April 27, 2020

There have been a lot of concerns about the availability of COVID-19 tests. But according to this TikTok, testing yourself for coronavirus is as simple as holding your breath for 10 seconds.

This is false.

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Alex Mahadevan is director of MediaWise, Poynter’s digital media literacy project that teaches people of all ages how to spot misinformation online. As director, Alex…
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