Did the Trump Campaign Use His COVID-19 Diagnosis in a Fundraising Message? An image spreading online seized on the United States president's announcement of a positive test result.
CDC Removes ‘Airborne’ COVID-19 Content In September 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added -- and then removed -- information about aerosolized spread of SARS-CoV-2.
Was the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally a Super-Spreader Event? Social media posts suggested the August 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally generated more than $12 billion in healthcare costs and may have led to as many as a quarter of a million new cases.
‘Yesterday, 4 Canadians Died of COVID, 7 Italians, 9 Germans, and 1,263 Americans’ A viral post appears to contrast the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Canada, Italy, Germany, and the United States on a single day in August 2020.
Were 94 Percent of COVID-19 Deaths Caused by ‘Underlying Conditions’? A spate of false posts and stories pushed a claim downplaying the deadliness of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Will Boston University Begin Awarding Posthumous Degrees in 2020? A student newspaper attracted attention after breaking the news on the school's new policy.
‘New Zealand Rugby Game Today as We Have No COVID Cases’ Posts on Reddit purportedly show a rugby game with many spectators in New Zealand on June 26 2020.
‘It’s Just a Mask, It’s Just a Vaccine’ [Covid Fanfics] One of many overdramatic circulating Facebook posts claims that the use of face masks is proof positive the United States has become "an obedient socialist country."
‘State of Illinois Definition of a COVID-19 Death’ Questionable online accounts tried to cast doubt on the tracking method for deaths in Illinois -- and, by inference, beyond.
Why Is the Coronavirus Test So Invasive? Would a Cheek Swab Work? "If modern science can do a complete DNA mapping from a cheek swab," is COVID-19 testing unnecessarily unpleasant?