“The new fad disease called the ‘coronavirus’ is sweeping headlines. Funny enough, there was a patent for the coronavirus was filed in 2015 and granted in 2018.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 21 Jan 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 January 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 January 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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