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Daily Debunk
Claim: A Filipino official advised giving China's Sinovac vaccine to poor people.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: A video purportedly showing a large crowd gathered in Madrid, Spain, to protest against COVID-19 restrictions.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Check Your Fact
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 nursing home fiasco shows the ethical perils of pandemic policymaking
The humbling of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on pandemic policy has been spectacular and swift. Within a matter of days, one of America’s most trusted voices in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic became a political pariah.
-- Stat, February 26
