誤導：蔣麗芸病毒源頭短片斷章取義 陰謀論缺乏證據支持
立法會議員蔣麗芸在片中試圖將疫情源頭歸咎於美國，扭曲了美國抗疫顧問福奇2017年一場演講的意思。
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COVID-19
Misleading: Popular coronavirus origin video by Hong Kong legislator consists of unsubstantiated conspiracy claims
Pro-establishment legislator Ann Chiang Lai-wan’s popular video features a number of misleading and false claims that have been debunked.
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Misleading: US health agency did not find Chinese herbal medicine 连花清瘟 effective in COVID-19 treatment
The study in question was actually conducted by researchers in China and published in a journal by a Dutch company.
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Explainer: Facts about COVID-19 vaccines
There have been confusion and misleading claims about the development of COVID-19 vaccines since the beginning of the pandemic.
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誤導：現階段並不適合比較各種新型冠狀病毒疫苗
專家表示，牛津大學和中國研發的疫苗應處於研究階段，並不適宜判斷哪款疫苗比較優秀。
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虛假：用鹽水漱口或喝普洱無助對抗新型肺炎
多個事實查核組織已證實有關說法並不屬實；專家亦指目前未有已知有效物質能殺死體內的新型冠狀病毒。
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No evidence: China is not suspending passport renewal to force Chinese nationals overseas to return
Dozens of Chinese embassies around the world are not processing passport renewals due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Misleading: COVID-19 vaccines not ready for clinical comparison or pricing
Two vaccines for COVID-19 are still in the experimental stage and nobody can determine their price or effectiveness right now.
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虛假：袁國勇不曾評論立法會選舉在第三波疫情下應否延後
袁國勇並未在媒體評論過立法會選舉是否需要推遲，網民說法並無事實根據。
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False: Gargling with salt water or drinking Pu’er tea won’t prevent COVID-19 infection
At the moment there is no known substance that can kill the novel coronavirus in the human body.
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False: Microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung did not comment on holding Legco election during COVID-19’s third wave
The claim in the popular Facebook post is groundless. Yuen has never discussed upcoming election while Hong Kong is going through the third was of COVID-19.
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Explainer: Global controversy over hydroxychloroquine [update]
Usage of hydroxychloroquine in prevention or treatment of COVID-19 remains to be controversial around the world.
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Misleading: Murder of Chinese researcher in the US is not related to COVID-19
Local police determined the case was a result of “a lengthy dispute regarding an intimate partner.”
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Misleading: Popular freedom of speech quote in China and Hong Kong is not from Plato
The passage was likely to be taken from an essay by Zhang Xuezhong, an outspoken Chinese scholar critical of the government.
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Investigation of conspiracy narratives: Virus mutations and the US origin of COVID-19
Research on virus mutations has been misinterpreted while conspiracies and propaganda spread in China.
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False: This video does not show a WHO official touching a female conference attendee in China
The man is a Nobel Prize laureate in physics, attending a conference with his significant other who was having a sore back.
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False: This video does not show an anti-China rally in Italy
It was an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Valerio Verbano, an Italian left-wing activist murdered in 1980.
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Misleading: These charts about COVID-19 contain inaccurate medical information
Self-diagnosis based on these charts could be harmful.
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Misleading: This map does not show 5 million Wuhan residents flying out before the lockdown
The map is merely “an illustrative picture of the global air network” that shows international flight connections.
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