FACT CHECK: Old claim that siling labuyo is ‘dengue cure’ FALSE
Netizens on Facebook revived a six-year-old false claim about using bird's eye chili (siling labuyo) as a cure for dengue.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin makes unproven claim that dengue was ‘made and discovered’ in PH
The World Health Organization, in a 1996 study on dengue, said, “The exact date when dengue fever was first recognized in the world is still obscure.” Experts also note that the origin of the dengue virus is not yet clear because of its shared clinical symptoms with other mosquito-borne viral illnesses.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin sinabi na ang dengue ay ‘ginawa at natuklasan’ sa PH kahit hindi ito napatunayan
Sa paghimok sa gobyerno na balikan ang patakaran ng paggamit ng dengvaxia vaccine laban sa dengue sa gitna ng tumataas na kaso ng sakit sa bansa, sinabi ni Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin na ang impeksyong dala ng lamok ay “ginawa at natuklasan” sa Pilipinas. Ito ay hindi napatunayan.
Dengue epidemic credited to water shortage, lack of coordination between stakeholders
The dengue epidemic the country is experiencing today had been foreseen as early as in January this year—but preventive measures were still not put in place.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post tungkol sa dahon ng papaya bilang ‘lunas’ sa dengue nangangailangan ng konteksto
Ang isang online post ng isang netizen na nagrerekomenda ng katas ng dahon ng papaya ay hindi kumpletong larawan ng epekto nito bilang "lunas" sa dengue.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post on papaya leaves as homemade ‘cure’ for dengue needs context
A netizen’s month-old online post endorsing papaya leaf juice paints an incomplete picture of its effectivity as a “cure” for dengue.