“Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure.”
South West News Service
News agency. News story. Claim dated 24 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Cats are eaten in Vietnam, but there is no evidence of widespread killing and consuming of black cats as a treatment for COVID-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
South West News Service (News agency) made this claim around 24 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2020, 14 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- torontosun.comhttps://torontosun.com/news/world/cruelty-in-reports-black-cats-killed-for-covid-19-cure?…
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