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Covid - Misinformation is death World Wide WTF?
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/26/20
Testing of Donald Trump's preferred COVID-19 drug hydroxychloroquine suspended by WHO
The World Health Organization stops trials of the malaria drug after a paper in a top medical journal warns that those taking it are at higher risk of heart problems and death.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/26/20
Fact check
Was Barnaby Joyce correct about snake bites killing more than COVID-19?
In March, former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce said deaths by snake bite outnumbered COVID-19 deaths by a factor of 30 to 40. But coronavirus moves quickly, so how do the figures stack up now?
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/28/20
Mailbox misinformation: The COVID-19 infodemic battle is taking place offline too
Amid the COVID-19 infodemic online, a double-sided pamphlet containing a raft of coronavirus misinformation has reportedly been dropped in a Melbourne letterbox. RMIT ABC Fact Check debunks some of its claims.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
6/5/20
'The Lancet's got a bit of form, here': How did a retracted study on hydroxychloroquine get through peer review?
Influential medical journal The Lancet has retracted its heavily-criticised study into hydroxychloroquine, a drug touted by Donald Trump as a "game changer" in the fight against coronavirus. So how did the paper slip through the cracks?
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
6/13/20
No, wearing a face mask doesn't cause carbon dioxide toxicity
Claims that face masks can be detrimental to health or hurt the immune system have proliferated on Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping fact checkers busy.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
6/16/20
How influencers went over to the dark side of wellness
Social media influencers are sharing conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter alongside smoothie recipes. But why?
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
6/16/20
Malaria drug taken by Donald Trump for coronavirus withdrawn by US regulators
Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are unlikely to be effective for patients with COVID-19 and could cause heart complications, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/2/20
I'm a doctor and scientist. These are the treatments for COVID-19 that actually work
With a vaccine for coronavirus still to be found, this is what is known about which treatments work against the disease, and which don't, writes William Petri.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/13/20
There are conspiracy theories undermining Melbourne's COVID-19 testing blitz
While testing is ramping up to detect COVID-19, misleading information is circulating social media about how - and whether - the tests detect the virus.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/18/20
Desperate Bolivians seek out toxic bleach falsely touted as Covid-19 cure
Long lines form every morning in one of the Bolivian cities hardest hit by the pandemic as desperate people wait to buy small bottles of chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleaching agent that has been falsely touted as a cure for the coronavirus.
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