california mandatory covid testing

Is Ventura County COVID-19 Testing and Removing Children from Homes?

Disinformation, Fact Checks / By Kim LaCapria / May 12, 2020

“Force testing” and the threat of taking children into foster care has emerged as a massive subthread of coronavirus conspiracies and disinformation, among them a video from Ventura County, California.

Is the California Department of Social Services Mandating COVID-19 Testing for Eligible Families — and Threatening to Place Children in Foster Care?

Disinformation, Fact Checks / By Kim LaCapria / May 11, 2020

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.