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Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-03-30): Coronavirus pH varies from 5.5 to 8.5 is a myth, as the World Health Organization (WHO) hasn’t released any data on the coronavirus’ pH level. However, increasing your immunity can help fight against any disease. The message on WhatsApp //reads: "All we need to do to beat coronavirus is to take more of an alkaline foods that are above the above pH level of the Virus. Some of which are: Lemon - 9.9pH, Lime - 8.2pH, Avocado - 15.6pH, Garlic - 13.2pH, Mango - 8.7pH, Tangerine - 8.5pH, Pineapple - 12.7pH and Orange - 9.2pH". ‘New coronavirus scare has created several health myths on social media platforms and one of those is that to improve your pH levels, as the pH for coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5.’ [...] "The World Health Organization (WHO) hasn’t released any data on the coronavirus’ pH level. In general, alkaline food items are essential to build the body’s immunity. The stronger the body’s immunity, the better will it fight infections and diseases," Mathur noted.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-04-10): A fine example of a so-called "cure" is theadvice to eat more alkaline food items of higher pH value than the coronavirus. Because it will "defeat the coronavirus", the viral message claims. [...] Oyewale Tomori, professor of virology with the WHO, told Africa Check that the claim about the pH of the new coronavirus was incorrect. "Coronavirus has nothing to do with the stomach, so how do these ‘alkaline foods’, like lemon, lime, avocado, and garlic, beat the virus?" he said while urging to ignore such messages. [...] The viral message claim about the pH of novel coronavirus is false and baseless. Novel coronavirus does not have its own pH. So, it is pointless to assume alkaline food can prevent the infection of the virus.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-05-06): To be clear from the start, the pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, so some of the pH values listed below are just plain wrong. Furthermore, as an Africa Check article states, the SARS-CoV-2 virus does not have a pH level. Also worth noting are the wrong symptoms for COVID-19. This is to inform us all that the pH for corona virus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. [...] All we need to do, to beat corona virus, we need to take more of an alkaline foods that are above the above pH level of the Virus.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2024-01-24): "COVID-19 is immune to organisms with a pH greater than 5.5," the English language version of the meme states. "We need to consume more food alkalines that help us to increase the level of PH, to fight the virus." [...] The Indonesian version does not claim COVID is immune to alkaline foods but instead says the virus has a pH between 5.5 and 8.5.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-03-30): Now, a message claims that the pH value of the novel coronavirus ranges between 5.5 and 8.5 and thus, one should consume alkaline food that are above the pH level of the virus so as to prevent its spread. This information is being attributed to a research published in the Journal of Virology. [...] pH VALUES, COVID-19 AND ALKALINE FOODS pH levels range from 0 to 14, with pH values less than 7 being acidic and more than 7 being basic in nature. [...] "Viruses do not have pH values. Rather no living organism has pH values. The relation between alkaline foods and the novel coronavirus is totally baseless."Dr Shaheed Jameel, leading virologist
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2024-09-20): The list recommends an intake of Vitamin C, E, recommends sleeping for 7-8 hours, consuming egg, sitting in sunlight, and increasing intake of foods that have high PH levels including pineapple, mango, and garlic. Our previous story has debunked this claim that foods rich in PH levels or are considered to be rich in PH levels do not protect one from Covid-19. The message finally lists out the symptoms of Covid-19. [...] Moving further, the message claims, "the ph for the coronary virus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. The claim is false and we debunked it earlier in our story here. Dr. Banerjee said, "This PH 5.5-8.5 story has been circulated widely, fact-checked and again finds a way in various forms, modes, and descriptions".
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
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Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-05-06): A claim posted on Facebook alleged that the pH of the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5, and "all we need to do, to beat coronavirus," is eat alkaline foods above the pH levels of the virus. The pH of the coronavirus [...] The claim that an alkaline diet will help beat the coronavirus is FALSE. The claim that coronavirus has a pH level of 5.5 to 8.5 cited a study from 1991 about a different coronavirus, not the one that causes COVID-19. The post misinterpreted the findings of that study. The idea that alkaline foods will help beat the coronavirus is also false. There are no confirmed preventive measures or cures for COVID-19. Though a healthy diet can help strengthen immune systems, there is not enough of an effect to stop the coronavirus.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2022-08-30): "This is to inform us all that the pH for corona virus varies from 5.5 to 8.5," reads a graphic shared on WhatsApp. It says this is based on "research" from "Journal of Virology, April 1991". A similar claim is going around Facebook where it is used to sell an "alkaline cup". The graphic goes on: "All we need to do, to beat corona virus, we need to take more of an alkaline foods that are above the above pH level of the Virus." It says these foods include lemon, lime, avocado and garlic but doesn’t say how exactly they beat it. [...] But could the pH for the new coronavirus "vary from 5.5 to 8.5"? We checked.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-05-07): The message claims that pH levels for coronavirus varies between 5.5 and 8.5. Therefore in order to beat coronavirus, one needs to consume alkaline-rich foods that are above the pH levels of the virus. [...] "The WHO hasn’t released any data on the coronavirus’ pH level. In general, alkaline food items are essential to build the body’s immunity. The stronger the body’s immunity, the better will it fight infections and diseases," Mathur added. VERDICTTimes Fact Check has found the viral message mentioning pH level of coronavirus and claiming that it can be beaten by consuming foods having higher pH value than coronavirus to be misinformation.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-07-08): The message says that the pH value of SARS-CoV-2 ranges between 5.5 and 8.5 and thus, one should consume alkaline food that is above the pH level of the virus so as to prevent its spread. [...] This is to inform us all that the pH for corona virus varies from 5.5 to 8.5 — Pdizaina (@Pdizaina05) April 1, 2020 [...] All we need to do, to beat corona virus, we need to take more of an alkaline foods that are above the above pH level of the Virus.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2024-01-01): THE FACTS: A false post circulating on social media claims that COVID-19 has a pH level between 5.5 to 8.5, and in order to fend off the virus people must consume alkaline foods. Both points are false. First, a virus does not have a pH level. Second, the body’s pH levels cannot be changed through diet. "A virus itself does not have a pH," said Sarah Stanley, associate professor of infectious diseases and vaccinology at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. Stanley explained in an email that "pH is something that applies to a water based solution, which a virus is not." In addition, she said, it’s not possible for diet to change the pH of blood, cells or tissues. The body regulates pH levels; it’s not something a person would want to change. "Eating a healthy and balanced diet supports immunity and can be helpful for fighting off infections. However, there is no evidence that consuming alkaline foods specifically is beneficial," she said. The post cites the "Journal of Virology & Antiviral Research" and states: "This is to inform us all that the pH for corona virus varies from 5.5 to 8.5.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-08-04): New Delhi (Vishvas News): A viral post on social media claims that the pH for coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. It further states that this is based on "research" from "Journal of Virology, April 1991. Also, we need to increase the intake of alkaline foods to beat coronavirus. Vishvas News investigated and found the viral post to be misleading. A post doing rounds claim: This is to inform us all that the pH for coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5 as per Journal of virology and antiviral research. All we need to do, to beat coronavirus, we need to take more of an alkaline foods that are above the above pH levels of the virus. Read the complete post here. [...] Vishvas News spoke to Dr. Nikhil Modi who is a Pulmonologist at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. He said: "Coronavirus doesn’t have any pH value. ’ 2. The viral post suggests that as per the Journal of Virology and Antiviral Research, the pH for coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5.
Claim: The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level. (Facebook users, 2020-04-22)
Evidence (2020-04-09): The coronavirus, the posts say, has a pH level that ranges from 5.5 to 8.5 and eating food that have a higher pH level than this will "defeat" it. The posts read: "This is to tell all of us that the pH for the coronary virus (sic) varies from 5.5 to 8.5 "What we need to do to defeat the coronary virus (sic), is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’s pH level. [...] The claim about alkaline food as treatment for COVID-19 is similar to the claim that an alkaline diet can prevent cancer.
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2023-06-09): Childhood vaccination represents a great advancement in public health that has helped to eliminate or reduce the risk of diseases that in the past killed and disabled more than two million children worldwide per year. A robust body of evidence shows that the vaccines that are currently in use, including COVID-19 vaccines, are safe for children and not associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes.
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2023-08-11): It’s not just the COVID vaccines; it’s every single one of them"; "The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier"; "vaccines are causing chronic disease in America" [...] One example is this video in which entrepreneur Steve Kirsch—who has repeatedly made false claims about vaccines—claimed that vaccines harm children and "are causing chronic disease in America", and that "The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier". He added, "It’s not just the COVID vaccines; it’s every single one of them". [...] Kirsch’s claim that vaccination leads to chronic diseases is also unsubstantiated and contradicted by scientific evidence, as Health Feedback explained in earlier reviews. Robust studies found no association between vaccines or their ingredients with poorer health or with conditions such as asthma, infections, autoimmune diseases, cognitive delay, autism spectrum disorder, and attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, among others[6-12].
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2018-10-12): School administrator Susan Gustafson said that the private school doesn’t have an official stance on vaccinations and allow parents to do their own research on vaccines. "[Parents] are choosing that route because they believe it’s best for their children," Gustafson said. Vaccines save lives, according to science Research has repeatedly shown that vaccines are safe and prevent certain highly contagious diseases. "The likelihood of a serious adverse event happening because of a vaccine is extremely low. It’s about one in a million, less than the likelihood of getting killed by lightning," Hotez said. A child who hasn’t received the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine is 35 times more likely to contract measles than a vaccinated child in the U.S., and 90 percent of unvaccinated people who come into contact with an infected person will catch the disease. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are 97 percent effective at preventing measles. Rising exemption rates threaten more than just the unvaccinated. The mumps can still infect vaccinated people—as seen with a massive outbreak in 2006, which infected over 6,500 people in the Midwest, despite high vaccination rates. These unimmunized pockets put America at risk, but they’re also a worldwide issue.
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2023-04-13): Look at the big picture. [...] Post-vaccination, some children—and adults under 30—have had myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle itself, or pericarditis, inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart. [...] Keep up other protective habits beyond vaccination.
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2024-03-11): More parents are delaying their kids’ vaccines, and it’s alarming pediatricians [...] For years in the early 2000s, anti-vaccine sentiment was at an all-time high after the publication of a now-debunked and retracted study that falsely tied the MMR vaccine to autism. In December 2014, an unvaccinated 11-year-old was hospitalized with measles following a visit to Disneyland. Over the next few months, measles spread to 125 people across seven states. [...] But support for all school-based vaccine mandates has fallen; 28% now say that parents should be able to decide not to vaccinate their children, even if it causes health risks for others, up from 16% in October 2019. Among Republicans, the share has more than doubled, from 20% in 2019 to 42% in 2023.
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2021-09-21): The Science And Policy Behind The Decision To Vaccinate Younger Children [...] MARIA GODOY, BYLINE: Hi. [...] FADEL: So what do we know about how these vaccines in general are performing in kids?
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2022-01-28): The study, which looked at roughly 582,000 unvaccinated children from 232,000 households in Israel, found that not only were vaccinated parents less likely to be infected themselves, they were also less likely to transmit infection to others in their households. "Knowing that vaccination protects not only them but their household should encourage any parent who is uncertain to get vaccinated and, when appropriate, boosted," said Lipsitch in a press release from the Clalit Research Institute. [...] Read a CNN article: A cocoon of vaccination provides ‘substantial’ protection for unvaccinated kids, studies find
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2021-09-25): Although all of the vaccines approved and authorized for use in the United States are effective at preventing symptomatic disease, so-called "breakthrough" cases of COVID-19 after vaccination are to be expected — perhaps even more so now because of the more contagious delta variant of the virus. [...] In addition to the point about all vaccines being less than 100% effective, the September 2017 CHOP post noted that more unvaccinated people in a population leads to more virus transmission. [...] Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist David Dowdy made a similar point.
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2021-08-09): Vaccines protect children from these diseases, some of which can lead to hospitalization or even worse. "For example, pertussis (whooping cough) can be a very serious and sometimes fatal disease in infants," says Dr. Patt. But vaccinating infants and expectant mothers against this disease significantly reduces that risk. [...] Failing to Vaccinate Gives New Life to Old Diseases [...] Both the WHO and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services say that vaccines are one of the most successful and cost-effective disease prevention measures available to society, but vaccine delay or hesitancy threatens to undermine this. For the unvaccinated, their lack of protection from highly preventable diseases is coupled with other issues that vaccinated children and adults don’t have to worry about, such as:
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2022-10-28): He went on to claim that the vaccines were damaging for children, specifically. "On average, between 1 in 2,000 and 1 in 3,000 children that receive these vaccines will be hospitalized in the short term with vaccine-caused damage," he later said. "These genetic vaccines can damage your children. They may damage their brains, their heart, their immune system and their ability to have children in the future. Many of these damages cannot be repaired." [...] "These genetic vaccines can damage your children," he said. "They may damage their brains, their heart, their immune system and their ability to have children in the future. Many of these damages cannot be repaired."
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2024-02-20): On supporting science journalism [...] Can't children thrive without vaccines? We live in a crowded, fast-moving world, and disease travels easily. The data are clear: failure to immunize a child comes with a much more formidable risk—leaving children vulnerable to contracting a potentially debilitating or lethal illness. Some children are too sick or too young to receive inoculations, so they remain at risk. If those children or other unvaccinated kids come into contact with someone else who was not protected against certain microbes, that can set off a wave of disease such as the measles outbreak in the U.S. in the summer of 2017. Maladies that have become uncommon, such as polio and measles, can also quickly reappear if we stop vaccinating against them, particularly when they are unintentionally imported across geographic borders. The 2015 measles outbreak that rippled through the U.S., for example, had genetic markers that suggest it came from an overseas traveler. Protecting kids actually helps protect everyone.
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2022-06-29): As COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to anyone age 12 and up, America’s youngest children remain the last group that cannot get a vaccination. The reopening of society this summer and the development of viral mutations leaves those children exposed in new ways, even while clinical trials are underway to develop vaccines for them. [...] Here is the latest information about these and other questions. [...] For example, CDC officials announced on June 23 that there is a "likely association" between the two mRNA vaccines and myocarditis, a rare form of heart inflammation. The agency told its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — which makes recommendations on the use of existing vaccines — that there have been 1,226 reports of myocarditis out of about 300 million mRNA vaccinations, mostly in males ages 12 to 39. It noted that most cases were mild — with symptoms that included fatigue, chest pain, and disturbances in heart rhythm — and cleared up within several days. No fatalities were reported.
Claim: “All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America” (Steve Kirsch, 2023-06-09)
Evidence (2023-04-19): Why millions of kids aren't getting their routine vaccinations [...] The unvaccinated children born just before the COVID-19 pandemic, or during it, are now 3 years old — approaching the age when they would have received these vaccines, typically Hepatitis B, polio, measles, rotavirus, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis. So these kids are "completely unprotected," says Caprani. [...] Losing faith in vaccines