Is the 2005 Film ‘V for Vendetta’ About a Virus — and Set in 2020?
In June 2020, a viral post maintained the 2005 film “V for Vendetta” was set in the year 2020, and that it centered around the use of a virus to control people.
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Did Betsy DeVos Say ‘Only .02 Percent’ of Students Would Die if Schools Reopened?
Posts claiming that the Trump administration’s Education Secretary said that “only .02 percent” of children would die from COVID-19 if schools reopened circulated — along with an estimate of nearly 15,000 reopening-related deaths.
Richard Rose Dies of COVID-19, After Repeated ‘COVID Denier’ Posts
A Facebook user posted repeatedly that he did not believe COVID-19 was a risk; he contracted SARS-CoV-2 and died in early July 2020.
‘New Cases, Yesterday: Germany: 298, Denmark: 10, Norway: 11, Sweden: 57 — United States: 55,442’
Debate over reopening schools for the 2020-2021 school year in the United States led to a viral tweet about the purported number of new cases of coronavirus in various countries.
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?
‘This is the Beach Today in Raleigh, NC! Covid is Never Going Away!’
Screenshots of a Facebook post purportedly showing a crowded beach in North Carolina appeared along with laments about failure to implement social distancing.
‘In Case You’re Wondering What Utter, Abject Failure Looks Like’: Are These USA, France, Italy, and Spain COVID-19 Charts?
A quartet of purported COVID-19 charts — the USA, France, Italy, and Spain — are spreading sourcelessly across social media.
Did a Teenager Get Pleurisy From Wearing a Face Mask for Work?
No — but this “friend of a friend” anti-mask tale has been spreading like wildfire on Facebook.
COVID-19 Risk Levels Chart: Accurate?
Chances are you’ve seen a nine-row “COVID-19 Risk Levels” chart on social media… but why are “pontoon boats” one of the few activities included?
The ‘Asymptomatic Carriers’ of COVID-19 Controversy, Explained
When it seemed that the World Health Organization had declared that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 was a “rare” issue, the claim predictably spread like wildfire — but, as usual, the clarification didn’t.