COVID-19 Pandemic

The Infodemic: Does the US Lead the World in COVID-19 Testing?

The New Orleans Health Department, LCMC Health, and LSU Health Sciences offer free coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk-up testing at the Treme Recreation Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 12, 2020.

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Daily Debunk

Claim: The United States leads the world in COVID-19 testing.

Verdict: Misleading

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Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Anti-vax messaging, “Big Pharma” conspiracy theories, and attempts to downplay the COVID-19 pandemic.

Verdict: False

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Factual Reads on Coronavirus

Can ‘Team Science’ Yield a Covid-19 Treatment?
[B]ecause there is still much that researchers don’t know about how the virus behaves, actually testing thousands of drugs simultaneously can point to potential therapies that logic couldn’t predict.
-- New York Times, May 13