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Claim Sources Assessment
Bioengineered virus WP:MEDRS:
WP:RSP:
Conspiracy theory
HIV insertions WP:MEDRS:
Bad science (preprint) paper. Followed by conspiracy theorists.
Chinese biological weapon WP:RSP:
WP:RS:
Conspiracy theory
US biological weapon Conspiracy theory
Muslims are selling food contaminated with coronavirus Hoax
Deaths produce decline in cellphone subscriptions WP:RSP:
Misinformation based on statistics misinterpretation.
Bat soup WP:RS:
Misinformation
Smear campaign and harassment against Shi Zhengli WP:RS: Media misinformation, social media hoaxes and harassment
5G WP:RSP:
Social media hoax

Stories

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Claim Publisher Author Date URL Assessment Discussion Uses
Bat soup Excélsior (mx) 23 January 2020 [1] archive Claims connection to the epidemic. 1
La Prensa (hn) 23 January 2020 [2] archive Claims that study connects bat soup with the epidemic. 1
Daily Mail
(RSP entry)
Billie Thomson 24 January 2020 [3] archive Misleading report that fuels racist hoaxes. 1
The Sun
(RSP entry)
Gemma Mullin 24 January 2020 [4] archive Purely fabricated claim in headline: "Coronavirus outbreak could be linked to bat soup say scientists." 1
Mundo Deportivo (es) 24 January 2020 [5] archive Claims that bat soup is possibly the origin of the epidemic. 1
Antena 3 (es) 24 January 2020 [6] archive Claims that bat soup is possibly the origin of the epidemic. 1
La Nación (ar) 24 January 2020 [7] [8] Claims that a study connects bat soup with the epidemic. 1
Clarín (ar) 28 January 2020 [9] archive Claims bat soup is the origin of the epidemic: "así es la sopa de murciélago que originó el coronavirus en China." Also distributed on MSN [10] 1
Nurse whistleblower The Epoch Times
(RSP entry)
Eva Fu 24 January 2020 [11] archive Early hoax amplification without adequate critical or expert commentary. 1
Daily Mail
(RSP entry)
Jonathan Bucks, Megan Sheets, Ryan Fahey, Ariel Zilber 25 January 2020 [12] archive Early hoax amplification. Headline giving credibility to the video and false claims regarding content. 1 2
New York Post
(RSP entry)
Laura Italiano 26 January 2020 [13] archive Early hoax amplification. Headline giving credibility to the video and false claims regarding content. 1
Radio Fórmula (mx) Blanca Cortés Martínez 26 January 2020 [14] archive Gives credibility to the hoax. 1
Nettavisen (no) 27 January 2020 [15] archive The video was published citing Daily Mail and The New York Post without adequate critical commentary. However, the publication was withdrawn within a few days. Read more at Journalisten. 1
La Prensa (hn) 29 January 2020 [16] archive Gives full credibility to the hoax. 1
info7 (mx) 29 January 2020 [17] archive Gives credibility to the hoax. 1
El Popular (pe) 31 January 2020 [18] archive Gives credibility to the hoax. Adds additional twist. 1
Diario de Avisos (es) 1 February 2020 [19] archive Gives full credibility to the hoax. 1
Bioweapon / Stolen from Canada by Chinese agents GreatGameIndia 26 January 2020 [20] archive Conspiracy theory 1
The Economic Times
(RSP entry)
Sandhya Sharma 11 February 2020 [21] Conspiracy theory 1
Bioweapon / Francis Boyle claims Geopolitics & Empire feat. Francis Boyle 30 January 2020 [22] Conspiracy theory 1
GreatGameIndia 3 February 2020 [23] archive Conspiracy theory 1
Zero Hedge
(RSP entry)
3 February 2020 [24] archive Conspiracy theory 1
Daily Express
(RSP entry)
Callum Hoare 12 March 2020 [25] archive Conspiracy theory 1
Bioengineered / HIV insertions GreatGameIndia 1 February 2020 [26] archive Conspiracy theory based on the preprint "HIV paper" 1
CNews feat. Luc Montagnier 17 March 2020 [27] archive Conspiracy theory based on the preprint "HIV paper" 1
Tencent stats leak Taiwan News Keoni Everington 5 February 2020 [28] archive 1
Several: laboratory leakage, medical research mis-characterization. The Epoch Times
(RSP entry)
Olivia Li 6 February 2020 [29] archive Quoting netizens on social media without adequate critical commentary, a pretext to spread several hoaxes and misinformation. 1
Wuhan crematoriums theory The Epoch Times
(RSP entry)
王有法 (?), 何堅 (?) 7 February 2020 (*) [30] (archive archive Reports with anonymous sources about increased activities in Hubei crematoriums with the hypothesis that they would correspond to higher death toll than reported. 1
Breitbart News
(RSP entry)
Frances Martel 7 February 2020 archive Mostly a translation of The Epoch Times. 1
Meditation / Falun Gong prevents COVID-19 The Epoch Times (de)
(RSP entry)
Christina Spirk 8 February 2020 [31] archive 1
The Epoch Times (tr)
(RSP entry)
  • Christina Spirk (author)
  • Evren Durmaz (translation
21 April 2020 [32] archive WP:FRINGE 1
Cumulative deaths cannot fit a curve with R-squared ~0.99 Barron's Lisa Beilfuss 13 February 2020 [33] archive Non-expert misinformation, WP:EXTRAORDINARY 1 1
The Australian 14 February 2020 [34] Same story. Same as Barron's above. 1
Mingui.org 18 February 2020 [35] archive Citing Barron's story. 1
The Epoch Times Turkey
(RSP entry)
Şendağ Gökçe 25 February 2020 [36] archive Citing Barron's story. 1
Taiwan News Keoni Everington 4 March 2020 [37] archive Citing Barron's story. 1
Bioengineering / WIV origin Zero Hedge
(RSP entry)
13 February 2020 [38] archive Mis-characterization of Chen Wei to propose the theory of a lab leak. 1
Daily Mail
(RSP entry)
Billie Thomson 14 February 2020 [39] archive Sensationalist characterization of Chen Wei as "top military bio-warfare expert", the article characterizes the WIV origin of the virus as "conspiracy theories" but its inaccuracies and tone actually may fuel these theories. 1
Zero Hedge
(RSP entry)
15 February 2020 [40] archive Doubles down on the bioweapon theory. 1
WIV origin / selling lab animals in wet markets New York Post
(RSP entry)
Steven W. Mosher
(Population Research Institute)
22 February 2020 [41] archive Conspiracy theory 1
Breitbart News
(RSP entry)
John Hayward feat. Steven W. Mosher 24 February 2020 archive Conspiracy theory 1
Robert Kraychik feat. Steven W. Mosher 25 February 2020 archive Doubles down and adds the HIV insertion theory 1
Rise in sulfur dioxide could be sign of mass cremations in Wuhan Taiwan News Keoni Everington 15 February 2020 [42] archive Based on misinterpretation on forecasting data, not measurement data. More: [43] 1
People cremated alive in Wuhan Taiwan News Keoni Everington 26 February 2020 [44] archive 1
The Epoch Times (de)
(RSP entry)
27 March 2020 [45] archive 1
ADN Cuba (cu) 7 April 2020 [46] archive 1
International Business Times (sg)
(RSP entry)
Manthan Chheda 8 April 2020 [47] archive 1
The Herald (ng) Tony Abu Momoh 8 April 2020 [48] archive 1
Deaths produce decline in cellphone subscriptions The Epoch Times
(RSP entry)
Nicole Hao 22 March 2020 [49] archive Misinformation 1
PanAm Post Mamela Fiallo Flor 6 April 2020 [50] archive Misinformation 1

References

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  15. ^ Fildes, Nic; Di Stefano, Mark; Murphy, Hannah (16 April 2020). "How a 5G coronavirus conspiracy spread across Europe". Financtial Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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