The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 07/30/2020

The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact-checkers. (D. Van Zandt)

	Claim by Stella Immanuel/America’s Frontline Doctors: “This virus has a cure. It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. I know you people want to talk about a mask. Hello? You don’t need (a) mask. There is a cure.” PolitiFact rating: False Don’t fall for this video: Hydroxychloroquine is not a COVID-19 cure
	Claim by the New York Times: “Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction” Climate Feedback rating: Correct The long-term survival of polar bears is threatened by loss of sea-ice due to global warming, new study confirms
	Claim by Simone Gold/Amerca’s Frontline Doctors: “So the case number is almost irrelevant. And that’s because there’s a lot of inaccuracies with the testing. And also even if the test is accurate, most people are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. So it’s not that important to know.” PolitiFact rating: Ignores how virus spreads Fact-checking a video of doctors talking about coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine
	Claim by infowars.com: NIH Admits 5G Can Actually CREATE Coronavirus Within Human Cells Lead Stories rating: Bogus Study Fact Check: NIH Did NOT Admit 5G Can Actually Create Coronavirus Within Human Cells
	Claim by Joe Biden: On home health workers’ low pay and limited benefits, “40% are still on SNAP or Medicaid.” PolitiFact rating: True Biden is right. Pay for home health workers is paltry
	(International: Australia) Claim: Tom Hanks did not have coronavirus but was under house arrest for pedophilia in Australia The Dispatch Fact Check rating: False Was Tom Hanks Arrested for Pedophilia in Australia?

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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience

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