around anti-fascist protesters in order to smear the Black Lives Matter movement.
‘Daughter of MLK and Coretta Scott King Posted This Advice as the Next Six Months are Going to Get Real’
In July 2020, a list containing advice attributed to Bernice King began circulating on Facebook.
LAPD ‘14188’ Badge Number Controversy
In July 2020, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) apparently deleted a long-published “LAPD Badge Description” page because 14188 was its example number.