Partially correct
The first SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans occurred during fall 2019, but not enough evidence exists to confirm a global spread before early 2020
Claim:
“Coronavirus quickly spread around the world as early as October 2019”
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Source: Facebook, Hashem Al-Ghaili, 2020-05-08 -
IncorrectBlog posts inaccurately claim that a 2005 NIH study demonstrated the effectiveness of chloroquine treatment against coronavirus infection such as COVID-19
Claim:
the NIH researched chloroquine and concluded that it was effective at stopping the SARS coronavirus in its tracks
Source: OneNewsNow, Bryan Fischer, 2020-04-17 -
MisleadingClaim that hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin improves COVID-19 recovery is unsupported at this stage
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By administering hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin, they were able to observe an improvement in all cases, except in one patient
Source: TechStartups, Anonymous, 2020-04-06 -
InaccurateThe number of flu cases and deaths in 2020 is comparable to previous years
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there are ZERO flu deaths and ZERO pneumonia deaths for the first time in history
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-04-12 -
Viral video promotes the unsupported hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 is a bioengineered virus released from a Wuhan research laboratory
The video A video published by The Epoch Times@ on 7 April 2020 sparked widespread interest and gathered “70 million…
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IncorrectConspiracy theorists claim that 5G increases vulnerability to COVID-19 with baseless theory that it affects hemoglobin
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Coronavirus pandemic would likely not be nearly as bad if 5G exposure/radiation pollution wasn’t already compromising the structure and function of hemoglobin cells.
Source: Natural News, Mike Adams, 2020-04-06 -
Evidence points to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 being of natural origin, no evidence it could have been intentionally propagated
Claim:
The coronavirus has been 'released' by China
Source: MyNaCl.blogspot.in, Anonymous, 2020-03-26 -
IncorrectInfectious diseases are caused by pathogens, not an unbalanced, acidic cellular environment
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it is not the pathogens themselves which initiate disease, they only show up because of an acidic, compromised, cell terrain
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-03-25 -
Flawed reasoningGlobal warming and the COVID-19 pandemic are unrelated issues: one will not protect us from the other
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If we want to protect ourselves from the coronavirus, we must back away from all the climate change efforts we've been making
Source: LifeSite News, Andrea Widberg, 2020-03-17 -
Mostly accurateLong-term remission of an HIV patient who received a stem cell transplant is the closest so far to a full HIV cure
Claim:
The second person ever has been cured from HIV
Source: BBC, IFLScience, Michelle Roberts, Tom Hale, 2020-03-10
