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Daily Debunk
Claim: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of 50,000 daily deaths in India as it battles a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Claim that COVID-19 vaccines "skipped all animal trials."
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: PolitiFact
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
How the Covid pandemic ends: Scientists look to the past to see the future
At this point, it’s fair to assume people the world over are asking themselves the same two questions: How will this end? And when?
--Stat, May 19
