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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque wrongly equates protection from face mask and shield to getting COVID-19 vaccine

By VERA Files | Jun 06, 2021 9:30 PM

In explaining the government’s directive to keep using face masks and face shields to help control the transmission and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque wrongly equated the protection from using these protective gear to getting vaccinated against the disease.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming ‘constant sex kills coronavirus’ FAKE

By VERA Files | May 27, 2021 1:28 PM

There is no existing evidence proving that frequent sex rids one’s body of the SARS-CoV-2. Sexual intercourse is also not listed as one of the possible treatments for COVID-19, as per the World Health Organization (WHO).

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Miriam Quiambao-Roberto shares misleading, inaccurate claims on copper face masks, COVID virus

By VERA Files | Jan 25, 2021 1:37 PM

In promoting the use of copper-infused face masks amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao-Roberto shared in her Facebook status on Jan. 6 a “forwarded message” that cited faulty reasoning on the ability of copper to “disinfect virus and bacteria.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Wearing masks daily DOES NOT cause carbon dioxide toxicity, oxygen deficiency

By VERA Files | Nov 05, 2020 9:04 AM

The false claim has circulated online since May, and has been debunked by fact-checkers in South America, Europe and Asia.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming two ways to wear medical masks NOT TRUE

By VERA Files | Oct 09, 2020 9:38 PM

Several health authorities say the same thing: wear the colored side facing outwards.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post on the ‘dangers of face masks’ carries multiple FALSE claims

By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2020 6:58 PM

Properly designed masks are porous, allowing oxygen and carbon dioxide to travel in and out of it.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Wearing a face mask DOES NOT cause cancer

By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2020 4:54 PM

The post is premised on a false and already-debunked claim about masks causing oxygen deficiency.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Face masks misconceptions debunked

By VERA Files | Aug 10, 2020 2:18 PM

It has been four months since the government mandated the wearing of face masks outside residences to lessen the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), yet some officials still give wrong advice on how to use the protective cover.

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