“Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 26 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Studies show COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, not bacteria. The Italian Ministry of Health still identifies the disease as caused by a virus. WHO never “outlawed” autopsies of patients with COVID-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 June 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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