“The WHO said a positive Covid-19 test result is more likely due to a cold”
Social media posts
Claim dated 30 Dec 2020.
TheJournal.ie rated thisFalse
What TheJournal.ie found
The test specifically looks for the presence of the virus that causes Covid-19 – SarsCoV-2 – not any other virus. False positives do occur, but at a low rate – they are not the standard.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 December 2020. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 15 January 2021, 16 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10224561202439215&set=a.10202936681959718&type=3&…
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