Hydroxychloroquine, alone or in combination with azithromycin, found ineffective for treating COVID-19 in large clinical trials
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“Hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc cure [COVID-19]”
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-08-04 -
Flawed reasoningWearing masks aims at slowing SARS-CoV-2 circulation, not protecting against a certain death
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If masks were effective and necessary, non-mask wearers should be dead by now
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-30 -
InaccurateHealth authorities encourage the general public to wear face masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission
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Health authorities like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discourage people from wearing face masks
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-14 -
IncorrectStill no evidence that hydroxychloroquine can cure or prevent COVID-19
Claim:
“You don’t need masks, there is a cure [for COVID-19] ... It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax”
Source: Breitbart, America's Frontline Doctors, Stella Immanuel, Simone Gold, 2020-07-27 -
IncorrectBaseless speculations underpin a retracted editorial claiming spontaneous generation of SARS-CoV-2 in skin cells exposed to 5G waves
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5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells
Source: GreenMedInfo, Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, Infowars, Alireza Sepehri, Massimo Fioranelli, 2020-07-16 -
Lacks contextSexual transmission of SARS-CoV-2 currently unconfirmed as studies produce conflicting evidence of its presence in the reproductive system
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“Coronavirus may be sexually transmitted and cause male infertility”
Source: New York Post, Paula Froelich, 2020-07-18 -
A trypsin-based oral spray reportedly deactivates SARS-CoV-2 in a liquid suspension but has not yet been tested in the mouth
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New oral spray “deactivates 98% of the coronavirus” in the mouth
Source: Facebook, Hashem Al-Ghaili, 2020-07-20 -
IncorrectScientific evidence supports the use of face masks for reducing the transmission of respiratory diseases including COVID-19
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Masks do nothing to prevent the spread of pathogens
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-05-17 -
MisleadingPrimary COVID-19 transmission is by close contact with infected people; nasopharyngeal swab-based testing provides the highest diagnostic accuracy
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“Ever wonder why they have to stick a Q-tip through your nose to the back of your head to swab a sample of covid but a droplet of saliva will infect a whole village at one time”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-04 -
Partially correctA proportion of COVID-19 survivors are likely to suffer from long-term health problems, but the actual risks are still unknown
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“For every one person who dies: 19 more require hospitalization; 18 of those will have permanent heart damage for the rest of their lives”
Source: Quora, Franklin Veaux, 2020-07-13
