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“જનતા કર્ફ્યુ પાછળનો તર્ક… એક જગ્યાએ કોરોના વાયરસનું જીવન 8 થી 12 કલાક છે અને જનતા કર્ફ્યુ 14 કલાકનો છે…. તેથી 12 કલાક સુધી વાયરસ માનવ શરીર સાથે સંપર્કમાં રહેશે નહીં,તો આ વાયરસનો નાશ થઈ જશે. ” આ પોસ્ટનું આર્ચીવ કરેલું સંસ્કરણ અહીં ચકાસી શકાય છે.
Publisher’s rating: False
The post argued that because the coronavirus supposedly lived for 8–12 hours, a 14-hour Janata curfew would keep it from contacting people for long enough to destroy it. The review identifies the post as one shared on Instagram by the account bhallatanya.16 and says it circulated after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the curfew for Sunday, March 22, 2020, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The review’s conclusion is that the claim about the break killing COVID-19 is misleading. (S1: “19 માર્ચ, 2020 ના રોજ, વડા પ્રધાન નરેન્દ્ર મોદીએ, કોરોનાવાયરસ ફાટી નીકળતાં રાષ્ટ્રને સંબોધન કરતાં, 22 માર્ચ, 2020 ને રવિવારે, સવારે 7 થી રાત્રિના 9 સુધી રાષ્ટ્રવ્યાપી સાવચેતીના ભાગરૂપે ‘જનતા કર્ફ્યુ’ ની ઘોષણા કરી હતી.”; “દાવો ભલ્લતાન્યા.૧૬ નામના યુઝરે ઇન્સ્ટાગ્રામ પર શેર કરેલી એક વાયરલ પોસ્ટમાં દાવો કરવામાં આવ્યો છે: “જનતા કર્ફ્યુ પાછળનો તર્ક… એક જગ્યાએ કોરોના વાયરસનું જીવન 8 થી 12 કલાક છે અને જનતા કર્ફ્યુ 14 કલાકનો છે…. તેથી 12 કલાક સુધી વાયરસ માનવ શરીર સાથે સંપર્કમાં રહેશે નહીં,તો આ વાયરસનો નાશ થઈ જશે. ””; “સામાજિક અંતર મહત્વપૂર્ણ છે; પરંતુ 14-કલાકના વિરામનો દાવો કરતો વાયરલ પોસ્ટ COVID-19 ને મારી નાખશે તે ભ્રામક છે.”) To assess the claimed lifespan, the review reports examining a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. It describes the experiment as aerosolizing virus in an environment designed to resemble samples from the human respiratory tract, then measuring how long it remained detectable. The reported findings varied by material: at least three hours in air, up to four hours on copper, 24 hours on cardboard, and two to three days on plastic and stainless steel. Those results do not support a universal 8–12-hour lifespan. (S1: “તેઓએ મનુષ્યમાં ઉપલા અને નીચલા શ્વસન માર્ગમાંથી મેળવેલા નમૂનાઓમાં જેવું વાતાવરણ બનાવેલ નેબ્યુલાઇઝરની મદદથી હવામાં વાયરસનો છંટકાવ કરીને અભ્યાસ હાથ ધર્યો હતો.”; “તેઓએ શોધી કાઢયું કે તે હવામાં ઓછામાં ઓછા 3 કલાક પછી, તાંબાની સપાટી પર 4 કલાક સુધી, કાર્ડબોર્ડ પર 24 કલાક સુધી અને પ્લાસ્ટિક અને સ્ટેનલેસ સ્ટીલ સપાટીઓ પર 2-3 દિવસ સુધી જોવા મળે છે.”) The review also reports consulting Dr. Sudeep Khanna of Indraprastha Apollo, who rejected the assertion that the virus would die in 8–12 hours, and cites WHO guidance that survival on surfaces varies with conditions. It distinguishes the curfew’s potential role in reducing contact from the post’s claim that the break itself would eliminate the virus: the review says reduced contact could help limit community spread, while emphasizing social distancing rather than viral destruction. (S1: “તેમનું કહેવું છે કે વાયરસ 8-12 કલાકમાં મરી જશે તે ખોટું છે.”; “આ વિવિધ પરિસ્થિતિઓ (દા.ત. સપાટી, તાપમાન અથવા પર્યાવરણનું ભેજનું પ્રકાર) હેઠળ જુદા હોઈ શકે છે.”; “22 માર્ચ, 2020 ના રોજ જનતા કર્ફ્યુથી લોકોમાંનો સંપર્ક ઓછો થશે જે સમુદાયને રોગના ફેલાવાને અમુક અંશે ટાળવામાં મદદ કરશે.”)
Teststäbchen enthalten „Morgellons”, eine Art Parasit.
Publisher’s rating: Morgellons können nicht auf den Teststäbchen enthalten sein. Zum einen ist die Existenz der Krankheit in der Wissenschaft stark umstritten. Zum anderen schließen Experten das Überleben möglicher Parasiten in einem Testkit aus. Es ist möglich, dass dunkle Fasern bei der Produktion oder Verpackung handelsüblicher Antigen-Schnelltests auf das Stäbchen kommen. Dies ist jedoch ungefährlich.
Message from the BMC – ‘There is a higher stage of corona which cannot be detected but is infected to small children till the age of 30’
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a message circulating on social media under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Health Department’s name and logo. It says there is an undetectable “higher stage of corona” affecting “small children till the age of 30.” FACTLY’s review checks the message’s claimed origin: whether BMC issued it. It concludes that BMC did not issue the message and that the claim is false. The review does not establish whether the message’s medical wording is accurate; its finding is about attribution to BMC. (Source: “A message purportedly from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) – Health Department is being shared on social media with their logo. The message reads – ‘There is a higher stage of corona which cannot be detected but is infected to small children till the age of 30’.”; “Fact: The BMC did not issue any such message.”)
(VIDEO) “LOS HISOPOS DEL TEST PCR ESTÁN ESTERILIZADOS CON UN PODEROSO CANCERÍGENO”
Publisher’s rating: Engañoso
Les vaccins contre le Covid-19 ont tué des milliers de personnes, selon les rapports de l'Union européenne.
Publisher’s rating: Ces chiffres sont faux, a confirmé à la dpa l’Agence européenne des médicaments (EMA). Soit les tableaux ont été créés de toute pièce, soit leurs auteurs tirent des conclusions erronées des statistiques publiées par l’EMA, qui ne permettent pas d’établir le moindre lien de cause à effet entre la vaccination contre le Covid-19 et le décès de personnes ayant subi des effets secondaires.
The claim concerns Facebook posts that attributed thousands of deaths to Covid-19 vaccines and said the figures came from an EU database. The review examined a table posted on 23 March 2021, which listed 2,540 deaths for Pfizer, 972 for Moderna and 451 for AstraZeneca. It also describes other posts reporting 1,385 deaths for Pfizer as of 18 February and 4,574 deaths across three vaccines as of 21 March. The review reports that dpa checked the figures with the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
BioNTech oprichter wil zich niet laten inenten met eigen coronavaccin.
Publisher’s rating: De bewering dat de BioNTech-oprichter zich niet wil laten vaccineren is onjuist. De oprichter wil zichzelf en zijn werknemers graag laten inenten, maar hij wil hierbij op zijn beurt wachten en niet voordringen.
The claim concerned BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin and a Facebook post suggesting he would not take his company’s coronavirus vaccine. The review traces that claim to a Frontnieuws article whose headline said Sahin did not want to be vaccinated for the time being. It examines what Sahin said in an ARD Extra interview on 21 December 2020, the day the European Medicines Agency approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. (S1: “De oprichter van farmaceut BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, zou zich niet willen laten vaccineren met het coronavaccin van zijn eigen bedrijf.”; “Op 21 december 2020 gaf Ugur Sahin een interview in het programma ARD Extra over het Pfizer/BioNTech vaccin dat diezelfde dag werd goedgekeurd door het Europees Geneesmiddelenagentschap.”) Asked whether his vaccination would reassure people who were hesitant, Sahin said he was willing to be vaccinated, while stressing that he had to follow the rules on eligibility. He also said protecting employees mattered because the company needed to produce more than 1.3 billion doses over the following twelve months, and that it was seeking to arrange earlier eligibility for employees. The review therefore distinguishes willingness to be vaccinated from receiving a dose before one’s turn. (S1: “Ik laat mij natuurlijk graag inenten. We moeten alleen zorgen dat we ons daarbij aan de regels houden.”; “We zullen de komende twaalf maanden meer dan 1,3 miljard doses vaccin moeten produceren.”; “We zijn bezig om wettelijk te regelen dat onze medewerkers ook snel in aanmerking komen voor vaccinatie.”) The review says Sahin was waiting until officially eligible, rather than refusing vaccination. It also reports that BioNTech announced a voluntary employee vaccination program on 11 January 2021, including workers in Germany and people directly involved in vaccine production and distribution. (S1: “Hier wordt dus duidelijk dat Sahin zijn vaccinatie niet weigert. Hij wil alleen wachten tot hij officieel aan de beurt is.”; “Op 11 januari 2021 bracht BioNTech een statement naar buiten waarin zij aankondigden een werknemers-vaccinatieprogramma te beginnen.”)
Een baby die borstvoeding kreeg van zijn gevaccineerde moeder werd ziek, had purpura (uitslag) en verhoogde lever enzymes en overleed wat later.
Publisher’s rating: Er schorten meerdere dingen aan dit verhaal. De foto en bewering hebben niets met elkaar te maken. Het kind in de foto is niet het kind van wie werd beweerd dat het TTP heeft. Het is ook quasi onmogelijk dat de baby in de foto TTP heeft: de uitslag komt niet overeen met dat ziektebeeld. TTP is inderdaad een gevaarlijke ziekte, maar het is hoogst onwaarschijnlijk dat een baby het kreeg van de moedermelk van zijn recent ingeënte moeder.
The claim under review was that a baby became ill with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) after the mother was vaccinated against COVID-19 and the baby received her breast milk, and that the child died shortly afterward. The review describes the claim as originating in a Facebook post. Its account identifies a key problem with the image circulated alongside it: the photo and the claim came from separate posts and were later wrongly paired. The person who made the TTP claim confirmed in comments that the pictured baby was not the baby in that claim. [S1]
இது இந்தியாவில் நடக்கும் கும்பமேளா. உலகின் மிகப்பெரிய கோவிட்19 ஹாட்ஸ்பாட். இந்திய அரசின் கூற்றுப்படி. இது கோவிட்-19 ஐ குணப்படுத்தும்
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Das Video zeigt Corona-Tote.
Publisher’s rating: Der Clip entstand am Rand des Drehs eines Musikvideos. Das Video des russischen Rappers erschien bereits im September 2020. Es hat keinerlei Bezug zu Corona.
The claim concerns a video circulating on Facebook that was presented as showing people who had died of COVID-19. In the footage, an orange truck carries bodies wrapped in black plastic; when the camera zooms in, one person’s head is visible and the person appears to be smoking. The review also quotes posts that framed the images as pandemic deaths. Its investigation traced the clip to a TikTok account, where the description identified it as behind-the-scenes footage of a rapper’s video shoot, rather than pandemic footage. [S1] The review identifies the rapper as Husky and the source production as his music video “Niemals,” released in September 2020. It reports that the truck and wrapped bodies also appear in that music video, and says it checked the song lyrics and verified the truck’s appearance there. Those details connect the circulating clip to a music-video production and undercut the claim that it documents coronavirus deaths. [S1] The review further identifies Vasiliy Ivanov, whose name appears in the music video’s credits, as the TikTok user who posted the short clip and as a production designer on the shoot. Taken together, the account description, the full video’s appearance and the production credit provide provenance for the footage that is inconsistent with its presentation as evidence of pandemic deaths. [S1]
Des morgellons dans les masques et tests PCR.
Publisher’s rating: Les éléments qui bougent ne sont ni des nanotechnologies ni des parasites vivants. Il s’agit de fibres textiles qui bougent et se déplacent sous l’effet de changements de température ou par un phénomène lié à la charge statique des matières.
The claim concerns videos and images said to show “Morgellons” parasites or nanotechnology in masks and PCR tests. The review says such posts circulated with dark or low-quality visuals in which a small thread appeared to move under a microscope. It reports that Mark Benecke, an expert in biological traces, examined a PCR test in March 2021 and identified the material as textile fibres, rather than living organisms or nanotechnology. The review explains that movement alone does not establish that a fibre is alive. Benecke said fibres can move after absorbing moisture or heat, and that electrostatic attraction can also cause movement. He described the appearance as potentially worm-like, while distinguishing that resemblance from what the material is. The review also cites France 24’s conclusion that videos presented as showing worms or nanotechnology in PCR tests were speculation. The review separately notes that Morgellons as a disease is controversial. Dermatologist Dominique Tennstedt told dpa that the supposed parasites had not been demonstrated; neurologist Anne Louise Oaklander, quoted in a Guardian interview, described patients’ symptoms as real while discussing an undiagnosed chronic itching disorder. This medical discussion is distinct from the video evidence: the review’s explanation of the moving material is that it consists of textile fibres, not parasites.
Selon l'OMS, seules les personnes en bonne santé qui s'occupent d'un malade du Covid-19 doivent porter un masque.
Publisher’s rating: On ne trouve aucune trace de ces citations sur le site de l’OMS. Sans doute l’auteur du message s’inspire-t-il librement des tout premiers « Conseils sur le port du masque dans le cadre de la Covid-19 » que l’organisation a publiés en avril 2020. Ils ne sont absolument plus d’actualité.
The claim comes from a Facebook post asserting that WHO advised healthy people to wear a mask only when caring for someone suspected of having COVID-19, and that masks were not recommended for the public generally. The review says it could find no trace of the post’s quoted wording on WHO’s site. It identifies WHO’s April 2020 interim guidance as the closest text, rather than evidence that WHO published those exact statements.
وزیر بهداشت وعده داده که رایدهندگان در روز انتخابات واکسینه خواهند شد.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Pesan berantai yang berisi klaim bahwa, usai vaksinasi Covid-19, tubuh justru lebih rentan terinfeksi virus Corona
Publisher’s rating: Sesat
In landen met massale vaccinatie gaat aantal coronabesmettingen en -doden parallel omhoog met vaccinatie.
Publisher’s rating: De bewering is fout. In vier van de vijf landen waar momenteel verreweg de meeste coronaprikken per 100 inwoners zijn gezet, gaan de besmettingen en coronasterfgevallen juist sterk omlaag. Alleen in Chili lopen de besmettingen en sterfgevallen wel op. Omdat de vaccins pas na een aantal dagen zorgen voor bescherming, zet de daling van het aantal besmettingen en doden niet direct na de start van een vaccinatieprogramma in.
Video toont zogenaamde coronadoden, bewijs dat 'plandemie' in scène is gezet.
Publisher’s rating: De video is gemaakt bij de opnames van een videoclip. Die clip van een Russische rapper verscheen in september 2020. De zakken in de vrachtwagen zijn geen mensen die overleden aan corona. De video heeft geen link met COVID-19.
The claim uses footage of an orange truck carrying figures in black bags, including a person who appears to poke his head out and smoke, as evidence that purported COVID-19 deaths were staged. The review describes versions circulating on social media, including one captioned “supposedly these are coronavirus deaths,” and reports that the footage was being presented as evidence of a “plandemie.” The investigation identifies the footage as backstage material from a music-video shoot, rather than documentation of deaths from COVID-19. The original video was posted on TikTok by @vasyaivanovdesign; its Russian description included the terms “video shoot,” “rapper,” “Husky,” and “backstage,” and the account contained other backstage videos from the same production. The reviewer also reports verifying that the truck appears in the music video. The production was for Russian rapper Husky, whose video for “Никогда-нибудь” (“Nooit”) was published in September 2020. The review notes that the TikTok user Vasya Ivanov is credited in the video as production designer. These production details establish a non-pandemic origin for the specific truck footage and explain why the apparent bodies and smoking person are part of the staged video material, not evidence of COVID-19 deaths.