“Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 7 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
There’s no evidence nasal swabs are used for “implanting something.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 July 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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