Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.
Daily Debunk
Claim: Americans must fill out the census to get a stimulus check during the coronavirus emergency..
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Viral video purporting to show mass graves of COVID-19 victims in Italy in fact taken from a TV mini-series.
Verdict: False
Read the full story: "Fact Check: This viral video of mass graves is not from Italy but from a TV series" -- India Today
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
No, the coronavirus wasn’t made in a lab. A genetic analysis shows it’s from nature
The virus’s genetic makeup reveals that SARS-CoV-2 isn’t a mishmash of known viruses, as might be expected if it were human-made.
-- ScienceNews, March 26
