Inaccurate
Facebook reel misinterprets patents for proposed therapies and vaccines as patents for viruses
Claim:
Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS
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Source: Facebook, Twitter, Social media users, 2024-08-01 -
Incorrect
Financial analyst David Martin misrepresents studies and patent applications to promote the baseless claim that SARS-CoV-2 was developed as a bioweapon
Claim:
“SARS is the research developed by humans, weaponizing a life system model to actually attack human beings”
Source: International COVID-19 Summit III, David Martin, 2023-05-03 -
Inaccurate
mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 don’t modify humans, and don’t make them patentable or owned by any entities
Claim:
“if a human is injected with a GMO it becomes a patented piece of property from the government”, “they take away all your rights with mRNAs”
Source: Instagram, TikTok, Instagram users, 2022-11-14 -
Misleading
Short identical gene sequence in SARS-CoV-2 and a gene sequence patented by Moderna can be found in other organisms; not evidence that virus was engineered
Claim:
“scientists find virus contains tiny chunk of DNA that matches sequence patented by Moderna THREE YEARS before pandemic began”
Source: Daily Mail, Connor Boyd, 2022-02-23 -
Inaccurate
Contrary to claims in viral social media posts, the novel coronavirus was not man-made nor patented before outbreak
Claim:
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was lab-created and patented; SARS-CoV-2 is not a new virus; COVID-19 pandemic was man-made and planned
Source: Twitter/X, Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-01-23 -
Inaccurate
Contrary 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
