Partially correct
Despite a decline in COVID-19 deaths from a peak in Spring 2020, the number of deaths in July 2020 may not be as low as preliminary data suggest
Claim:
Deaths from COVID-19 are nearing zero in the U.S.
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Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-07-08 -
MisleadingSaliva might be an accurate, less-invasive alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 diagnosis; more research is needed to standardize its use in molecular testing
Claim:
There is no need to use nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing, mouth swabs can be used instead
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-09 -
InaccuratePeople have died from the coronavirus, contrary to article claiming to report pathologist’s “revelations” on COVID-19
Claim:
“no one has died from the coronavirus”
Source: OffGuardian, Patrick Corbett, Rosemary Frei, 2020-07-02 -
InaccurateNasal swab used for COVID-19 testing does not reach the brain
Claim:
Nasal swabs used for COVID-19 tests reach the blood-brain barrier and may damage it.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-06 -
IncorrectThe June 2020 spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases indicates a rising percentage of infections and is not simply an artifact of more testing
Claim:
“There's a ‘spike’ in [COVID-19] cases because there's a spike in testing.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-30 -
MisleadingVideos use gas sensors to misleadingly claim that wearing a face mask causes oxygen deficiency
Claim:
Gas sensors show that wearing a face mask leads to oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide toxicity
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-24 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 cases in the U.S. are mainly detected by highly specific molecular testing, not antibody testing
Claim:
Antibodies for the common cold produce a positive COVID-19 test; false-positive results from COVID-19 antibody testing are behind the COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-01 -
InaccurateContrary to popular claim on social media, RNA vaccines do not alter our DNA
Claim:
“Bill Gates explains that the COVID vaccine will use experimental technology and permanently alter your DNA”
Source: Waking Times, Facebook users, Alex Pietrowski, 2020-05-15 -
Mostly accurateCOVID-19 is among the leading causes of death worldwide so far in 2020, but beware of incomplete graphs
Claim:
COVID-19 became a leading cause of death globally by the end of May 2020.
Source: Flourish, Gavin Wood, 2020-05-31 -
InaccurateOSHA recommends using cloth face coverings at the workplace, contrary to claim by Peggy Hall
Claim:
“OSHA says masks don't work and violate OSHA oxygen levels”
Source: GreenMedInfo, TheHealthyAmerican.org, Peggy Hall, 2020-06-15
