Claim: By ignoring a ban on performing COVID-19 autopsies, researchers in Italy discovered that the disease is caused by a bacteria — not a virus — and can simply be treated with aspirin.
Fact-check: Is COVID-19 a Bacterial Infection Easily Cured with Aspirin?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Alex Kasprak
Date published: 2020-08-11T14:56:50