Aaron T. Irving Senior Research Fellow, Duke-NUS Medical School Expertise: Virology, Bat immune system Review Type Allclaim (1) Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-04-20 Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier inaccurately claims that the novel coronavirus is man-made and contains genetic material from HIV Claim: this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus) Source: Gilmore Health News, Zero Hedge, Luc Montagnier, 2020-04-16 Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-02-10 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain “pShuttle-SN” sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made Claim: 2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin Source: Infowars, Natural News, Mike Adams, Alex Jones, 2020-02-02 Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-02-04 No, “HIV insertions” were not identified in the 2019 coronavirus, contrary to claims based on questionable bioinformatics study Claim: Coronavirus contains 'HIV insertions' Source: Zero Hedge, Infowars, Anonymous, 2020-01-31
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-04-20 Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier inaccurately claims that the novel coronavirus is man-made and contains genetic material from HIV Claim: this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus) Source: Gilmore Health News, Zero Hedge, Luc Montagnier, 2020-04-16
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-02-10 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain “pShuttle-SN” sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made Claim: 2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin Source: Infowars, Natural News, Mike Adams, Alex Jones, 2020-02-02
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-02-04 No, “HIV insertions” were not identified in the 2019 coronavirus, contrary to claims based on questionable bioinformatics study Claim: Coronavirus contains 'HIV insertions' Source: Zero Hedge, Infowars, Anonymous, 2020-01-31