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Misleading claim circulates online in Thailand that high air pollution will significantly increase the country s Covid-19 mortality rate

Copyright AFP 2017-2020. All rights reserved. Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim a rise in tiny particle air pollutants, known as PM 2.5, will significantly increase the mortality rate of Covid-19 in Thailand. The claim is misleading; doctors told AFP that as of December 2020, there is no evidence to support that a rise in PM 2.5 would significantly increase the Covid-19 mortality rate in Thailand. The professor cited in the misleading posts said her comments had been “misrepresented”. The claim was shared in this Facebook post on December 15, 2020. Screemshot of the misleading post, taken on December 17, 2020 The lengthy Thai-language caption translates to English in part as: 

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