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Covid - Misinformation is death World Wide WTF?
From: 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)
Jul-24
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 Plus, Andrew Bolt's column on masks is based on outdated advice.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
Jul-24
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).
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
Aug-21
Fact checking
Why you shouldn't believe what anti-vaxxers say about death certificates and COVID-19
Anti-vaxxers have been using official advice from the WA Coroner's Court on assuming the cause of death as COVID-19 as evidence the death rate for the disease is being overstated. But experts point out this is normal practice in line with other causes of death.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
Sep-4
Fact Check
How 'freedom day' protesters have been using misleading archival images to further their cause
Anti-lockdown advocates have been planning a protest for this weekend, using images of packed streets which they say are of a similar recent protest in Berlin. But fact checkers have found them to be sometimes decades old images from the internet.
Read more from www.abc.net.au- Edited September 4, 2020 2:48 am by Jenifer (Zarknorph)
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
Sep-14
Analysis - Fact Check
Five coronavirus statistics 'armchair experts' keep getting wrong
It's easy to be taken in by misinformation about COVID-19 statistics on social media, especially if we don't have the right context, writes Jacques Raubenheimer.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
3:17 AM
Florida COVID-19 whistleblower turns herself in on felony computer charge
A former Florida public health whistleblower who says she was fired because she refused to manipulate COVID-19 data turned herself in to face a felony computer offense and was released on bail on Monday, Florida officials and media said.
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