The Infodemic: Cuomo’s Claim About Nursing Homes and COVID Patients Is False

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.Daily DebunkClaim: “[W]e never needed nursing home beds [for COVID-positive patients] because we always had hospital beds. So it just never happened in New York, where we needed to say to a nursing home, ‘We need you to take this person even though they’re COVID-positive’.” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, September 30.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: CNN Social Media DisinfoWomen wearing face masks walk in the city center, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Middleborough, Britain October 2, 2020Circulating on social media: Claim that increase in UK COVID-19 cases proves masks are ineffective.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: Reuters Factual Reads on CoronavirusTrump joins Johnson, Bolsonaro in club of leaders diagnosed with Covid
Britain’s Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro are among the figures to have tested positive.
— NBC News, October 2Inside the Coronavirus
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— Scientific American, October 1

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