Claim that burning sage purifies the air based on study that burned entirely different plants

CLAIM
Research shows burning Sage cleans bacteria in the air

SOURCE: Anonymous, MyHighPlains, Spirit Science

Published: 14 Mar 2020

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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

CLAIM
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

CLAIM
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

CLAIM
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

CLAIM
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

CLAIM
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

CLAIM
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

CLAIM
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

CLAIM
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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