Inaccurate
No, “HIV insertions” were not identified in the 2019 coronavirus, contrary to claims based on questionable bioinformatics study
Claim:
Coronavirus contains 'HIV insertions'
Articles tagged with
Covid 19
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Source: Infowars, Zero Hedge, Anonymous, 2020-01-31 -
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Inaccurate“15% fatality rate” from coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection was based only on initial cases; infection fatality rate likely less than 3%
Claim:
Coronavirus hits 15% fatality rate
Source: Natural News, Mike Adams, 2020-01-25 -
UnsupportedNo conclusive evidence links consumption of bats with the 2019 coronavirus outbreak
Claim:
Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak linked to eating bats
Source: Daily Star, Infowars, The Sun, Emma Parker, Gemma Mullin, Paul Joseph Watson, 2020-01-22 -
InaccurateContrary to claims in viral social media posts, 2019 coronavirus was not lab-created nor was it patented years before outbreak
Claim:
[The coronavirus is] “new” yet it was lab-created and patented in 2015
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Chris Kirckof, Jordan Sather, 2020-01-23
