Inaccurate
Human DNA does not produce a positive result on the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2
Claim:
“WHO coronavirus PCR test primer sequence is found in all human DNA”; “this means that the WHO test kits should find a positive result in all humans”
Articles tagged with
Testing
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Source: Piece of Mindful, Anonymous, 2020-04-06 -
InaccurateListicle of “facts” about COVID-19 contains numerous inaccurate and misleading claims
Claim:
“The overall lethality of [COVID-19] (IFR) is about 0.1% to 0.3% and thus in the range of a severe influenza”
Source: Swiss Policy Research, Anonymous, 2020-03-14 -
Misleading
Primary COVID-19 transmission is by close contact with infected people; nasopharyngeal swab-based testing provides the highest diagnostic accuracy
Claim:
“Ever wonder why they have to stick a Q-tip through your nose to the back of your head to swab a sample of covid but a droplet of saliva will infect a whole village at one time”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-04 -
Misleading
Saliva 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 -
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 -
Incorrect
The 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
