“South Africa develops Covid-19 cure”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
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“South Africa develops Covid-19 cure”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
“The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accepted an Indian student’s home remedy for the cure of COVID-19”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: There is no authentic information that an Indian student from Pondicherry University has found a cure for COVID-19. WHO website clearly states that, to date, there are medicines that can prevent or treat COVID-19
“A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“A vaccine is an antibody produced by the body to fight infection.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: A vaccine is a product that contains a “killed” or “weakened” version, or parts of a pathogen. This is then used to train a person’s immune system to produce antibodies so that he or she develops immunity without having…
“Claim: Covid 19 victims body being thrown into the Ganges”
Fact Crescendo rated this: PARTLY FALSE
“Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence nasal swabs are used for “implanting something.”
“The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Despite a dip in death rates, which are expected to rise again, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still considers COVID-19 an epidemic. Death rates alone don’t determine whether an outbreak is an ep
“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Actress Bela Padilla was shot inside her vehicle and declared dead on arrival at a hospital.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Video of Amitabh Bachchan applauding doctors, nurses and health staff of Nanavati hospital after he was admitted for COVID-19 treatment”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Amitabh Bachchan has tested positive for COVID-19 on ‘11 July 2020’ and he was admitted to Nanavati hospital for treatment. But the viral video is found to exist on the internet at least since ‘April 2020’. So, the vide…
“Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’”
PolitiFact rated this: Sorting out seven claims
PolitiFact says: Facial hair can hinder, but doesn’t negate mask effectiveness; if you don’t touch it, you can safely wear a mask from a store to your car; masks aren’t intended to protect eyes, but face shields aren’t generally advised.
“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: New Zealand has no current cases among people in the country. There were 22 cases as of the date of the Facebook post — all from people who tested positive upon entering the country.
“oop of monkeys inhabited a COVID-19 hospital in India.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The Hospital shown in the video is RK Khan hospital in Durban, South Africa. During the year 2019, a troop of monkeys inhabited this hospital and started Stealing the food from sick patients. Information about this inci…
“tying a sack of spices and camphor can protect you from Covid-19”
First Check rated this: False
“Consumption of eggs and Vitamin C and E, getting sunlight in the morning, and drinking warm water daily can defeat COVID-19.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Covid-19 airborne transmission claim”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
“Covid-19 is not transmitted from person to person”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Sen. Susan Collins “voted twice to allow drug companies to keep cheaper generic drugs off the market, forcing Mainers to pay 10 times more for their medicine.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Cherry Picks
FactCheck.org says: Collins also has supported bills intended to increase generic-drug competition and lower prescription costs.