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Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens, not an unbalanced, acidic cellular environment
CLAIM
it is not the pathogens themselves which initiate disease, they only show up because of an acidic, compromised, cell terrain
SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook
Published: 31 Mar 2020
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Claim that flu vaccine increases coronavirus infection is unsupported, misinterprets scientific studies
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flu vaccine increases risk of coronavirus infection
SOURCE: Benjamin Krause, Facebook users, DisabledVeterans.org, GreenMedInfo
Published: 30 Mar 2020
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Gargling salt water or vinegar may soothe a sore throat, but it will not eliminate COVID-19
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Gargling with warm water and salt or vinegar eliminates the virus [SARS-CoV-2]
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook, Twitter
Published: 27 Mar 2020
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The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on solid surfaces for days, but infection risk from contaminated objects is unknown
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[SARS-CoV-2] is spreading quickly from gas pumps. Shopping carts as well.
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 26 Mar 2020
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The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is real; the story that claims otherwise is a work of fiction
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There is no ‘coronavirus’
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 25 Mar 2020
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Global warming and the COVID-19 pandemic are unrelated issues: one will not protect us from the other
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If we want to protect ourselves from the coronavirus, we must back away from all the climate change efforts we've been making
SOURCE: Andrea Widberg, LifeSite News
Published: 25 Mar 2020
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Vaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe
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Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism
SOURCE: Arjun Walia, Facebook users, Collective Evolution
Published: 24 Mar 2020
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No, the Shanghai government has not recommended intravenous vitamin C as a treatment for COVID-19
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The government of Shanghai, China has announced its official recommendation that COVID-19 should be treated with high amounts of intravenous vitamin C
SOURCE: Andrew W. Saul, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service
Published: 20 Mar 2020
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Long-term remission of an HIV patient who received a stem cell transplant is the closest so far to a full HIV cure
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The second person ever has been cured from HIV
SOURCE: Michelle Roberts, Tom Hale, BBC, IFLScience
Published: 19 Mar 2020
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Claim that burning sage purifies the air based on study that burned entirely different plants
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Research shows burning Sage cleans bacteria in the air
SOURCE: Anonymous, MyHighPlains, Spirit Science
Published: 14 Mar 2020
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