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Daily Debunk
Claim: Sanctions in Syria are preventing the arrival of coronavirus vaccines.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: EUvsDisinfo
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: False claims that infants are being trained for "lifelong mask learning."
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Reuters Fact Check
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
One Year In: How COVID's Toll Compares With Other Causes of Death
Covid has become the country’s third-leading cause of death, and could be on its way to outpacing cancer. COVID-19 has become the third-leading cause of death in the United States and could be on its way to surpass cancer.
-- Politifact, via Kaiser Health News, March 11
