Coronavirus Hoaxes and Rumours

  • Coronavirus Hoaxes and Rumours

Type three digit number with “new cases” is proof of COVID-19 conspiracy? Fact Check

An online conspiracy claims to demonstrate that the COVID-19 pandemic has somehow been manufactured by the mainstream media, because you…

4 years ago
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Has Ghislaine Maxwell contracted COVID-19 while in prison? Fact Check

Rumours are spreading online that claim Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeremy Epstein who was arrested on charges related…

4 years ago
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Is UK using black people at guinea pigs in COVID-19 vaccines? Fact Check

A message spreading on social media claims that the UK is currently testing a COVID-19 vaccination on black people, effectively…

4 years ago
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Have phones been automatically signed up to COVID-19 contact tracing? Fact Check

A message is circulating social media that claims those who do not have a contact tracing app installed on their…

4 years ago
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Did Italian doctors discover COVID-19 not a virus? Fact Check

Long winded claims online assert that Italy has discovered that COVID-19 is not a virus but a bacterium that can…

4 years ago
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Are COVID-19 apps secretly tracking your phone contacts? Fact Check

A number of different messages spreading across social media warn readers not to install COVID-19 tracing apps because they can…

4 years ago
  • Coronavirus Hoaxes and Rumours

Does Healthy Together COVID-19 app store and track phone contacts of users? Fact Check

A message on social media claims that COVID-19 contact tracing app Healthy Together will have access to a user's phone…

5 years ago
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Does HR 6666 allow forced entry, testing and quarantine? Fact Check

Conspiracies on social media claim that the proposed legislation HR 6666 would allow government officials to enter homes without consent…

5 years ago
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Does video show Mike Pence carrying empty PPE boxes for PR stunt? Fact Check

Messages online claim that Vice President Mike Pence was carrying empty PPE boxes to a nursing home as part of…

5 years ago
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Was doctor suspended for complaining about PPE on BBC? Fact Check

Messages online claim that an NHS doctor who spoke out on the BBC about the lack of PPE (personal protective…

5 years ago