“The Philippines is being fooled by its Department of Health with its recommendations for the wearing of masks and face shields, and social distancing, because those preventive measures are not being done by the NBA in the United States, and in Tanzania and Wuhan, China.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 25 Aug 2020.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 August 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 24 September 2020, 30 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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