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"Man kann nicht gegen Corona impfen", da das Virus aufgrund seiner Struktur in jedem Körper anders wirkt
Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Es gibt durchaus Impfungen, die DNA-basiert arbeiten und nach der SARS-Epidemie erfolgreich in vorklinischen Untersuchungen getestet wurden. In Bezug auf das neuartige SARS-Cov-2 ist eine Impfung sehr wohl möglich, so das Paul-Ehrlich-Institut. Das PEI ist zuständig für die Genehmigung klinischer Impfstudien und damit für die Zulassung von Impfstoffen. Laut PEI ist in Bezug auf die gesamte Sprachnachricht die "Grundannahme falsch" und entsprechend "auch sämtliche daraus resultierende Befürchtungen". Das Institut bezeichnet quasi alle geäußerten Behauptungen als "durch nichts belegt", die Äußerungen hätten "keine Logik" und seien schlichtweg "falsch".
"Ich habe am Montag mit einem Virologen aus München, LMU, gesprochen."
Publisher’s rating: Nicht belegt. Die Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München versichert auf Anfrage: "Unseres Wissens hat kein Virologe des LMU-Klinikums sich derart geäußert." Entsprechend ist unklar, ob ein Telefonat mit einem Virologen der Universität überhaupt stattfand. Ein Sprecher der LMU bezeichnet die Sprachnachricht als "Fake News".
Palo Santo has medicinal benefits!
Publisher’s rating: Bursera graveolens is a wild tree of commercial importance native to the Neotropics, which has been widely used in folk medicine. In the present study, the chemical composition and anti-proliferative properties of the essential oil from B. graveolens were assayed.
Video of COVID-19 dead bodies in Mexico being thrown into the sea.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY investigated a video shared with the claim that it showed COVID-19 dead bodies in Mexico being thrown into the sea. Its review reports that reverse-image searches of screenshots located the same video on Imgur, where it was titled “Skydiving out of the largest helicopter in use today, the Mi-26” and dated July 25, 2018. That provenance predates the first reported COVID-19 case, which the review places in China in December 2019. The review also found search results describing the footage as paratroopers being released from a Mi-26 helicopter. However, it explicitly says it could not establish the video’s exact context. Its central finding is therefore about chronology: footage already online in 2018 could not depict COVID-19 deaths, given the reported timing of the first case. The original review concludes that the video was misrepresented as showing the claimed event.
Since sunlight can kill the coronavirus, wearing sunblock is a bad idea during the coronavirus pandemic.
Publisher’s rating: False. Scientists are still studying whether ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun destroys the coronavirus. Whether it does or not, it’s important to protect your skin from the sun’s UV radiation by wearing sunscreen.
Op sociale media werd de voorbije weken regelmatig het verhaal verspreid dat de Nostradamus de corona pandemie zou hebben voorspeld. De Franse arts en apotheker die tussen 1503 en 1566 leefde zou in 1551 hebben geschreven dat het virus het einde van de wereld zou betekenen.
Publisher’s rating: Nostradamus heeft de uitbraak van het coronavirus en de heersende pandemie niet voorspeld. Het fragment werd nooit door hem geschreven en is nergens anders bekend.
The claim concerned a passage circulated online as a 1551 prediction by Nostradamus: it interpreted a “queen” rising from the east as corona and linked a plague to China and Italy. The review identifies that passage and says the story is false: “Volgens een bericht dat regelmatig wordt gedeeld zou Nostradamus het volgende hebben geschreven in 1551” and “Dat verhaal klopt echter niet.” The review describes checking the text of Nostradamus’s best-known work, *Les Prophéties*. It reports that “In de integrale tekst van zijn bekendste werk Les Prophéties komt het woord ‘colline’ (of ‘heuvel’ in het Frans) noch in het enkelvoud, noch in het meervoud voor.” The circulated passage refers to a country with seven hills, so the reported absence of the French word for hill weighs against the passage being part of that work. The review also notes that “Het woord ‘Orient’ (of ‘Oosten’) komt enkele keren terug, maar wordt nooit in de context van een pandemie gebruikt,” and that the passage contains grammatical errors that undermine its authenticity. It concludes that Nostradamus did not predict the coronavirus outbreak or pandemic and that the passage was never written by him and is not known elsewhere.
Probiotics can help your body fight COVID-19.
Publisher’s rating: Unlikely.
Antikörpertests bei Corona funktionieren nicht richtig
Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Antikörpertests lassen aber nur bestimmte Aussagen zu. Da sich Antikörper erst nach einigen Tagen bilden, eignen sich Antikörpertests nicht für eine akute Diagnose. Das Vorhandensein von Antikörpern lässt nicht darauf schließen, ob und falls ja, wie lange eine Person immun gegen das Coronavirus ist.
The names of Muslims in the AYUSH Ministry’s Scientific Panel who were responsible for the denial of permission to Patanjali’s ‘Coronil’
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerned a circulated list of Muslim names, said to belong to an AYUSH Ministry scientific panel and to identify the people responsible for denying permission to Patanjali’s Coronil. The review examined the names’ stated source and whether the described panel existed. It found that the names came from the “Scientific Personnel” list on the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) website. The review explains that CCRUM deals with Unani medicine, while Coronil was reportedly an Ayurvedic medicine; it also notes that Ayurvedic research has a separate council, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS). Thus, the list did not establish that the named people served on a panel deciding Coronil’s approval. The review further reports that the Press Information Bureau clarified there was no such scientific panel in the Ministry. It also mentions that Patanjali’s managing director, Acharya Balkrishna, later said the controversy had been resolved and the company had submitted necessary documents to the Ministry. These points undercut the post’s identification of the list as panel members responsible for the denial.
Covid-19 adalah singkatan dari Certificate of Vaccination ID dan konsep “new normal” bermuatan LGBT
Publisher’s rating: Keliru
The World Health Organization has changed its stance on wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
Publisher’s rating: Correct as a whole (with reservations)
10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre in Delhi is built by Kejriwal (State Government)
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Corona-Ausbruch bei Tönnies ist Freundschaftsdienst für Dietmar Hopp, damit Hopp mehr Geld macht mit Corona-App und Pharmaunternehmen Curevac. Vor Corona-Cluster bei Tönnies war Infektionszahl so niedrig, dass Impfstoffentwicklung kaum mehr begründbar war. Tönnies-Mitarbeitern wurde ein zweiter Test verweigert.
Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Die Nachricht über einen angeblichen Zusammenhang zwischen den Infektionen bei Tönnies und Profit von Dietmar Hopp basiert auf unbelegten und falschen Behauptungen. Die Impfstoffentwicklung in der Corona-Pandemie ist nicht abhängig von den Infektionen von Tönnies-Mitarbeitern. Tönnies-Mitarbeitern werden keine zweiten Tests verweigert. Ab 1. Juli sollen alle Schlachthofmitarbeiter in NRW zweimal pro Woche getestet werden.
Video yang diklaim sebagai video demontrasi di Amerika Serikat saat pandemi Covid-19
Publisher’s rating: Keliru
Médico e ex-secretário de saúde de Roraima diz que não viu nenhum paciente que iniciou o tratamento com Hidroxicloroquina no início dos sintomas ir para a UTI
Publisher’s rating: Enganoso: Ao contrário do que diz médico nas redes sociais, há relatos de óbitos de pacientes que usaram hidroxicloroquina já no início dos sintomas. E não há comprovação de que o medicamento reduz o risco de morte pela covid-19
Vice President Leni Robredo said "most of those who experience teen pregnancies are the youth."
Publisher’s rating: Fake
Op Facebook wordt beweerd dat ouders die hun kind weer naar school sturen, daarmee automatisch toestemming geven om hen een vaccin toe te dienen. De veronderstelde nieuwe praktijk zou zijn gebaseerd op nieuwe richtlijnen van de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) van de VN. Ouders wordt geadviseerd een brief aan de directeur van de school van hun kind te sturen waarin staat dat de navolging van de vermeende nieuwe WHO-richtlijn illegaal is. Er wordt erop gewezen dat leerkrachten, verpleegkundigen en anderen die meewerken aan die nieuwe praktijk, zouden kunnen eindigen voor een tribunaal. Bij de Facebook-post is een voorbeeldbrief gevoegd voor ondertekening door de ouders.
Publisher’s rating: Het bericht is fout, gebaseerd op de verkeerde bewering van een nieuwe WHO-richtlijn.
The Facebook post alleged that sending a child back to school would automatically authorize vaccination, supposedly under new WHO guidance. It urged parents to send school directors a letter calling the alleged practice illegal and warned that staff involved could face a tribunal. The review reports that the accompanying sample letter relied on the assertion that new WHO guidance had been issued, but says that guidance did not exist. The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport spokesperson also described the letter’s information as untrue. (The review states: “De nieuwe WHO-richtlijn bestaat niet.” and “De informatie in de vorbeeldbrief is ‘uiteraard niet waar’, aldus de zegsman.”) On consent, the review says vaccinations in the Netherlands are voluntary: parents must agree for minors, and children aged 12 and over must agree themselves as well. It also addresses the post’s reference to the WHO Constitution: according to the review, the cited Articles 21 and 22 do not provide for compulsory vaccination. These findings contradict the post’s claimed basis for automatic consent and its assertion that the WHO had introduced a new rule. (The review states: “Inentingen gebeuren in Nederland op vrijwillige basis, bij minderjarigen moeten de ouders ermee instemmen. Kinderen vanaf 12 jaar moeten zelf ook instemmen met de vaccinatie.” and “Maar uit de bijgevoegde tekst blijkt juist dat de artikelen 21 en 22, waarnaar wordt verwezen, niet voorzien in verplichte vaccinaties.”)