Inaccurate
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is real; the story that claims otherwise is a work of fiction
Claim:
There is no ‘coronavirus’
Articles tagged with
Covid 19
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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
Claim:
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 -
MisleadingNo, the Shanghai government has not recommended intravenous vitamin C as a treatment for COVID-19
Claim:
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 -
IncorrectViral claim falsely asserts that COVID-19 is due to 5G technology rollout, not a virus
Claim:
The coronavirus outbreak is not actually caused by a virus, but by 5G technology
Source: YouTube, Dana Ashlie, 2020-02-22 -
InaccurateNo, not every U.S. election year has had a disease outbreak and COVID-19 transmissibility is unconfirmed
Claim:
Every election year has a disease; coronavirus has a contagion factor of 2
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-03-02 -
IncorrectScientific evidence indicates virus that causes COVID-19 infection is of natural origin, not the result of human engineering
Claim:
evidence points to SARS-CoV-2 research being carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
Source: Infowars, New York Post, Daily Wire, Steven W. Mosher, 2020-02-22 -
UnsupportedVitamin C supplementation does not prevent viral respiratory infections, such as those caused by coronaviruses, in the general population
Claim:
The coronavirus pandemic can be dramatically slowed, or stopped, with the immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C
Source: Health Impact News, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Andrew W. Saul, 2020-01-26 -
Inaccurate2019 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 -
InaccurateNo, “HIV insertions” were not identified in the 2019 coronavirus, contrary to claims based on questionable bioinformatics study
Claim:
Coronavirus contains 'HIV insertions'
Source: Infowars, Zero Hedge, Anonymous, 2020-01-31 -
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