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# factcheck - Yesterday’s News
Debunked: No, Italy does not want to charge Bill Gates with crimes against humanity
The claim has its origins in a speech made by Sara Cunial, a member of the Italian Parliament.
# factcheck - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
Debunked: No, Donald Trump did not say he'd run as a Republican because of their 'dumb voters'
A commonly-shared image purporting to be from a 1998 interview with People Magazine is a fake.
# factcheck - Friday 22 May, 2020
Debunked: No, the world has not been wrongly treating Covid-19 as pneumonia
A post on Facebook claims that medics should treat Covid-19 as thrombosis, not pneumonia.
Debunked: No, the 'survival rate' for Covid-19 is not above 99.9%
This claim has been going around the internet for the past week.
# factcheck - Thursday 21 May, 2020
FactFind: Here is how Covid-19 deaths are counted in Ireland
In some widely shared posts on social media, people have claimed that deaths are incorrectly being put down to the virus.
# factcheck - Friday 15 May, 2020
Debunked: No, TheJournal.ie is not closing down
We’re extremely happy to be able to debunk this one.
# factcheck - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
Debunked: The viral video Plandemic makes a series of false claims about Covid-19
The 26-minute video was viewed millions of times before social media giants took it down.
# factcheck - Tuesday 12 May, 2020
Debunked: No, the government hasn't issued a €350 payment to everyone in the country
Members of the public have been warned about a text scam in recent days.
# factcheck - Saturday 9 May, 2020
Debunked: TheJournal.ie and other outlets are not organising a 'clap for our government' tonight
A fake image on social media claims that media organisations and Fine Gael are calling for people to applaud the government tonight.
# factcheck - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
Debunked: No, this video does not show people having a 'street party' in Dublin last week
A post shared on Facebook claims to show a party taking place in Dublin on 1 May, but the footage is older than that.
Debunked: Sorry, that 'announcement ' from Penneys saying it's reopening on 8 June is fake
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
# factcheck - Tuesday 5 May, 2020
Debunked: No, the British army is not setting up a 'military camp' at Long Kesh prison
A post on Facebook claims that the British army are to set up a ‘military camp’ at the site of the former Maze Prison.
# factcheck - Saturday 2 May, 2020
Debunked: No, postural drainage is not an 'easy' way to treat Covid-19 pneumonia
The HSE said routine breathing tests and mobilising are more appropriate for Covid-19 patients than this method.
# factcheck - Thursday 30 April, 2020
Debunked: No, a Japanese Nobel Prize winner did not say the coronavirus was man-made
He did not say anything of the sort.
Debunked: No, researchers did not 'invent' the coronavirus in 2015
Posts speculating about the origin of the virus have been widely shared in recent weeks.
# factcheck - Wednesday 29 April, 2020
Debunked: No, this footage does not show NPHET members ignoring social distancing
An image was widely shared on social media after file footage appeared on RTÉ news bulletins.
Debunked: No, this message from a Covid-19 app asking why a person is 20km from home is not real
The false message originated in Australia but is being widely shared here.
# factcheck - Tuesday 28 April, 2020
Not enough is being done to label fake news on social media sites - report
FuJo Director Jane Suiter said that the “most significant shortcoming of empowering consumers” was labelling trustworthy content.
Debunked: No, this image does not show an official government announcement about the lifting of restrictions
This image has been shared widely on WhatsApp recently.
# factcheck - Thursday 23 April, 2020
Debunked: No, there wasn't a vaccine for Covid-19 back in 2001
A piece of misinformation being shared widely claims that a vaccine existed 19 years ago. This is untrue.
Debunked: No, Donald Trump didn't tweet he'd 'never let thousands die' in a pandemic back in 2009
The US President says lots of things. But he didn’t say this.
# factcheck - Wednesday 22 April, 2020
Debunked: No, WhatsApp isn't about to start charging users to send messages
A message circulating WhatsApp claims that the platform is going to start charging users from “Saturday morning”.
# factcheck - Saturday 18 April, 2020
Debunked: Is 2020 really a 'normal' year for deaths from respiratory illnesses?
A post on Facebook claims there are no more deaths ‘than usual’ as a result of Covid-19.
# factcheck - Friday 17 April, 2020
Debunked: No, this is not a picture of Bulgarian workers outside a supermarket in Dublin this week
The photo has been widely shared on social media and messaging services.
Debunked: No, Queen Elizabeth's coronavirus speech was not recorded on 5 March
A post on Facebook claiming that Queen Elizabeth’s speech regarding the coronavirus outbreak is untrue.
# factcheck - Thursday 16 April, 2020
Debunked: There's no evidence that criminals are dousing facemasks with chemicals so they can rob people
The false message has been shared across Facebook and WhatsApp in Ireland and other countries.
# factcheck - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
Debunked: No, this isn't a 'tentative' list of dates the government might start letting things reopen
This message has been circulating today in WhatsApp Groups – the Chief Medical Officer says “no such list exists” right now.
Debunked: No, watered-down mouthwash is not an effective substitute for hand sanitiser
It is also not an effective surface disinfectant.
# factcheck - Tuesday 14 April, 2020
Debunked: No, there is not enough evidence that a malaria drug and an antibiotic can lead to a quick recovery from Covid-19
Donald Trump has said this combination could be “one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine”.
# factcheck - Saturday 11 April, 2020
Debunked: This message advising people to 'get tested' is not from the HSE's contact tracing team
Recipients are advised not to click on the link attached to the message.
# factcheck - Thursday 9 April, 2020
Debunked: A video called 'move your cucu' will not format your phone, but people still advised to be wary of scams
The WhatsApp message is reminiscent of a previous hoax text in 2015.
# factcheck - Sunday 5 April, 2020
# factcheck - Saturday 4 April, 2020
Debunked: No, Queen Elizabeth has not been diagnosed with coronavirus
A post on Instagram claiming that Queen Elizabeth has coronavirus is untrue.
Spot any potentially false posts on Facebook? Let us know and we'll factcheck them
TheJournal.ie is debunking some of the many rumours going around about coronavirus.
# factcheck - Friday 3 April, 2020
Debunked: The risk of carrying coronavirus into your home on your shoes is extremely low
Could you carry coronavirus into your home on your shoes? It’s low risk.
Debunked: No, this 'very urgent' message telling you that your bank details can be robbed by making a phone call isn't true
The latest WhatsApp message doing the rounds is debunked here.
# factcheck - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
Debunked: That WhatsApp message about a 'strict ban on alcohol' from tomorrow is, at best, an April Fool's joke
The image claims that there will be “a strict ban of alcohol” from tomorrow, meaning that off-licences would close.
Debunked: No, Leo Varadkar is not telling people to avoid using the Houseparty video messaging app
An image purporting to show the Taoiseach warning people not to use the app has been shared on social media in recent days.
# factcheck - Tuesday 31 March, 2020
Debunked: No, the army isn't patrolling all the cities, towns and villages in Ireland because of Covid-19
There is a lot of misinformation about what is actually involved in Ireland’s Covid-19 measures.
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Poll: Are you happy with how the government has been handling the Covid-19 crisis?
IN THE SECOND week of June, Ireland is scheduled to move on to Phase 2 of the easing of restrictions.
Leo Varadkar announced last month that the nation is to go through five phases before we get to return to what many people have dubbed the “new normal”.
While Phase One introduced slight easing, allowing for four people to meet up in an outside setting so long as they adhered to social distancing, Phase 2 will allow families to see each other again in their respective homes, but they must stay two metres apart.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) will continue to brief the government about the progression and apparent dissipation of the disease in Ireland.
Today we want to know: Are you happy with how the government has been handing the Covid-19 crisis?
Poll Results:
Yes (410)
No (116)
I'm not sure / no opinion (36)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
NPHET needs to move faster to find ways to allow us visit our loved ones in nursing homes
By Therese Bruton
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