“[A]uthorities have identified that the international chemical-warfare terrorist ‘Samuel Whitcomb Hyde’ is behind the deadly China ‘coronavirus.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 23 Jan 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 January 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 January 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2463411593909087&set=a.1414046835512240&type=3&th…
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