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The 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
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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 -
ImpreciseClaim that CO2 is cooling the planet is misleading, anthropogenic CO2 emissions overall cause global warming
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Global warming slowing down? 'Ironic' study finds more CO<sub>2</sub> has slightly cooled the planet
Source: Express, Sebastian Kettley, 2020-02-18 -
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
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 -
IncorrectHuman activities have dramatically increased atmospheric CO2 levels, causing imbalances in the global carbon cycle
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Human additions of CO<sub>2</sub> are in the margin of error of current measurements and the gradual increase in CO<sub>2</sub> is mainly from oceans degassing as the planet slowly emerges from the last ice age.
Source: I Love Carbon Dioxide, Cole Ryan, 2020-04-12 -
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 -
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Human-induced increases in greenhouse gases are the primary driver of global warming, contrary to claims in CFACT article
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They tell us that we are the primary forces controlling earth temperatures by the burning of fossil fuels and releasing their carbon dioxide. I hope my readers can recognize the absurdity of their claims. … increasing sunspots are linked to increases in earth temperature
Source: CFACT, Jay Lehr, 2020-04-08 -
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
Claim:
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