Nasal 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 Users, Facebook

Published: 10 Jul 2020

VERDICT

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 User, Facebook

Published: 08 Jul 2020

VERDICT

Videos use gas sensors to misleadingly claim that wearing a face mask causes oxygen deficiency

CLAIM
Gas sensors show that wearing a face mask leads to oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide toxicity

SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook

Published: 06 Jul 2020

VERDICT

COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are mainly detected by highly specific molecular testing, not antibody testing

CLAIM
Antibodies for the common cold produce a positive COVID-19 test; false-positive results from COVID-19 antibody testing are behind the COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S.

SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook

Published: 06 Jul 2020

VERDICT

Internet memes based on hearsay claim that hospital laboratories falsify COVID-19 tests to inflate numbers without evidence

CLAIM
Hospital laboratories falsify positive COVID-19 results

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook

Published: 04 Jul 2020

VERDICT

Contrary to popular claim on social media, RNA vaccines do not alter our DNA

CLAIM
“Bill Gates explains that the COVID vaccine will use experimental technology and permanently alter your DNA”

SOURCE: Alex Pietrowski, Facebook users, Waking Times

Published: 30 Jun 2020

VERDICT

No scientific evidence indicates that cannabis can prevent or cure COVID-19 in patients

CLAIM
“Cannabis is more effective at preventing and treating COVID-19 than hydroxychloroquine”

SOURCE: Tristan Greene, The Next Web

Published: 30 Jun 2020

VERDICT

COVID-19 is among the leading causes of death worldwide so far in 2020, but beware of incomplete graphs

CLAIM
COVID-19 became a leading cause of death globally by the end of May 2020.

SOURCE: Gavin Wood, Flourish

Published: 27 Jun 2020

VERDICT

OSHA recommends using cloth face coverings at the workplace, contrary to claim by Peggy Hall

CLAIM
“OSHA says masks don't work and violate OSHA oxygen levels”

SOURCE: Peggy Hall, TheHealthyAmerican.org, GreenMedInfo

Published: 24 Jun 2020

VERDICT

No, Bill Gates is not funding COVID-19 vaccines as a way to conduct global surveillance or to depopulate the world

CLAIM
Bill Gates, founder of harmful vaccination campaigns in developing countries, now plans to use COVID-19 vaccines to surveil the population

SOURCE: Ty & Charlene Bollinger, The Truth About Cancer

Published: 24 Jun 2020

VERDICT