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Covid - Misinformation is death World Wide WTF?
From: BerrySteph
5/21/20
Jenifer (Zarknorph) said:More than 1,000 health workers will get daily doses of hydroxychloroquine - which is also being taken by the US President - to see how well it can ward off coronavirus, but the researchers are warning against its "ad hoc" use.
My understanding is that its an immuno-suppressant.
As such, it might be very valuable in someone suffering the cytokine storm, the final and lethal stage of COVID where the body attacks itself.
But in the early stages of the disease, taking it probably makes you more likely to fall sick.
From: BerrySteph
5/21/20
Jenifer (Zarknorph) said:Trump's narcissistic personality disorder does make him a danger to himself. It would not surprise me if he is taking it.
Its unlikely to do him much harm. And his cunning doctor may be giving him a sub-effective dose.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/23/20
'Complete inaccuracies': Viral Facebook post about COVID-19 tests debunked
A post shared widely on Facebook, which screenshotted and annotated a government website to claim that COVID-19 tests cannot distinguish between COVID-19 and a cold, measles or ebola, has been debunked.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/23/20
A Microsoft crop circle, C.S. Lewis, and other COVID-19 misinformation
In this issue of CoronaCheck: an image of a Microsoft logo etched into a field has been found to be fake by fact checkers. The image was being used to promote the conspiracy theory that founder Bill Gates made the novel coronavirus.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: 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.au