The claim
Facebook user Mzia Artmeladze published a screenshot of the user Zura Jgenti’s post that depicts corpses in black body bags. According to the description of the screenshot, corpses that died of coronavirus were “single-handedly” placed on the street, which means that increase in mortality is artificial. According to him, world media aroused fear in society. User Mzia Artmeladze repeats the same opinion in her post and states that the media "tricked" the whole world, as if many people died of coronavirus, while the public was shown fake corpses on the streets.
Original publisher’s rating
Photo published by Mzia Artmeladze is a manipulation. In reality, the photo depicts a protest rally in Miami portraying not corpses, but the imitation of corpses, which was part of the protest rally – performance, where participants paid their respect to people who died of the virus and protested the government's response on social problems. The protest rally didn’t aim to mislead the public about the death rate.
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