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Pepper in your food will cure or prevent coronavirus
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review investigated a WhatsApp message claiming that giving a person with coronavirus hot meals rich in pepper would make them well in less than 24 hours. It reports that the message was sent to the publisher’s WhatsApp fact-check chatbot and says the publisher found no evidence for the promised cure. The review’s conclusion addresses both cure and prevention, not just whether pepper might relieve a symptom. To check the claim, the review says it consulted the World Health Organization’s coronavirus myth-busters and a Virginia Department of Health page about COVID-19 myths. Both sources are described as rejecting the idea that pepper in food prevents or cures COVID-19. The review also reports speaking with Dr. Vimal N of the Ministry of AYUSH, who said there was no evidence pepper could cure the infection. The article further cites the WHO’s statement that, at the time addressed by the review, there were no specific vaccines or medicines for COVID-19 and treatments were still under investigation and testing. This evidence directly contradicts the viral message’s guarantee of recovery within a day. The review does not report a clinical trial of pepper; its stated basis is the cited public-health guidance and the expert comment.
WHO నివేదిక ప్రకారం ఇప్పటివరకు ఒక్క శాకాహారికి కూడా కరోనావైరస్ సోకలేదు
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
तस्वीर में दिख रहे लोग कोरोना के नियमों को ताख पर रखते हुए शराब खरीद रहे हैं
Publisher’s rating: False
Klaster penyebaran Corona terbesar di Indonesia adalah 10 ribu pendeta GBI dan GPIB
Publisher’s rating: Keliru
All employees of Punjab National Bank in Loni in Ghaziabad have tested positive for coronavirus
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Remdesivir is the drug that will "end" COVID-19
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
“We always hear about South Korea and their tests, there are 11 tests per thousand. Here in the United States, that’s 17 tests per thousand.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
"Wearing the mask literally activates your own virus. You’re getting sick from your own reactivated coronavirus expressions."
Publisher’s rating: No evidence
Hospitals get "$13,000 from Medicare if you call it COVID-19" when a patient dies.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Hydroxychloroquine is "effective against these families of viruses."
Publisher’s rating: Unproven
"If you’ve ever had a flu vaccine, you were injected with coronaviruses."
Publisher’s rating: Inaccurate
"This occurred from SARS 1 within a decade — that’s not naturally occurring."
Publisher’s rating: Wrong explanation
"The flu vaccines increase the odds by 36% of getting COVID-19."
Publisher’s rating: Inaccurate
"It’s very clear this virus was manipulated."
Publisher’s rating: Scientists say it’s not