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People should take precautions against COVID-19 regardless of their blood type
Claim:
“People with blood type O [are] more protected against COVID-19”
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Source: The Jerusalem Post, Celia Jean, 2020-06-15 -
IncorrectPeople who do not show COVID-19 symptoms can and do transmit it to others; physical distancing and face masks effectively reduce the risk of transmission
Claim:
The WHO stated that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is “very rare”, therefore physical distancing and face masks are not necessary
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-08 -
InaccurateArticle inaccurately claims that coronavirus vaccine by Oxford researchers caused animal test subjects to develop COVID-19
Claim:
“Bill Gates’ shoddily-hastened vaccine has been determined to make all animal test subjects get COVID-19 when exposed to the virus“
Source: Montana Daily Gazette, Anonymous, 2020-05-27 -
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InaccurateThe spread of COVID-19 is not related in any way to the deployment of 5G
Claim:
“5G plays a part in this ‘plandemic’” ... The cases of COVID-19 are “directly related to electromagnetic radiation exposure by 5G”
Source: Gumshoe News, Dee McLachlan, 2020-05-04 -
Flawed reasoningFacebook posts misinterpret a study of 455 contacts of an asymptomatic COVID-19 carrier to claim that asymptomatic spread does not occur
Claim:
Asymptomatic carriers cannot spread COVID-19; COVID-19 is not contagious; masks are not needed to reduce COVID-19 transmission from asymptomatic carriers
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-05-22 -
MisleadingHand-held UV lights sold online to kill microbes are effective only in specific conditions and can be unsafe when used improperly
Claim:
UV-C lamps “kill 99.99% of all bacteria, viruses, and mold” on “any surface you want to disinfect” ... “in ten seconds”
Source: Super Charged UV-c, Anonymous, 2020-04-22 -
InaccurateThe main cause of death in COVID-19 patients is respiratory insufficiency arising from viral pneumonia, not clotting disorder as claimed in viral social media posts
Claim:
"Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists [have] shown that [COVID-19] is not pneumonia but it is disseminated intravascular coagulation"
Source: GistFlash, Facebook, Chinonyerem Emmanuella, Facebook users, 2020-05-01 -
MisleadingMortality in the U.S. noticeably increased during the first months of 2020 compared to previous years
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The U.S. is not losing “tons more lives in 2020” compared to 2019 (18,433) ... the increase is virtually non-existent
Source: Gateway Pundit, Facebook, Joe Hoft, Candace Owens, 2020-05-13 -
Partially correctThe first SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans occurred during fall 2019, but not enough evidence exists to confirm a global spread before early 2020
Claim:
“Coronavirus quickly spread around the world as early as October 2019”
Source: Facebook, Hashem Al-Ghaili, 2020-05-08
