The Infodemic: Does Methanol Cure COVID-19?

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.Daily DebunkClaim: Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, cures the coronavirus.Verdict: FalseRead the full story: “False belief poison cures virus kills over 700 in Iran,” Associated Press.​ Social Media Disinfo​News NT screenshotCirculating on social media: The claim that one of Britain’s first volunteers to be injected with a trial coronavirus vaccine has died.Verdict: FalseRead the full story at: “Britain’s first coronavirus vaccine volunteer has not died after trial jab,” Agence France-Presse​ Factual Reads on CoronavirusHello, social distancing. Goodbye, handshakes?
Our hands can carry Salmonella, E. coli, norovirus and respiratory infections like adenovirus and hand-foot-mouth disease.
— Reuters, April 28​
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