claim: false claims on patents fuel novel coronavirus conspiracy theories online
summary: social media posts and a video of a californian chiropractor circulated claiming that the u.s. had patented covid-19 in 2006 and europe had patented a vaccine, providing supposed patent numbers; these patents linked to a different coronavirus and the vaccine was for a disease in birds
subject_description: the u.s. patented coronavirus in 2006, and europe patented a vaccine
Motive_Description: the u.s. government and potentially european governments conspired to spread covid-19 and profit from a vaccine
author_description: california chiropractor kengee ehrlich
keywords: coronavirus, u.s., europe, patent, vaccine