Coronavirus: The Infodemic - November 2

Daily Debunk Claim: Caterpillars are involved in the spread of the coronavirus. Verdict: False Read the full story at: Truth.thememorynetwork.com  Social Media Disinfo                       Circulating on social media: Facebook posts claiming that 220,000 coronavirus fatalities in the U.S. were caused by other medical conditions. Verdict: Misleading Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse   Factual Reads on Coronavirus Is it safe to lick the ballot envelope? Public health officials take on the new challenge of making voting safe amid a pandemic. In their efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus, public health departments are taking on a new responsibility: helping make voting as safe as possible. -- Stat, October 29 The race to make COVID antibody therapies cheaper and more potent Injections of antibodies might prevent mild COVID-19 from becoming severe, but the treatments are expensive and difficult to make. -- Nature, October 28 Confronting Misinformation How to protect society from fear, lies and division. -- Scientific American, November 1 issue Improving pandemic preparedness: Lessons from COVID-19 The United States and the world were caught unprepared by the COVID-19 pandemic despite decades of warnings of the threat of global pandemics and years of international planning. -- Council on Foreign Relations, October 2020 The coronavirus test results that predict an outbreak's course Viral levels in people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in a specific town or city could be used to assess whether the epidemic there has passed its peak. -- Nature, October 19 Eight Persistent COVID-19 Myths and Why People Believe Them From a human-made virus to vaccine conspiracy theories, we rounded up the most insidious false claims about the pandemic -- Scientific American, October 12 Watch: Antibodies, immunity, and what they mean for Covid-19, explained The immune system is no wimp. When pathogens cause illness, it kicks into high gear. Cells work together to tag, kill and gobble up invaders as they fight the infection. -- Stat, May 5 The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2.  -- Nature, April 28   The Best Coronavirus Myth-Busting Collections COVID19 Infodemics Observatory Agence France Presse Snopes BuzzFeed Factcheck.org Associated Press Washington Post TruthOrFiction Mapping COVID-19 Casualties   Reliable Coronavirus Information World Health Organization U.S. Centers for Disease Control Federation of American Scientists Emergency Physicians Johns Hopkins University & Medicine​ Pan American Health Organization Google COVID‑19 Information & Resources