The RootsToSky.com/Covid Misinformation Files

Falsehoods about a new strain of the coronavirus spreading from China vary widely, from Facebook posts that take a paten

Fact check before you share

A viral claim on social media says Bill Gates is planning to use microchip implants to fight the coronavirus. Most of the posts say Gates will “launch human-implantable capsules that have ‘digital certificates’ which can show who has been tested for the coronavirus and who has been vaccinated against it.” The claim has been shared at least 1,000 times on Facebook ( here , bit.ly/3aoVnIV , here ) and at least 3,600 times on Twitter, as of March 27, 2020 ( here , here , here ).

A Swiss medical doctor provided the following information on the current situation in order to enable our readers to make a realistic risk assessment.

Here's what disaster survivors, academic research and elite military operators can teach us about how to be resilient during the pandemic...

Here’s what you can do to relieve your worries, while still keeping you and your family safe.

The coronavirus pandemic is causing plenty of anxiety and panic. The difference between...

Learn more about the differences between coronavirus and the flu, and why we have to take Covid-19 so seriously.

Herbal remedies pose both direct and indirect risks to patients, Dr. Edzard Ernst of the United Kingdom’s University of Exeter.

The coronavirus pandemic is causing plenty of anxiety and panic. The difference between...

Coronavirus and collective stress around the world. Why is this moment so anxiety-producing and how can we stay resilient in the face of it?

Robin Wright interviews social psychologists about the toll that isolation to slow the spread of the coronavirus is taking, and could take, on solitary individuals.

This focus is considered critical during the coronavirus outbreak as most employees are being asked to stay at home and away from others in this era of physical distancing

Bill Gates had previously said a coronavirus vaccine could be developed in 18 months.

How the coronavirus travels through the air has become one of the most divisive debates in this pandemic.

These early estimates give an indication of the fatality ratio across the spectrum of COVID-19 disease and show a strong age gradient in risk of death.

Medical experts are warning Canadians not to believe the hype after a hidden camera investigation revealed a Winnipeg acupuncturist was selling an herbal tea that purports to prevent COVID-19. Health Canada has not approved any product to prevent, treat or cure the illness.

Every idea needs a Medium

But he has raised his estimate of the virus's reproduction number, which implies a lower fatality rate than his research group initially assumed.

An online furor over whether it’s safe to use the fever reducer reveals how people are sharing incomplete—and sometimes bad—information.

These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.

We need to be thinking about nursing homes, not schools. Hospitals, not planes.

One reason seems to revolve around the number of tests a country conducts. But differences in demographic and political issues could be factors

Here's how the immune system responds when a person catches Covid-19 - and what that means for treatment.