claim: [salah] pemakaian masker menyebabkan penyakit legionnaires
summary: posts shared thousands of times on social media claim legionnaires' disease, a serious type of pneumonia, can be contracted through reusable face masks, implying that it could be mistaken for covid-19. this is false; experts say legionnaires’ disease cannot be caught or spread via masks, and that it is not related to spikes in covid-19.
subject_description: a claim that legionnaires' disease, a serious type of pneumonia, can be contracted through reusable face masks, implying that it could be mistaken for covid-19
Motive_Description: incite fear that wearing mask can cause legionnaires' disease
author_description: general public
keywords: face mask, lead to, legionnaires’ disease