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VERIFY: No, facemasks don’t contain metal '5G antennas'
A viral video claims the metal wire in medical masks actually has a sinister purpose.
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VERIFY: Can COVID-19 live on clothes or inside your car?
A viewer wrote our sister-station News 8 an email asking if you've gone out shopping, can the virus live inside the car or on your clothes?
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VERIFY: TexMed coronavirus risk chart made by real medical experts
Another coronavirus risk chart has become popular on social media. Just like the previous one, it's based on an average of scores from a group of medical experts.
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VERIFY: No, Facebook 'bots' are not fact checking your posts
Facebook has confirmed that such claims are a hoax.
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VERIFY: You cannot block Facebook 'fact-check bots'
Viral false claims say you can block 'bots' that report your posts by going through pages with 'fact check' in their name and blocking them.
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VERIFY: Yes, the bubonic plague has been found in China but there are cases of it every year
While it might sound like another disastrous turn for 2020, it's actually not unusual for cases of bubonic plague to pop up from time to time.
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VERIFY: Requirement to wear a face mask does not violate constitutional rights
After several videos of people saying requirements to wear a mask violate their rights go viral, here's why that is not true.
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VERIFY: Fact vs. fiction on Joe Biden’s quote about busing leading to ‘a racial jungle’
Here is what the Democratic presidential candidate actually said in a 1977 Senate hearing.
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VERIFY: Cases of the bubonic plague appeared in China, but bubonic plague cases happen every year
There are about seven cases of the plague in the United States every year.
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Verify: Requiring masks does not violate your constitutional rights
We spoke to a constitutional law professor and a Republican state lawmaker about whether mandates to wear masks violate your rights.
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Why researchers have said protests haven't led to a spike in COVID-19 cases so far
Researchers found people not participating in protests stayed at home, therefore social distancing, whenever there were large protests in their area.
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VERIFY: No, facemasks don’t contain metal '5G antennas'
A viral video claims the metal wire in medical masks actually has a sinister purpose.
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VERIFY: Can COVID-19 live on clothes or inside your car?
A viewer wrote our sister-station News 8 an email asking if you've gone out shopping, can the virus live inside the car or on your clothes?
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VERIFY: TexMed coronavirus risk chart made by real medical experts
Another coronavirus risk chart has become popular on social media. Just like the previous one, it's based on an average of scores from a group of medical experts.
verify
VERIFY: No, Facebook 'bots' are not fact checking your posts
Facebook has confirmed that such claims are a hoax.
verify
VERIFY: You cannot block Facebook 'fact-check bots'
Viral false claims say you can block 'bots' that report your posts by going through pages with 'fact check' in their name and blocking them.
verify
VERIFY: Yes, the bubonic plague has been found in China but there are cases of it every year
While it might sound like another disastrous turn for 2020, it's actually not unusual for cases of bubonic plague to pop up from time to time.
verify
VERIFY: Requirement to wear a face mask does not violate constitutional rights
After several videos of people saying requirements to wear a mask violate their rights go viral, here's why that is not true.
verify
VERIFY: Fact vs. fiction on Joe Biden’s quote about busing leading to ‘a racial jungle’
Here is what the Democratic presidential candidate actually said in a 1977 Senate hearing.
verify
VERIFY: Cases of the bubonic plague appeared in China, but bubonic plague cases happen every year
There are about seven cases of the plague in the United States every year.
verify
Verify: Requiring masks does not violate your constitutional rights
We spoke to a constitutional law professor and a Republican state lawmaker about whether mandates to wear masks violate your rights.
verify
Why researchers have said protests haven't led to a spike in COVID-19 cases so far
Researchers found people not participating in protests stayed at home, therefore social distancing, whenever there were large protests in their area.
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