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    Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

    Daily Debunk

    Claim: Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.

    Verdict: True

    Read the full story at: PolitiFact

    Social Media Disinfo

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    Circulating on social media: Claim that masks do not protect from COVID-19 and that their use makes you sick.

    Verdict: False

    Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

    Factual Reads on Coronavirus

    How the world can avoid screwing up the response to Covid-19 again
    STAT ... asked 11 experts in infectious disease, epidemiology, and pandemic preparedness how to avoid the mistakes, poor decisions, and incompetence of this spring.
    -- Stat, June 5

    Does drug touted by Trump work on COVID-19? After data debacle, we still don't know
    Hydroxychloroquine was shown in laboratory experiments earlier this year to be able to block the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, but this effect has not been replicated in rigorous trials in people.
    -- Reuters, June 4

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