In a post with over a million views, a U.S. congressperson claims that the government created the COVID-19 virus in order to make COVID-19 vaccines and enforce mandates. The representative also accuses the government of spreading lies and censoring the truth.
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The high-profile nature of the misleading information raises its risk. Messaging may explain that although the precise origins of COVID-19 are unknown, there is no evidence to suggest that it was synthetically manufactured or that the pandemic was planned. Fact Checking Source(s): FactCheck.org, Reuters
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