Deforestation can facilitate the emergence and spread of some infectious diseases

CLAIM
Deforestation has made humans more vulnerable to pandemics

SOURCE: Lani Chan and Tom McKenna, Now This

Published: 01 Apr 2020

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No, marijuana and ginger have not been shown to cure COVID-19

CLAIM
Boil weed and ginger for Covid-19 victims, the virus will vanish

SOURCE: Anonymous, Nsemwoha.com

Published: 31 Mar 2020

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Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens, not an unbalanced, acidic cellular environment

CLAIM
it is not the pathogens themselves which initiate disease, they only show up because of an acidic, compromised, cell terrain

SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook

Published: 31 Mar 2020

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Claim that flu vaccine increases coronavirus infection is unsupported, misinterprets scientific studies

CLAIM
flu vaccine increases risk of coronavirus infection

SOURCE: Benjamin Krause, Facebook users, DisabledVeterans.org, GreenMedInfo

Published: 30 Mar 2020

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Gargling salt water or vinegar may soothe a sore throat, but it will not eliminate COVID-19

CLAIM
Gargling with warm water and salt or vinegar eliminates the virus [SARS-CoV-2]

SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook, Twitter

Published: 27 Mar 2020

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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 users, Facebook

Published: 26 Mar 2020

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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

CLAIM
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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Temperature trends in the U.S. are consistent with warming around the world, contrary to Electroverse claim

CLAIM
Historical data of temperature in the U.S. destroys global warming myth

SOURCE: Cap Allon, Electroverse

Published: 24 Mar 2020

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