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Daily Debunk
Claim: Pfizer trial documents say vaccinated people can transmit vaccine to others through skin contact, with "devastating" results.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: USA Today
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: A claim has circulated online in India that gargling a mixture of hot water and potassium alum "can save" people from COVID-19.
Verdict: Misleading
Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Why is the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccine campaign faltering?
India’s COVID-19 surge has become a tsunami, with hospitals overwhelmed and funeral pyres burning throughout the nights. Yet the country’s vaccination campaign is languishing, with less than 3% of Indians fully vaccinated as of 16 May.
-- Science, May 19
