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  • Here you can read an  article with some very useful words referring to the epidemic which is hitting our world.

    article by Liz Walters:

     

    after you've read the article you can try to memorize the important words playing some games with quizlet.

    quizlet Covid-19

     

  • COVID fake news

    Fake news about the situation in LIthuania

    The article says that people at Lithuanian airports are dressed naked and sprayed with bleach to prevent coronavirus.

    Fake news about the confinement in Italy

    In this fake news appeared on the web page of the Ministry of Interior, they said that, if there weren't significant improvements by the 15 of March, the government would start a new phase of bio-containment, shutting down every activity in the world: schools, banks, parliament, all means of transport ( buses, trains, planes..).

    Fake news about Jesus Christ appearing in the sky

    The post in social media spread quickly as people were invited to share it as soon as possible to get the blessing.
    Found by Normantas

    Misleading Headline

    The headline stated that ex-President of Lithuania fired the Minister of Health due to the situation related to coronavirus. The article itself didn't contain such information. In fact, ex-President only criticized the Minister.

    Fake News on Facebook

    People started sharing a fake recipe saying that it serves as a cure for coronavirus.

    Famous influencer sharing fake news

    In Lithuania one influencer named Ugnius Kiguolis always shares fake news. This time it's about a recently developed new vaccine against coronavirus which, of course, is not true again.

    5G to blame for coronavirus?!

    There is a very silly rumour going around the world, about the new Covid-19 virus. As you can see in the picture a well known person tweeted a conspiracy theory in which she is basically saying that the 5G network started this virus. This conspiracy theory is obviously fake, because scientist already proved that this is a silly theory. The funniest thing about this whole rumour going around is quite a lot of people believe this, especially older people. There is also many more silly conspiracy theories going around, which are obviously fake, so there is a lesson to learn from this - don't believe everything you see on the internet.
    Found by Normantas

    Fake news about the origins of Covid-19

    This is a type of propaganda in fake news. It says that the covid 19 is a biological weapon. It's tricky because you never know what it really is. Found by Gotis.