“COV 19" was found inscribed on a circuit board for a 5G mast”
Social media posts
Claim dated 5 Jun 2020.
TheJournal.ie rated thisFalse
What TheJournal.ie found
The circuit board shown in the video is from an old set-top TV box. It has nothing to do with 5G and it never had the letters COV 19 inscribed on it when it was distributed to customers.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 June 2020. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 31 August 2020, 87 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CAK2uuXnAvU/
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