“Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 7 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The connection is simply that one of the variants is called delta and the company’s name is Delta. There is no connection between the coronavirus and the fifth-generation upgrade to wireless systems.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 August 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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