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Masks don't prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Health-Covid

Masks don't prevent the spread of coronavirus.

N95 masks filter about 85% of tiny particles.
Health-Covid

N95 masks filter about 85% of tiny particles.

The COVID-19 infection can spread through flatulence.
Health-Covid

The COVID-19 infection can spread through flatulence.

A Nagpur medical hospital performed a post-mortem on a living human and removed his kidney.
Health-General Human Rights-General

A Nagpur medical hospital performed a post-mortem on a living human and removed his kidney.

Disabled government employees over the age of 50 are to be forcibly retired according to a new order passed by the Bihar government.
Health-General Politics-Policy

Disabled government employees over the age of 50 are to be forcibly retired according to a new order passed by the Bihar government.

A fake image of people carrying the body of a COVID-19 positive person on a bicycle is viral in India.
Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

A fake image of people carrying the body of a COVID-19 positive person on a bicycle is viral in India.

Partly_True: Home pregnancy tests can detect testicular cancer.
Health-General

Partly_True: Home pregnancy tests can detect testicular cancer.

Fasting-induced autophagy does not guarantee illness reversal
Health-General

Fasting-induced autophagy does not guarantee illness reversal

False: COVID-19 will disappear soon.
Health-Covid

False: COVID-19 will disappear soon.

Vaccine critic Rashid Buttar did not die from ‘vaccine shedding’
Conspiracies-General Health-Vaccines

Vaccine critic Rashid Buttar did not die from ‘vaccine shedding’

No, listening to specific sound frequencies cannot ‘heal’ health issues
Health-General Conspiracies-General

No, listening to specific sound frequencies cannot ‘heal’ health issues

No, activated charcoal cannot be used for treating ‘any poisoning or diarrhea’
Health-General

No, activated charcoal cannot be used for treating ‘any poisoning or diarrhea’

True: Overweight people are more likely to die from COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Covid

True: Overweight people are more likely to die from COVID-19.

No, sunscreen does not cause cancer
Health-General

No, sunscreen does not cause cancer

The FDA has not changed its position on ivermectin
Health-Covid

The FDA has not changed its position on ivermectin

True: The Chinese have been victims of racial attacks and segregation because of the COVID-19 outbreak started in China, and now the same people are targeting black people saying that they are the cause of the coronavirus.
Health-Covid Human Rights-Race

True: The Chinese have been victims of racial attacks and segregation because of the COVID-19 outbreak started in China, and now the same people are targeting black people saying that they are the cause of the coronavirus.

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