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Claim: A video shows Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates briefing the CIA in 2005 about a mind-altering vaccine. In May 2020, a video (below) supposedly showing Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates briefing the CIA about a mind-altering vaccine was circulated on social media. [embedded content] But the …
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The question was posed bluntly to the nearly 100,000 members of a Facebook group devoted to ending Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home orders, with a user writing, “if there was a vaccine for coronavirus would you be likely to take it.” “Absolutely not.” The resoundingly negative answers streamed forth, …
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OTTAWA — A new study suggests Canadians are not immune from misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent survey by the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa found 46 per cent of respondents believed at least one of four widespread myths about the …
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Lagos, Nigeria CNN — British media regulator Ofcom has imposed sanctions against a channel founded by Nigerian megachurch preacher Chris Oyakhilome for airing “unsubstantiated claims” linking 5G to the coronavirus pandemic. The regulator said while it does not oppose broadcasts airing …
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Claim: Martial arts movie star Chuck Norris has died from the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can help. Find out what we’ve learned and how to inoculate yourself against COVID-19 …
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Stephan Lewandowsky studies the way people think, and in particular, why they engage in conspiracy theories. So when the cognitive scientist from England’s …
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On February 2, more than a month before the World Health Organization deemed the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic, it declared that the virus had led to a “massive infodemic.” WHO observed “an overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy …
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As the COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the country and the world, misinformation surrounding the coronavirus is also spreading at an alarming rate. In a video series TIME is producing with Katie Couric, Dr. Emily Vraga, an Associate Professor of Health Communication at the University of …
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Source: CDC/Public Domain Back in February, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned about an anticipated “infodemic” of COVID-19 misinformation. Unsurprisingly, the “infodemic” has become a reality just three months later, with mundane misinformation and more outlandish conspiracy theories about …
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Claim: People vaccinated for seasonal influenza face higher chances of catching SARS-COV-2, which causes COVID-19, or testing positive for the virus when they do not actually have it. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can …
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