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Deforestation can facilitate the emergence and spread of some infectious diseases
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Deforestation has made humans more vulnerable to pandemics
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Source: Now This, Lani Chan, Tom McKenna, 2020-03-20 -
InaccurateNo, marijuana and ginger have not been shown to cure COVID-19
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Boil weed and ginger for Covid-19 victims, the virus will vanish
Source: Nsemwoha.com, Anonymous, 2020-03-27 -
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 -
UnsupportedClaim that flu vaccine increases coronavirus infection is unsupported, misinterprets scientific studies
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flu vaccine increases risk of coronavirus infection
Source: DisabledVeterans.org, GreenMedInfo, Facebook users, Benjamin Krause, 2020-03-11 -
InaccurateGargling salt water or vinegar may soothe a sore throat, but it will not eliminate COVID-19
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Gargling with warm water and salt or vinegar eliminates the virus [SARS-CoV-2]
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-03-14 -
Partially correctThe virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on solid surfaces for days, but infection risk from contaminated objects is unknown
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[SARS-CoV-2] is spreading quickly from gas pumps. Shopping carts as well.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-03-17 -
InaccurateThe coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is real; the story that claims otherwise is a work of fiction
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There is no ‘coronavirus’
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-03-01 -
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 -
IncorrectVaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe
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Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism
Source: Collective Evolution, Arjun Walia, Facebook user, 2020-02-19 -
MisleadingNo, the Shanghai government has not recommended intravenous vitamin C as a treatment for COVID-19
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The government of Shanghai, China has announced its official recommendation that COVID-19 should be treated with high amounts of intravenous vitamin C
Source: Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Andrew W. Saul, 2020-03-03
