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Snopes investigates the memes, rumors, jokes, and misinformation spreading on social media in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, cont.
by Snopes Staff, May 28, 2020
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No matter what the news event is, we'll always see memes. COVID-19 is no exception. In this collection, Snopes investigates the memes, rumors, jokes, and misinformation spreading on social media in the wake of the 2020 coronavirus outbreak.
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April 7, 2020
The predictive value of cherry-picked data is generally low to insignificant.
April 6, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
April 6, 2020
A global pandemic did indeed inspire this poem. But that's as far as it goes.
April 3, 2020
The IRS has not announced if Americans will be able to track the status of their stimulus paymen ...
April 3, 2020
Memes exploiting fear over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have been widespread on social media.
April 3, 2020
A story that went viral was later clarified with regard to key details.
April 2, 2020
A viral hoax warned against going out to buy bread, of all things, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 20, 2020
A few wildlife sightings were excitedly shared across social media as a note of sunny news amid ...
March 27, 2020
Shelter-in-place orders amid the coronavirus pandemic may have given wildlife — and our imagina ...
April 1, 2020
Sandra the orangutan loves to wash her hands. We should all be more like Sandra.
March 31, 2020
A strange sight for strange times.
March 30, 2020
A "quote" shared widely during the COVID-19 pandemic may have felt timely, but that is probably ...
April 7, 2020
The story of a Texas woman who reportedly shared a Facebook post claiming the coronavirus outbre ...
April 10, 2020
Networks from the Balkans nation are deploying divisive content and patriotic nostalgia, echoing ...
April 16, 2020
A viral photograph from a protest against stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic was l ...
April 16, 2020
The definition of a "school shooting" varies depending on whom you ask.
April 17, 2020
A viral meme about the "Spanish flu" pandemic gets some general points right, but the presented ...
May 1, 2020
The right-wing commentator received backlash on social media when the tragic benchmark was met.
May 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused prices for meat and proteins to climb across the board.
May 20, 2020
Giuliani tacitly echoed President Donald Trump's assertion that the COVID-19 coronavirus came fr ...
May 26, 2020
It's definitely difficult to photograph a place that doesn't exist.
May 28, 2020
This visual aid did not involve a person with COVID-19.
