Claim: After discovering a doomsday asteroid was approaching Earth, world leaders created the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to distract the world population and force everyone to spend time with their families during Earth's final days.
Fact-check: Was COVID-19 Created to Distract Us from a Doomsday Asteroid?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Dan Evon
Date published: 2020-03-25T13:20:07