VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pneumonic plague, not bubonic, can spread via droplets
Unless it has reached a person’s lungs, the bubonic plague does not spread from person to person.
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Unless it has reached a person’s lungs, the bubonic plague does not spread from person to person.
Viruses do not have pH levels. Alkalizing food will not prevent or cure COVID-19.
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia earned the ire of netizens and health experts for publicly shaming doctors who criticized a local memorandum urging provincial officials and employees to perform “tuob” or steam inhalation as means to help contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Although no cure has yet been proven to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the number of recorded patients in the country who have recovered from the disease has steadily risen since mid-April, according to data from the Department of Health (DOH).
The study on the drug is also yet to be peer-reviewed.
It does not protect one from or kill the virus causing COVID-19.
COVID-19 is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2.
The posts also make several other inaccurate assertions.
On June 8, several netizens, including Pinoy Ako Blog author Jover Laurio, pointed out seemingly contradicting statements from San Juan City Mayor Francisco Zamora, who recently referred to his wife as a “stage 3 breast cancer patient” after claiming seven months ago that she was already “cancer free.”
It’s been debunked by several public health experts and WHO.