With the current global pandemic, media outlets are solely focused on broadcasting and keeping the public up to date with the latest information regarding the coronavirus. Inevitably, not everything that you read on the internet is completely trustworthy, and there are a number of different factors which need to be considered to discern fact from fiction.
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