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. 2020 Aug 12;17(16):5850. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165850

Table 2.

Contents of the most frequent fake news.

Key Words
Italian (English)		 “Fake News”
Origine (origin)

  • The outbreak was a result of an accidental release from a Wuhan laboratory

  • Sars-Cov-2 does not have an animal origin
Laboratorio (laboratory)

  • Sars-Cov-2 was engineered in a Wuhan laboratory
Complotto (plot)

  • Sars-CoV-2 was created by governments

  • Sars-Cov-2 is a biological weapon
HIV (HIV)

  • Sars-Cov-2 was engineered in a laboratory when researching a vaccine for HIV
Vitamina C (vitamin C)

  • Vitamin C supplements protect against the Sars-Cov-2 infection
Vitamina D (vitamin d)

  • Vitamin D is an effective therapy against Covid-19

  • A high level of vitamin D in the blood is effective in preventing Covid-19
Aglio (garlic)

  • People who eat large quantities of garlic are not infected by Sars-Cov-2
5G (5G)

  • Correlation between 5G technology and the spread of Sars-CoV-2