Did Los Angeles and NYC Announce ‘No More Concerts In 2020’?
An overstated claim by a new Twitter account issued without citations was still shared widely on the website.
An overstated claim by a new Twitter account issued without citations was still shared widely on the website.
Low-information social media users made light of a man’s death to try and insult “the media.”
“Here are the dipshits giving each other COVID to protest the quarantine at the Ohio State House this morning, looking like a frame from Zach Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake,” read one popular post.
A viral tweet suggests that the White House advisor said that COVID-19 “isn’t COVID-1,” possibly implying a numerical progression of successive COVID-numbered coronaviruses.
“Where is my stimulus deposit?” and “How to track stimulus check” were top searches as coronavirus checks were disbursed — you may have to give the IRS information to get your stimulus payment.
“Alternative health” advocate Joseph Mercola admits he doesn’t have evidence supporting his claim.
A spiraling conspiracy theory about exaggerated coronavirus mortality holds that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered every death in the United States be attributed to COVID-19 — even getting “hit by a bus.”
“Pick your quarantine house” memes are fun, and a bit of needed levity during a dark time — and here’s why they’re suddenly everywhere.
Facebook marked the image as a “true” fact check, but the uncited claim used an unrelated image that dated back to at least 2015 — years before COVID-19 came into existence.
After the Vermont senator and former presidential candidate endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, a meme recirculated suggesting that Sanders said he would never tell people how to vote (and if he did, not to listen to him.)