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Misleading: Popular coronavirus origin video by Hong Kong legislator consists of unsubstantiated conspiracy claims

25 August 202016 April 2021 Joshua Lee 李子淇 Ann Chiang Lai-wan, Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, White House Coronavirus Task Force, Wuhan 2 min read

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: This video does not show an American soldier trying to spread coronavirus in Wuhan

26 March 202016 April 2021 Chris Wong America soldier, Belgium, Brussels, Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, CISM Military World Games, Coronaviruses, Covid 19, Wuhan 1 min read

The video was taken in Brussels, Belgium, on March 10, 2020.

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Misleading: These charts about COVID-19 contain inaccurate medical information

21 February 202016 April 2021 Cheryl Ho China, Coronaviruses, COVID-19, Phoenix TV, The Lancet, Wuhan 2 min read

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

14 February 202016 April 2021 Annie Lab Team Coronaviruses, COVID-19, Fact Checking, Fake News, featured, Wuhan 1 min read

The map is merely “an illustrative picture of the global air network” that shows international flight connections.

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False: This video does not show a family killed by the coronavirus amid China’s multi-city lockdown

13 February 202016 April 2021 Annie Lab Team China, Coronaviruses, Fact Checking, Fake News, Wuhan 1 min read

The family was reported to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Dec 2019.

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