The Infodemic: Are Most Diseases Transmitted by Hand?

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.Daily DebunkClaim: Over 80% of all diseases in the world are transmitted by hand.Verdict: MisleadingRead the full story at: Africa Check Social Media DisinfoScreenshotCirculating on social media: Claim that the Pirbright Institute, a British research institute dedicated to the study of infectious diseases of farm animals which has ties to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, holds a patent for a vaccine against COVID-19.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: Reuters​Factual Reads on CoronavirusCould My Symptoms Be Covid-19?
These days, every cough, sneeze or headache makes you wonder: Could it be Covid-19?
— New York Times, August 5​Nine Important Things We’ve Learned about the Coronavirus Pandemic So Far
Some early public health messages about COVID-19 have been overturned.
— Scientific American, August 4Coronavirus: WHO gears up for main mission into China to hunt for the origins of Covid-19
WHO and Chinese experts have drafted terms of reference for probe into the epidemiology of early infections.
— South China Morning Post, August 4
…