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Covid - Misinformation is death World Wide WTF?
From: 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Malaria drug taken by Donald Trump for coronavirus withdrawn by US regulators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.
Read more from SBS NewsFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/24/20
Mick Fuller has linked the Black Lives Matter protests with Melbourne's COVID-19 increase. What are the facts?
In this issue of CoronaCheck, Fact Check revisits the issue of "links" between the Black Lives Matter protests and Melbourne's coronavirus increase. Plus, Andrew Bolt's column on masks is based on outdated advice.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: MEDDLY
7/24/20
Whether this is true or not, protesters should keep their distance from each other. There are people who have the virus but don't know it (asymptomatic).