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Videos use gas sensors to misleadingly claim that wearing a face mask causes oxygen deficiency
Claim:
Gas sensors show that wearing a face mask leads to oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide toxicity
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-24 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 cases in the U.S. are mainly detected by highly specific molecular testing, not antibody testing
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Antibodies for the common cold produce a positive COVID-19 test; false-positive results from COVID-19 antibody testing are behind the COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-01 -
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InaccurateContrary to popular claim on social media, RNA vaccines do not alter our DNA
Claim:
“Bill Gates explains that the COVID vaccine will use experimental technology and permanently alter your DNA”
Source: Waking Times, Facebook users, Alex Pietrowski, 2020-05-15 -
No scientific evidence indicates that cannabis can prevent or cure COVID-19 in patients
Claim:
“Cannabis is more effective at preventing and treating COVID-19 than hydroxychloroquine”
Source: The Next Web, Tristan Greene, 2020-05-22 -
Mostly accurateCOVID-19 is among the leading causes of death worldwide so far in 2020, but beware of incomplete graphs
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COVID-19 became a leading cause of death globally by the end of May 2020.
Source: Flourish, Gavin Wood, 2020-05-31 -
InaccurateOSHA recommends using cloth face coverings at the workplace, contrary to claim by Peggy Hall
Claim:
“OSHA says masks don't work and violate OSHA oxygen levels”
Source: GreenMedInfo, TheHealthyAmerican.org, Peggy Hall, 2020-06-15 -
No, Bill Gates is not funding COVID-19 vaccines as a way to conduct global surveillance or to depopulate the world
Claim:
Bill Gates, founder of harmful vaccination campaigns in developing countries, now plans to use COVID-19 vaccines to surveil the population
Source: The Truth About Cancer, Ty and Charlene Bollinger, 2020-06-13 -
Lacks contextPeople should take precautions against COVID-19 regardless of their blood type
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“People with blood type O [are] more protected against COVID-19”
Source: The Jerusalem Post, Celia Jean, 2020-06-15 -
IncorrectPeople who do not show COVID-19 symptoms can and do transmit it to others; physical distancing and face masks effectively reduce the risk of transmission
Claim:
The WHO stated that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is “very rare”, therefore physical distancing and face masks are not necessary
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-08
