“An Austrian politician “exposed the defectiveness of the government’s Covid-19 tests by demonstrating how even a glass of Coca Cola will test positive for Covid-19.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram post. Claim dated 15 Dec 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The politician proved not that the testing device is defective, but rather that he did the test incorrectly.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 December 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 December 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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