Bookmarks on Coronavirus Misinformation

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• The US CDC has projected nearly 300,000 excessive deaths in 2020 compared to previous years. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-chart-us-death-figures-2020-idUSKBN2872MV

  

  Li Chen

  Dec 30, 2020
• A new disinformation campaign on COVID-19 has been debunked.

  

  Li Chen

  

  "World Doctors Alliance" shares false and misleading claims about the Covid-19 pandemic

  afp.com - Multiple sources

  The video, which has been editd to about four minutes, was posted by a European-based group of international medical practitioners calling themselves …

• Conspiracies on vaccines

  

  Li Chen

  

  Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more

  BBC News - By Flora Carmichael and Jack Goodman

  The fear that a vaccine will somehow change your DNA is one we've seen aired regularly on social media. The BBC asked three independent scientists about this. They said that the coronavirus vaccine would not alter human DNA. Some of the newly created vaccines, including the one now approved in the UK …

• A conspiracy sequel.

  

  Li Chen

  

  New ‘Plandemic’ film promotes coronavirus conspiracy theory

  afp.com - Multiple sources

  A film titled “Plandemic: Indoctornation” promotes the idea that the coronavirus pandemic ravaging countries around the world is the result of an …

• Not all scientific papers are the same.

  

  Li Chen

  

  Discredited scientific paper behind false claims on COVID-5G link

  afp.com - Multiple sources

  “NIH Admits 5G Can Actually Create Coronavirus Within Human Cells,” social media posts and blog articles say, based on a study first published on …

• More conspiracy concerning masks and hydroxychloroquine

  

  Li Chen

  

  Misleading Virus Video, Pushed by the Trumps, Spreads Online

  The New York Times - By Sheera Frenkel and Davey Alba

  Social media companies took down the video within hours. But by then, it had already been viewed tens of millions of times. In a video posted Monday online, a group of people calling themselves “America’s Frontline Doctors” and wearing white medical coats spoke against the backdrop of the Supreme …