Claim: Rothschild filed a patent for COVID-19 testing in 2015.
Fact-check: Rothschild did not secure a patent for a COVID-19 test in 2015 or 2017 - FACTLY
Verdict: rothschild filed a series of regular, non-provisional patent applications under the name "system and method for using, processing, and displaying biometric data", starting from 2015. however, there is no mention of covid-19 in these initial fillings. the patent for a system analyzing biometric data to ascertain covid-19 infection was applied for in may 2020. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2024-03-12T12:24:23