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Little to no evidence that smoking protects against COVID-19; may increase risk of complications instead
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smoking may protect against COVID-19
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Source: Spiked, Christopher Snowdon, 2020-04-23 -
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 -
InaccurateVolunteer for U.K. COVID-19 vaccine trial Elisa Granato is alive, contrary to claim in viral article
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Elisa Granato, the first volunteer who availed herself in Oxford for a jab in the first Europe human trial of a vaccine to protect against the coronavirus pandemic has died.
Source: News NT, James Alami, 2020-04-25 -
Did the COVID-19 virus originate from a lab or nature? Examining the evidence for different hypotheses of the novel coronavirus’ origins
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, many hypotheses have been advanced to explain where the novel…
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IncorrectEating alkaline food cannot prevent or cure COVID-19
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The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-04-15 -
InaccurateNobel laureate Luc Montagnier inaccurately claims that the novel coronavirus is man-made and contains genetic material from HIV
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this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus)
Source: Zero Hedge, Gilmore Health News, Luc Montagnier, 2020-04-16 -
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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IncorrectClaim that SARS-CoV-2 binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells unsupported and implausible
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COVID-19 causes prolonged and progressive hypoxia (starving your body of oxygen) by binding to the heme groups in hemoglobin in your red blood cells
Source: Medium, Andrew Gaiziunas, 2020-04-05 -
Partially correctSome evidence suggests that vitamin C and D supplementation might prevent or treat respiratory infections, but their effectiveness is still being tested with COVID-19
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Vitamins C and D are now finally being adopted in the conventional treatment of SARS-CoV-2; Vitamin C at extremely high doses acts as an antiviral drug, actually killing viruses; vitamin D helps the body fight SARS-CoV-2 infection and can cut infection risk.
Source: Mercola, Joseph Mercola, 2020-04-02 -
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
