evidence: 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.