“Autopsies prove that COVID-19 is” a blood clot, not pneumonia, “and ought to be fought with antibiotics” and the whole world has been wrong in treating the “so-called” pandemic.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 11 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Viruses do not respond to antibiotic treatment; antibiotics work only on bacterial infections.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 May 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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