Claim reviews
Viral claim falsely asserts that COVID-19 is due to 5G technology rollout, not a virus
CLAIM
The coronavirus outbreak is not actually caused by a virus, but by 5G technology
SOURCE: Dana Ashlie, YouTube
Published: 12 Mar 2020
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Contrary to viral Facebook claim, numerous studies show vaccines don’t cause autism
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there are no studies that prove vaccines don’t cause autism
SOURCE: Del Bigtree, Joe Martino, The HighWire, Collective Evolution
Published: 11 Mar 2020
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No, not every U.S. election year has had a disease outbreak and COVID-19 transmissibility is unconfirmed
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Every election year has a disease; coronavirus has a contagion factor of 2
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 07 Mar 2020
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Scientific evidence indicates virus that causes COVID-19 infection is of natural origin, not the result of human engineering
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evidence points to SARS-CoV-2 research being carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
SOURCE: Steven W. Mosher, New York Post, Daily Wire, InfoWars
Published: 05 Mar 2020
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Cancer is composed of mutated body cells, not Candida fungi
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Cancer is Candida/Fungus and can be cured
SOURCE: Anonymous, Healing Oracle
Published: 25 Feb 2020
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Vitamin C supplementation does not prevent viral respiratory infections, such as those caused by coronaviruses, in the general population
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The coronavirus pandemic can be dramatically slowed, or stopped, with the immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C
SOURCE: Andrew W. Saul, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Health Impact News
Published: 20 Feb 2020
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Chemical in garlic eliminates certain bacterial cells faster than two common antibiotics, but not by 100 times
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Garlic proven 100 times more effective than antibiotics
SOURCE: Anonymous, Why Don't You Try This
Published: 17 Feb 2020
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Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that smoking causes lung cancer, instead of protecting against it
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Smoking may protect lungs from cancer
SOURCE: Grayson Black, NewsPunch
Published: 12 Feb 2020
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2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain “pShuttle-SN” sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made
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2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin
SOURCE: Alex Jones, Mike Adams, InfoWars, Natural News
Published: 10 Feb 2020
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No causal association between the DTaP vaccine and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
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The DTaP vaccine causes SIDS
SOURCE: Dawn Lorenz, Raising Natural Children
Published: 07 Feb 2020
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