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Eating 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.
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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 -
0.5HighCOVID-19 vaccine candidate by Pittsburgh scientists show promising results in animal studies, but clinical trials still needed before efficacy in humans is known
Scientists who reviewed this article’s scientific credibility found that the reporting was generally accurate. However, they also highlighted a missed opportunity to provide readers with more information to place the research findings in context. Ian Frazer, immunologist and professor at the University of Queensland, pointed out that the article “assumes that an immune response in mice would equate to protection of humans against viral infection, but there are many examples where that is not the case”.
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IncorrectClaim that flu shot causes false positive results on COVID-19 tests is unsupported and misleading
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The flu shot causes false positive results on COVID-19 tests
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-03-21 -
InaccuratePCR tests for COVID-19 are specific for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and do not detect other coronaviruses, contrary to claims in viral article and video
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There are no reliable tests for a specific COVID-19 virus
Source: Global Research, Jerry Day, Julian Rose, 2020-03-27 -
Evidence points to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 being of natural origin, no evidence it could have been intentionally propagated
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The coronavirus has been 'released' by China
Source: MyNaCl.blogspot.in, Anonymous, 2020-03-26
