Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-07-08 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, Facebook users, 2020-06-30
Health Posted on: 2020-06-30 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: The Next Web, Tristan Greene, 2020-05-22
Mostly accurate Health Posted on: 2020-06-27 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: Flourish, Gavin Wood, 2020-05-31
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-06-11 Brussels halted 5G rollout in 2019 to study its radiation emissions, not because any negative health effects had been demonstrated Claim: “Brussels is halting their 5G plans due to the negative health effects”; “Evidence ... overwhelmingly suggest[s] that, yes, 5G does pose a major threat.” Source: worldhealth.net, Anonymous, 2019-04-05
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-05-29 The spread of COVID-19 is not related in any way to the deployment of 5G Claim: “5G plays a part in this ‘plandemic’” ... The cases of COVID-19 are “directly related to electromagnetic radiation exposure by 5G” Source: Gumshoe News, Dee McLachlan, 2020-05-04
Misleading Health Posted on: 2020-05-28 Hand-held UV lights sold online to kill microbes are effective only in specific conditions and can be unsafe when used improperly Claim: UV-C lamps “kill 99.99% of all bacteria, viruses, and mold” on “any surface you want to disinfect” ... “in ten seconds” Source: Super Charged UV-c, Anonymous, 2020-04-22
Misleading Health Posted on: 2020-05-22 Mortality in the U.S. noticeably increased during the first months of 2020 compared to previous years Claim: The U.S. is not losing “tons more lives in 2020” compared to 2019 (18,433) ... the increase is virtually non-existent Source: Facebook, Gateway Pundit, Candace Owens, Joe Hoft, 2020-05-13
Partially correct Health Posted on: 2020-05-19 The first SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans occurred during fall 2019, but not enough evidence exists to confirm a global spread before early 2020 Claim: “Coronavirus quickly spread around the world as early as October 2019” Source: Facebook, Hashem Al-Ghaili, 2020-05-08
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-05-08 Blog posts inaccurately claim that a 2005 NIH study demonstrated the effectiveness of chloroquine treatment against coronavirus infection such as COVID-19 Claim: the NIH researched chloroquine and concluded that it was effective at stopping the SARS coronavirus in its tracks Source: OneNewsNow, Bryan Fischer, 2020-04-17
Misleading Health Posted on: 2020-05-01 Claim that hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin improves COVID-19 recovery is unsupported at this stage Claim: By administering hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin, they were able to observe an improvement in all cases, except in one patient Source: TechStartups, Anonymous, 2020-04-06