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Collected Item: “Not every COVID-19 testing site is legit”

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Not every COVID-19 testing site is legit

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article

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

When COVID-19 started to be recognized as a serious problem, the Federal Trade Commission warned of fake COVID-19 testing sites and ways to identify them. Now that the holiday season has started, articles are once again warning of fake testing sites and linking to the FTC's original warning.

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COVID-19, testing, testing site, fake, fraud, scam, HSE

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https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/04/not-every-covid-19-testing-site-legit

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Ari Lazarus

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2020-04-30
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