You may have seen them on a friend's Facebook wall or in your mailbox. Because poisons are becoming more and more common with news, writing 20 Minutes helps you sort out the true from the false.
1. No, the Covid-19 was not patented by the Institut Pasteur in 2004
Back on this intoxication, among the most viral ever treated by our team.
2. Did Emmanuel Macron delete more than 4,000 hospital beds in 2018?
We take stock of this accusation.
3. Hot tea, effective in protecting yourself from coronavirus? It's wrong
This false trick is, however, widely reported on social networks.
4. No, this video does not show a truck robbed after confinement
An altercation on the road filmed last weekend is wrongly presented as a scene of post-containment food looting.
5. Military vehicles en route to Paris for containment? Think again
A photo shared enormously before Emmanuel Macron's speech wrongly stated that military vehicles were going to the capital to ensure future containment.
6. Did Agnès Buzyn minimize the risk of spreading the coronavirus in France?
We come back to a quote loaned to Agnès Buzyn when she was still Minister of Health.
7. Are the containment measures in force in France "the strictest in Europe"?
We verified this statement by Christophe Castaner.
8. Yes, a coffee machine has been banned for truck drivers
Back to this viral photo, which provoked strong reactions.
9. No, nurses did not pose with an anti-police sign
It is the diversion of a photo carrying a completely different message at the origin.
10. Beware of this cliché which claims to show coffins in Lombardy
If the deaths are multiplying in Italy, this photo dates back to 2013.
11. No, the police do not verbalize athletes on the Strava application
Contrary to what a viral screenshot suggested.
12. No, the summer holidays have not been postponed to July 31
Some internet users have taken a fake mail for cash.
13. Did Shakespeare write "King Lear" in quarantine?
The debate animated Twitter.
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