claim: spanish politician misidentified in posts saying soccer players should find novel coronavirus cure
summary: posts on various social media platforms claimed that a "spanish biological researcher" had tasked soccer players cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi with finding a cure to covid-19 with enormous salaries; this quote was fake, and was actually attached to a photo of a spanish politician taken in april 2018
subject_description: a spanish biological researcher claimed that famous soccer players should find a cure to covid-19 because they make so much more money than academics
Motive_Description: stoke anger about covid-19 research; promote false quotes
author_description: general public
keywords: coronavirus, cure, football, research