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Patricia Waldron

Guest Science Editor, Health

Partially correct
- Health
Posted on: 2020-03-26
The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on solid surfaces for days, but infection risk from contaminated objects is unknown

Claim:

[SARS-CoV-2] is spreading quickly from gas pumps. Shopping carts as well.

Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-03-17
- Health
Posted on: 2020-03-14
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: myhighplains.com, Spirit Science, Anonymous, 2019-10-24