“The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics predicted the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Claim dated 25 Jul 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The London Olympics featured a tribute to the U.K.'s National Health Service and to British children’s literature that included images of nurses standing beside hospital beds as Lord Voldemort loomed overhead.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 July 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 July 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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