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Snopes investigates conspiracy theories about the origins, discovery, and official responses to the novel coronavirus and COVID-19.
by Snopes Staff, May 19, 2020
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Various alternative theories have emerged to challenge the so-called "official narrative" recounting the emergence and discovery of the novel coronavirus, and how national governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our fact checks of those claims below.
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April 1, 2020
The coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 has deadly adaptations that make it perfect for infecti ...
Feb. 20, 2020
A piece of horror fiction was a little too believable for some readers.
April 2, 2020
Somehow, some way, business magnate George Soros gets accused of being involved in almost every ...
Feb. 18, 2020
The arrest of a Harvard professor fueled conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 coronavirus dise ...
March 3, 2020
A conspiratorial meme about disease outbreaks got a number of key facts wrong.
Jan. 29, 2020
Some concern arose over apparent connections between the video game "Resident Evil" and a new co ...
March 14, 2020
It's puzzling why more conspirators aren't caught when they operate so brazenly.
Feb. 14, 2020
A relatively mundane incident went viral due in part to rising fears about an outbreak of a new ...
Feb. 6, 2020
A disreputable website spread unfounded claims in the wake of a new coronavirus outbreak.
Feb. 24, 2020
A data map that appeared in a popular Twitter thread did not show what some people claimed.
March 31, 2020
Social media posts painted a misleading picture about the plan for distributing ventilators amid ...
April 2, 2020
This video is real, but it has nothing to do with 5G or the coronavirus pandemic.
April 9, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
April 10, 2020
This is the false rumor you get when you mix a door-to-door salesman, a health ministry T-shirt, ...
April 13, 2020
A conspiracy-tinged essay attributed to the former Fox News host went viral on social media.
April 15, 2020
A chiropractor's screed against "fake news" and his advocacy for the curative properties of Schw ...
April 15, 2020
Many people do more than one thing, in different places, during their lifetimes.
April 17, 2020
Facebook users started a posting trend to show solidarity with 2020's graduating seniors who are ...
April 23, 2020
Gowdy: "We have enough going on in our country right now without propagating misinformation."
April 23, 2020
Sometimes a bat is just a bat — even in American Samoa.
April 24, 2020
While it isn't unusual to see international cooperation in the field of virology, this claim str ...
May 14, 2020
Anti-vaccine advocates, including Dr. Rashid Buttar, have seized on the COVID-19 coronavirus pan ...
May 15, 2020
An outdated conspiracy video about FEMA camps and vaccines gained new life amid 2020 pandemic wo ...
May 19, 2020
An old piece of television equipment was used to further a conspiracy theory about 5G and COVID-19.
