Claim reviews
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is real; the story that claims otherwise is a work of fiction
CLAIM
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
CLAIM
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
CLAIM
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
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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