Is There ‘No Scientific Proof’ That Social Distancing Prevents the Spread of Coronavirus?
A University of Southern California professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics claimed that social distancing is ineffective.
A University of Southern California professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics claimed that social distancing is ineffective.
Two major advocacy groups said they “emphatically condemn” Daniel Erickson and Artin Massihi’s statements.
Screenshots of a CNN chyron purportedly transposing the global death toll of COVID-19 with its infection rate spread on social media.
After Gov. Brian Kemp said that Georgia businesses were to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, a Facebook post (and copies) urged everyone to call the governor’s mansion for a tour.
The “archbishop” who contacted U.S. President Donald Trump about a fake COVID-19 “cure” is a veritable wellspring of disinformation.
A tweet from pundit Bill Mitchell asserted that COVID-19 was no big deal compared to H1N1, but he included questionable figures about infection and mortality rates to make his point.
A popular tweet about the number of deaths in the United States attributed to the virus attempted to put them into perspective.
Amid COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests, a viral tweet claimed that the second wave of a pandemic a century before was far deadlier than the first.
A purported photograph of “canine coronavirus vaccine from 2001” keeps recirculating — let’s talk about what “novel coronavirus” actually means.
On social media, a viral tweet purportedly showed a protester displaying a “sacrifice the weak” sign at a COVID-19 anti-lockdown protest in Tennessee.