Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 17, 2020
Criticism over the failure to conduct immediate, widespread coronavirus testing in the U.S. focu ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 17, 2020
A viral video that claims breathing hot air from a hair dryer could cure COVID-19 demonstrates a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2020
Even looming food shortages are apparently not enough to prompt some consumers to try soy- and t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2020
This quote has been circulating since at least 2004, but its provenance is still unknown.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 17, 2020
Ethylene glycol, used in antifreeze, is indeed extremely poisonous to animals. But does hand san ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2020
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night — nor a pandemic — has much chance of delaying ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 16, 2020
A viral social media post claimed Italian doctors were not treating older patients with coronavi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
You can't conjure up a giveaway out of thin air.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
This false rumor demonstrates how one subtle video edit can achieve a huge deception.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
Announcements of a "national lockdown" or "mandatory quarantine" would not be made via viral tex ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 16, 2020
French medical advice warned that "adverse effects" of drugs such as ibuprofen had been reported ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 15, 2020
Medical professionals believe positive coronavirus retests are more likely the result of errors ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 14, 2020
What works for colds is unlikely to help an already-infected person stave off the COVID-19 coron ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 14, 2020
Even if COVID-19 hasn't infected the entire population, a mania for buying bathroom tissue appar ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 14, 2020
It's puzzling why more conspirators aren't caught when they operate so brazenly.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 13, 2020
Malicious actors often attempt to spread malware by disguising it as information from credible s ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 12, 2020
The giraffe and her calf, which both had a condition known as leucism, went missing over four mo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 12, 2020
A personal account concerning the spread of COVID-19 in Italy went viral in March 2020.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 12, 2020
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson truly did announce they had tested positive for the new coronavirus in ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 12, 2020
Conrad Heyer played a role in the founding of the United States and in the history of early phot ...
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