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Volunteer for U.K. COVID-19 vaccine trial Elisa Granato is alive, contrary to claim in viral article
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Elisa Granato, the first volunteer who availed herself in Oxford for a jab in the first Europe human trial of a vaccine to protect against the coronavirus pandemic has died.
SOURCE: James Alami, News NT
Published: 27 Apr 2020
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Eating alkaline food cannot prevent or cure COVID-19
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The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level.
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 22 Apr 2020
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Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier inaccurately claims that the novel coronavirus is man-made and contains genetic material from HIV
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this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus)
SOURCE: Luc Montagnier, Gilmore Health News, Zero Hedge
Published: 20 Apr 2020
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Claim that SARS-CoV-2 binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells unsupported and implausible
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COVID-19 causes prolonged and progressive hypoxia (starving your body of oxygen) by binding to the heme groups in hemoglobin in your red blood cells
SOURCE: Andrew Gaiziunas, Medium
Published: 15 Apr 2020
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Some evidence suggests that vitamin C and D supplementation might prevent or treat respiratory infections, but their effectiveness is still being tested with COVID-19
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Vitamins C and D are now finally being adopted in the conventional treatment of SARS-CoV-2; Vitamin C at extremely high doses acts as an antiviral drug, actually killing viruses; vitamin D helps the body fight SARS-CoV-2 infection and can cut infection risk.
SOURCE: Joseph Mercola, Mercola
Published: 14 Apr 2020
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Conspiracy theorists claim that 5G increases vulnerability to COVID-19 with baseless theory that it affects hemoglobin
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Coronavirus pandemic would likely not be nearly as bad if 5G exposure/radiation pollution wasn’t already compromising the structure and function of hemoglobin cells.
SOURCE: Mike Adams, Natural News
Published: 11 Apr 2020
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Claim that flu shot causes false positive results on COVID-19 tests is unsupported and misleading
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The flu shot causes false positive results on COVID-19 tests
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 10 Apr 2020
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PCR tests for COVID-19 are specific for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and do not detect other coronaviruses, contrary to claims in viral article and video
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There are no reliable tests for a specific COVID-19 virus
SOURCE: Jerry Day, Julian Rose, GlobalResearch.ca, YouTube
Published: 06 Apr 2020
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Evidence points to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 being of natural origin, no evidence it could have been intentionally propagated
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The coronavirus has been 'released' by China
SOURCE: Anonymous, MyNaCl.blogspot.in
Published: 05 Apr 2020
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Viral video mixes truth about COVID-19 with a long list of ineffective treatments and preventions
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Coronavirus does not cause a runny nose; is killed by temperatures above 26 degrees; causes lung fibrosis within days of infection; can be diagnosed by holding your breath for 10 seconds; and can be cured in the early stages by drinking plenty of water.
SOURCE: Steven Aitchison, Change Your Thoughts Change Your Life
Published: 03 Apr 2020
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