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Washing hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is essential, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after coughing, sneezing, or blowing one's nose. If soap and water are not available, CDC recommends consumers use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. | what hand sanitizers kill COVID-19? | The ongoing COVID19 pandemic has made various challenges for communications all over the world. Nowadays hand hygiene practices with alcohol sanitizers are an unavoidable reality for many people, which cause skin dryness and flaking. | Supports |
The coronavirus pandemic can be dramatically slowed, or stopped, with the immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C. | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Dietary supplementation has not been linked to COVID-19 prevention. | Refutes |
What does it feel like to recover from Covid-19? - It can take a while to feel normal after a viral infection. | Are you immune to COVID-19 after recovering from it? | we serially analysed immune responses in 113 COVID-19 patients with moderate (non-ICU) and severe (ICU) disease. | Neutral |
Masks can be a source of infection for the person wearing them | what are the best masks for preventing infection by Covid-19? | However, masks alone may not greatly slow down the COVID-19 pandemic unless they are coupled with adequate social distancing, diligent hand hygiene, and other proven preventive measures. | Neutral |
hand-washing, mask-wearing and social distancing - are slowing the spread of the flu | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | We use a simple log-linear model with intercept and trend break to evaluate whether the measures are effective preventing/slowing down the spread of the disease in Turkey. | Neutral |
On March 13, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. | When was the COVID-19 pandemic declared? | Lock down is found to be the only effective method to control this outbreak and due to the contagious nature of this disease most of the hospitals have stopped elective interventions. | Neutral |
No, 5G does not cause COVID-19 or create the coronavirus | Can 5G technology cause COVID-19? | Content analysis revealed that, of 233 sample tweets, 34.8% (n=81) contained views that 5G and COVID-19 were linked | Refutes |
Marijuana sales have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, but lung health experts warn smoking the substance could increase a person's risk of getting COVID-19. | Can smoking cannabis (weed) help in preventing COVID-19? | Since many articles have reported the effect of smoking (tobacco and cannabis) and vaping in cerebrovascular and neurological systems, and considering that smokers are more prone to viral and bacterial infection compared to non-smokers, it is high time to explore the probable correlation of smoking in COVID-19 patients. | Supports |
There is no proof vitamin c can treat or cure coronavirus. | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | We identified a total of 17 patients who received IV vitamin C for COVID-19. The inpatient mortality rate in this series was 12% with 17.6% rates of intubation and mechanical ventilation. We noted a significant decrease in inflammatory markers, including ferritin and D-dimer, and a trend to decreasing FiO2 requirements, after vitamin C administration. | Supports |
wearing face masks in public reduced the daily number of coronavirus | Can wearing masks help in preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease? | Wearing medical masks or N95 masks (namely N95 respirators) can slow the virus spread and reduce the infection risk. | Supports |
While coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mostly spreads from person to person, it can also spread from people to animals. | Can animals spread COVID-19? | Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is now a pandemic threat. This virus is supposed to be spread by human to human transmission. | Refutes |
Heart patients hospitalized with COVID-19 can safely continue taking angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). | are patients taking Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) inhibitors at increased risk for COVID-19? | Patients who take ACEIs and ARBS may be at increased risk of severe disease outcomes due to SARS-CoV-2 infections. | Refutes |
UV Light is a really good way to tackle coronavirus | Does UV light help in preventing covid-19? | Using published data from various sources it is shown that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is highly likely to be susceptible to UV damage while suspended in air irradiated by UV-C at levels that are acceptable and safe for upper-room applications. | Supports |
There are many types of coronaviruses | what is the origin of COVID-19 | Zhou et al (1) mentioned that 'Direct contact with intermediate host animals or consumption of wild animals was suspected to be the main route of SARSCoV2 transmission. | Neutral |
WEARING a face mask does help protect you from catching Covid-19 and from spreading it to others | Can face masks protect me from the coronavirus disease? | We also demonstrated that three brands of medical masks blocked over 99% viruses in aerosols. The avian coronavirus was completely inactivated after being steamed for 5 minutes. | Supports |
Diarrhea is first sign of illness for some COVID-19 | what are the early symptoms of COVID-19? | In our cohort, ODs were an early symptom of COVID-19 | Refutes |
Public health actions, such as social distancing, can make people feel isolated and lonely and can increase stress and anxiety. However, these actions are necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19. | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | Our models predict these strict social distancing measures caused a 79% and 61% reduction in the daily cases of COVID-19 across Australia and New Zealand respectively. | Supports |
We do not recommend people wear masks to prevent transmitting the covid-19 if you do not have symptoms. | Does a surgical mask help avoid COVID-19? | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis, Italian Government has approved Law Decree no. 18 of 17 march 2020, in which art. 15 allows enterprises to produce, import and commercialize surgical masks notwithstanding the current rules of product certification. | Neutral |
hand dryers are effective in killing the new covid-19 | what hand sanitizers kill COVID-19? | The index of India has remained very low (161) so far, mainly due to early implementation of social lockdown, social distancing, and sanitizing hands. | Neutral |
COVID-19 unlikely spreading from people to animals | Can animals spread COVID-19? | Experimental data showed ferrets and cats are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 as infected by virus inoculation and can transmit the virus directly or indirectly by droplets or airborne route. | Refutes |
On February 11, 2020 the World Health Organization announced an official name for the disease that is causing the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, first identified in Wuhan China. The new name of this disease is coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19. | what is the origin of COVID-19 | This provides evidences strongly supporting scientific hypotheses that bats and pangolins are probable hosts for the COVID-19 virus. At the whole genome analysis level, our findings also indicate that bats are more likely the hosts for the COVID-19 virus than pangolins. | Neutral |
While researchers are studying many COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, none has been fully tested for safety or effectiveness. | Does garlic protect against covid-19 | In late December 2019 in Wuhan, China, several patients with viral pneumonia were identified as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). So far, there are no specific treatments for patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), and the treatments available today are based on previous experience with similar viruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and Influenza virus. | Supports |
immune system response varies between patients | will SARS-CoV2 infected people develop immunity? | Thus both qualitative and quantitative features of B and T cell immunity to spike constitute informative biomarkers of the protective potential of novel SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. | Neutral |
COVID-19 is a new disease, and we are still learning about it. | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Although COVID-19 can be rapidly diagnosed, efficient clinical treatment of COVID-19 remains unavailable, resulting in high fatality. | Supports |
The coronavirus was not engineered in a lab | what is the origin of COVID-19 | Zhou et al (1) mentioned that 'Direct contact with intermediate host animals or consumption of wild animals was suspected to be the main route of SARSCoV2 transmission. | Supports |
COVID-19 is not the common cold (nor is it the flu) and science is still trying to understand how the coronavirus operates. | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Dietary supplementation has not been linked to COVID-19 prevention. | Neutral |
Results on the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 have shown no significant differences in health outcomes between the control group and patients who received the experimental drug. | does hydroxychloroquine treat COVID-19? | We found that fatalities are 18.8% (9/48) in HCQ group, which is significantly lower than 47.4% (238/502) in the NHCQ group (P<0.001). The time of hospital stay before patient death is 15 (10-21) days and 8 (4-14) days for the HCQ and NHCQ groups, respectively (P<0.05). The levels of inflammatory cytokine IL-6 were significantly reduced from 22.2 (8.3-118.9) pg mL-1 at the beginning of the treatment to 5.2 (3.0-23.4) pg mL-1 (P<0.05) at the end of the treatment in the HCQ group but there is no change in the NHCQ group. | Refutes |
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