The Coronavirus Collection: Fact-Checking COVID-19

As the potentially deadly virus spread from Wuhan, China, to the rest of the world, misinformation tagged along.

In late December 2019, a new coronavirus was discovered in the Chinese city of Wuhan. As the disease eventually dubbed COVID-19 spread from that region to the rest of the world, something else came with it — an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation.

Here’s a compilation of claims we’ve fact-checked so far, separated by category:

• Origins and Spread
• Prevention and Treatments
• Prevention and Treatments II
• International Response
• U.S. Government Response
• Trump and the Pandemic
• Conspiracy Theories and ‘Predictions’
• Memes and Misinformation
• Viral Videos
• Business and Industry
• Entertainment

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by Brandon Echter