“Social media posts imply that Harvard professor Charles Lieber was arrested in connection with the new coronavirus.”
Social media posts
Social media posts. Claim dated 29 Jan 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 January 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 February 2020, 23 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213953501545223&set=a.1904461944836&type=3&thea…
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