Coronavirus ‘Memo from a Grocery Store Manager’
A letter from a grocery store manager during the COVID-19 pandemic went viral, but its provenance is unknown.
A letter from a grocery store manager during the COVID-19 pandemic went viral, but its provenance is unknown.
A viral image purportedly showing the British flag on the side of the Matterhorn as a beacon of hope during the coronavirus pandemic looked altered — but it wasn’t.
Health officials have already refuted the idea that “traditional” remedies can work against the virus.
A viral post about COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine shared to Medium’s platform has since been removed, but copies continued spreading on social media.
Citing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least three states took steps to walk back bans on plastic shopping bags, while environmental advocacy groups accused the plastics industry of seizing on the virus for their own purposes. In late March 2020, Massachusetts and New Hampshire suspended their state bans on the plastic bags, while a …
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A fly-by-night “MAGA” site headline falsely claimed that the Supreme Court ruled that the President of the United States can “remove” the Minority Leader from the Senate.
A real journalist’s account was hacked and used to promote a phishing scheme.
After the CDC recommended use of face masks in public during the COVID-19 pandemic, a purported vintage family portrait from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic showed a family wearing masks — including their cat.
Rumors circulated that Joe Biden’s campaign scheduled a “virtual fireside chat,” charging attendees $2,800 to view a livestream.
Social media users misconstrued the language of a gun safety bill introduced in January 2020.