Disinformation peddlers are hoping you don’t read the text of H.R. 6666 (also known as the TRACE Act), because it in no way mandates COVID-19 testing or the removal of children from homes.
A frightening (and fake) letter attributed to the California Department of Social Services circulated on Facebook, claiming that residents were being forced to submit to COVID-19 testing under threat of taking their children away.
A book listing spotted online was interpreted as a dig by the author against his former partner, performer Amanda Palmer.
A graphic aiming to exhort people to take the disease seriously only adds to the confusion surrounding it.
Well before COVID-19, murder bees, and whatever November will bring, FARK’s Drew Curtis said “I’m a time traveler from 2020. Enjoy 2016 – it’s as good as it gets for awhile.”
A viral Facebook meme misrepresents why hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine fell from favor and remdesivir became the next great COVID-19 hope.
The Simpsons prediction industrial complex is back at it, this time claiming that COVID-19 was prognosticated by the show — complete with “murder bees” — in May 1993.
A now-viral video was released to promote an upcoming book and documentary.
A number of purported exemption “passes” or badges circulated on social media during the coronavirus pandemic, all falsely asserting that individuals could skirt local mask-wearing orders by citing HIPAA.
Audio from the governor’s conference call with state lawmakers surfaced after a two-day spike in infections statewide.
