Rapunzel Was Quarantined in ‘Tangled,’ Google the Name of Her Kingdom?
Posts about quarantine plot points of “Tangled” led to discourse about Rapunzel’s kingdom purportedly being named “Corona.”
Posts about quarantine plot points of “Tangled” led to discourse about Rapunzel’s kingdom purportedly being named “Corona.”
The second most popular post on Reddit’s r/all on March 18 2020 illustrated incongruent coronavirus pandemic directives, one day after a sobering report about COVID-19 measures drew worldwide attention.
Images circulated of United States President Donald Trump crossing out the “corona” in “coronavirus,” and writing “Chinese” in its place.
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.