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[FALSE] The "pray for italy" Video

Fact-check by Satgas COVID-19 Hoax BusterPublished 1 min read

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UNRELATED to Italy, the shared video is from 2013 South Korean movie titled “Flu" (Gamgi). More @ Explanation and Reference section.

What the fact-checkers found

(1) First Draft News: “FALSE CONTEXT When genuine content is shared with false contextual information" More @ http://bit.ly/2qYG8Rs / http://archive.md/eSihu (backup archive). * The SOURCE shared video from 2013 South Korean movie titled “Flu" (Gamgi). * The SOURCE added false narrative which has caused false conclusion.

(2) IMDB: * “Flu (2013) 42 of 270 Gamgi (2013) Titles: Flu" Picture @ https://imdb.to/3bHM7A7 / https://archive.md/iJV2b (backup archive). – * “Flu (2013) Gamgi (original title) Chaos ensues when a lethal, airborne virus infects the population of a South Korean city less than 20 kilometers from Seoul." More @ https://imdb.to/2Y7JcNb / https://archive.md/wixbc (backup archive).

Where it circulated

The “Savage AF" (facebook.com/Savage-AF-100358084907400) Page, shared 5 times per screenshot was taken. https://archive.md/9PEmJ (backup archive).

Narrative: “pray for italy 🙏🙏 pray for italy ".

Sources and references

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    Wikipedia: “Flu (film) Flu (Korean: 감기; RR: Gamgi; alternatively titled The Flu) is a 2013 South Korean disaster film written and directed by Kim Sung-su, about an outbreak of a deadly strain of H5N1 that kills its victims within 36 hours, throwing the district of Bundang in Seongnam, which has a population of nearly half a million people, into chaos.

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    It stars Jang Hyuk and Soo Ae.[2][3][4][5][6]" More @

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    (backup archive). (2) YouTube: “THE FLU Movie Trailer 7,200,103 views • Aug 2, 2013 FRESH Movie Trailers 4.43M subscribers THE FLU Trailer. Release Date : August 2013″ More @

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    (backup archive).

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