False: These CT images of lungs do not link vaping disease to COVID-19
Ground-glass opacity is a common manifestation of lung injury. It does not imply any link between COVID-19 and vaping disease.
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誤導：網引新冠病毒2013年舊報道 實指中東呼吸綜合症 未提病毒為人造
一篇社交網站帖文引述一篇2013年內地媒體報道，暗指現時肆虐全球的新型肺炎病毒為人工製造。經查證相關報道詳細內容，證實帖子所言有歪曲事實之嫌。
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False: India’s ‘Health Ministry spokesperson’ did not die of COVID-19 vaccination
Subramanian Swaminathan is the director of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control at Gleneagles Global Hospitals, not a ministry spokesperson. He appeared in multiple interviews after he was vaccinated. The claim appears to originate from a deliberate mistranslation.
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Misleading: This 2013 article refers to MERS, not COVID-19, and did not say coronaviruses are human-made
The 2013 article has nothing to do with the current COVID-19 pandemic. The study mentioned in the story does not conclude coronaviruses can be human-made.
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虛假：蔡英文會見美國參議員下跪圖片實遭人篡改 影片證站立發言
原圖只拍攝到蔡英文大腿及以上的部分，跪下的雙腿來自另一張南韓國會照片，而從總統府發布的影片可見，蔡英文發言時正在站在地上。
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虛假：日揆短片字幕遭捏造 以獎牌利誘印度不參與奧運屬虛構
菅義偉演說影片中的中文字幕內容並非按原文翻譯，原片相關部分的內容與東京奧運會無關。
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False: Japanese prime minister did not say India will get medals for not coming to the Olympics
The Chinese translation of Suga’s speech was fabricated. It has nothing to do with the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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False: This photo is altered. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen did not kneel before US senators
The image was manipulated to add Tsai Ing-wen’s lower legs. A video from the same scene shows her talking to the US senators while standing.
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Analysis: None of the eight claims about Fauci’s emails revealing COVID-19 ‘secrets’ is accurate
A social media post claims Fauci’s emails show he had known lockdowns were unnecessary and that asymptomatic people could not spread COVID-19, but a review of the emails tells otherwise.
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Misleading: This video does not show Mexican immigrants in “storage containers” in the US; it shows mobile homes at a quarantine site in China
A tweet suggested the U.S. President Joe Biden has created what looks like “concentration camps” at the U.S.-Mexican border but the embedded video clip actually shows a COVID-19 quarantine site in Yunnan province, China.
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