claim: fact check: cdc testing kits for covid-19 never risked lives
summary: posts on facebook and instagram claimed that "covid-19 test has the virus" and that the cdc sent out test kits "seeded with the virus." in fact, a batch of contaminated test kits was recalled, but the people being tested were never at risk of infection and nobody contracted covid-19 as a result of this incident
subject_description: claims federal officials confirmed that the cdc sent out covid-19 test kits "seeded with the virus"
Motive_Description: incite fear about the potential risks of covid-19 tests
author_description: general public
keywords: coronavirus, test, tainted, cdc, february