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The Coronavirus Collection: Anti-Lockdown Protests

As the potentially deadly virus spread from Wuhan, China, to the rest of the world, misinformation tagged along.

by Snopes Staff, June 11, 2020


Image courtesy of CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM


In late December 2019, a new coronavirus was discovered in the Chinese city of Wuhan. As the disease eventually dubbed COVID-19 spread from that region to the rest of the world, something else came with it — an "infodemic" of rumors and misinformation.

You can find a compilation of claims we've fact-checked so far, separated by category, below.

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The Coronavirus Collection: Memes and Misinformation II

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The Coronavirus Collection: Viral Videos

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The Coronavirus Collection: Anti-Lockdown Protests

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