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False: People can receive Rs 50,000 as a COVID-19 subsidy in India.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy Tech-Social-Media

False: People can receive Rs 50,000 as a COVID-19 subsidy in India.

True: West Virginia is offering free guns to those who get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-Policy

True: West Virginia is offering free guns to those who get vaccinated against COVID-19.

False: The American author Naomi Wolf is a medical doctor.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The American author Naomi Wolf is a medical doctor.

False: The black layer found on onions causes black fungus.
Health-Covid

False: The black layer found on onions causes black fungus.

False: There was a data breach in the Indian COVID-19 vaccination portal CoWin.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Tech-General

False: There was a data breach in the Indian COVID-19 vaccination portal CoWin.

False: Repeated RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 can make your forehead magnetic.
Health-Covid Tech-General

False: Repeated RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 can make your forehead magnetic.

Partly_True: Contracting COVID-19 doesn't necessarily create antibodies.
Health-Covid

Partly_True: Contracting COVID-19 doesn't necessarily create antibodies.

True: Vaccinated Hong Kong residents could win a $1.4 million new apartment.
Economics-Business Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: Vaccinated Hong Kong residents could win a $1.4 million new apartment.

Misleading: The COVID-19 vaccines have not been approved by the FDA.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The COVID-19 vaccines have not been approved by the FDA.

False: The Chinese Communist Party planned on using U.S. Rep. Eric Smalwell (D-Calif.) as a vector to spread COVID-19 by sending a spy to get close to him.
Geopolitical-General Health-Covid

False: The Chinese Communist Party planned on using U.S. Rep. Eric Smalwell (D-Calif.) as a vector to spread COVID-19 by sending a spy to get close to him.

True: Weyan village is the first in India to record 100 percent COVID-19 vaccination.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: Weyan village is the first in India to record 100 percent COVID-19 vaccination.

Misleading: The Delhi administration is stockpiling vaccines by administering fewer doses despite vaccines being available.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-General

Misleading: The Delhi administration is stockpiling vaccines by administering fewer doses despite vaccines being available.

False: The anesthetics can be life-threatening for COVID-19 vaccinated people.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The anesthetics can be life-threatening for COVID-19 vaccinated people.

Misleading: Children have a 99.99 percent chance of surviving COVID-19.
Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

Misleading: Children have a 99.99 percent chance of surviving COVID-19.

False: Covishield vaccine is likely to produce more antibodies than Covaxin.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Covishield vaccine is likely to produce more antibodies than Covaxin.

False: The incubation period of COVID-19 is longer for children than adults.
Health-Covid

False: The incubation period of COVID-19 is longer for children than adults.

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