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Taking a hot bath does not prevent the new coronavirus disease | Does heat prevent COVID-19? | We showed that heat inactivation significantly interferes with the levels of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. The IgM levels of all the 34 serum samples (100%) from COVID-19 patients decreased by an average level of 53.56%. The IgG levels were decreased in 22 of 34 samples (64.71%) by an average level of 49.54%. | Supports |
People taking two very commonly used types of drugs for high blood pressure are at no heightened risk, as has been feared, for complications of COVID-19. | are patients taking Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) inhibitors at increased risk for COVID-19? | This has led to the hypothesis that use of ACEIs and ARBs may increase the risk of developing severe COVID-19. | Supports |
hand-washing, mask-wearing and social distancing - are slowing the spread of the flu | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | The government of different countries has adopted various policies to contain this epidemic and the most common were social distancing and lockdown. Our analysis revealed that the measures can slow down the outbreak. We can reduce the epidemic size and prolong the time to arrive at the epidemic peak by seriously following the measures suggested by the authorities. | Supports |
Social Distancing Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | Discussion: The combined social distancing measures implemented by the Greek authorities within the first few weeks after the first confirmed case of the virus reduced the COVID-19 growth rate. | Refutes |
Masks offer no protection to the wearer | what are the best masks for preventing infection by Covid-19? | However, low quality evidence suggests that N95 respirators protect HCWs from clinical respiratory infections. | Refutes |
nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) - such as lockdowns, closures, travel restrictions, stay-home orders, event bans, quarantines, curfews, and mask mandates - do not seem to affect COVID-19 transmission rates overall. | How much impact do masks have on preventing the spread of the COVID-19? | We make 3 key observations: 1. Masks, even with suboptimal efficacy in both prevention of acquisition and transmission of infection, could substantially decrease the reproduction number for COVID-19 if widely used. 2. Widespread masking may be sufficient to suppress epidemics where R has been brought close to 1 via other measures (e.g., distancing). 3. Assortment within populations (the tendency for interactions between masked individuals to be more likely than interactions between masked and unmasked individuals) would rapidly erode the impact of masks. | Refutes |
dexamethasone, a steroid commonly used to treat inflammation, can drastically reduce death in patients who are severely sick with COVID-19. | Is dexamethasone effective for treating COVID-19? | Dexamethasone is a synthetic corticosteroid approved by the FDA 1958 as a broad-spectrum immunosuppressor and it is about 30 times as active and with longer duration of action (2-3 days) than cortisone. | Refutes |
if you smoke weed, you might be putting yourself at higher risk of suffering severe complications if you get infected with the novel coronavirus. | Can smoking cannabis (weed) help in preventing COVID-19? | Data indicate CVIR demonstrates significant trends across cannabis use intensity quintiles and with relaxed cannabis legislation. Recent cannabis use is independently predictive of CVIR in bivariate and multivariable adjusted models and intensity of use is interactively significant. Cannabis thus joins tobacco as a SARS2-CoV-2 risk factor. | Supports |
Do COVID-19 Face Masks Work If Kids Can't Stop Touching them? Yes, masks are still effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19, even if children keep touching them. | How much impact do masks have on preventing the spread of the COVID-19? | We present two models for the COVID-19 pandemic predicting the impact of universal face mask wearing upon the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus--one employing a stochastic dynamic network based compartmental SEIR (susceptible-exposed-infectious-recovered) approach, and the other employing individual ABM (agent-based modelling) Monte Carlo simulation--indicating (1) significant impact under (near) universal masking when at least 80% of a population is wearing masks, versus minimal impact when only 50% or less of the population is wearing masks, and (2) significant impact when universal masking is adopted early, by Day 50 of a regional outbreak, versus minimal impact when universal masking is adopted late. | Supports |
More Vitamin D, Lower Risk of Severe COVID-19 | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | ecological investigation on 51 countries including 408,748 participants, analyses indicated no correlation between vitamin D levels and recovery rate (r= 0.041) as well as mortality rate (r=-0.073) globally. | Refutes |
COVID-19 spreads mainly among people who are in close contact (within about 6 feet) for a prolonged period. | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | Our models predict these strict social distancing measures caused a 79% and 61% reduction in the daily cases of COVID-19 across Australia and New Zealand respectively. | Supports |
The chance of your pet catching the coronavirus from you or another pet in the neighborhood is low, | Can pets get the coronavirus disease? | Based on these natural infection reports and experimental data, whether the pets are responsible for SARS-CoV-2 spread to human; needs to be deeply investigated. | Supports |
Covid-19 infections leave an impact on the heart, raising concerns about lasting damage | are heart complications likely in patients with COVID-19? | consistent reports of cardiac injury and de novo cardiac complications, including possible myocarditis, arrhythmia, and heart failure in patients without prior cardiovascular disease or significant risk factors, are emerging | Supports |
Asymptomatic means you don't have symptoms, but you're infected with the virus. | what is known about people that have COVID-19 without any symptoms? | The median communicable period, defined as the interval from the first day of positive nucleic acid tests to the first day of continuous negative tests, was 9.5 days (up to 21 days among the 24 asymptomatic cases). Through epidemiological investigation, we observed a typical asymptomatic transmission to the cohabiting family members | Supports |
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 mainly spreads from person to person. | touching a contaminated surface will not make you sick | Our findings of extensive viral RNA contamination of surfaces and air across a range of acute healthcare settings in the absence of cultured virus underlines the potential risk from surface and air contamination in managing COVID-19, and the need for effective use of PPE, social distancing, and hand/surface hygiene. | Refutes |
Vitamin D Can Help Reduce COVID-19 Risks | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Vitamin D deficiency that is not sufficiently treated is associated with COVID-19 risk. | Supports |
Does Smoking Make COVID-19 Better? No it does not | Can smoking help in preventing COVID-19? | Cannabis smoking is linked with poor respiratory health, immunosuppression and multiple contaminants. Potential synergism between the two epidemics would represent a major public health convergence. Cigarettes were implicated with disease severity in Wuhan, China. | Supports |
Anything that covers my nose and mouth, regardless of how it's made, will keep me from spreading the virus to others. | Can face masks protect me from the coronavirus disease? | 2) addresses controversies surrounding the mask from perspectives of attitude, effectiveness, and necessity of wearing the mask with evidence that the use of mask would effectively interrupt the transmission of infectious diseases in both hospital settings and community settings; | Supports |
People with high blood pressure may be at increased risk, especially if it's not under control and they have other health problems. | what kinds of complications related to COVID-19 are associated with hypertension? | Hypertension has been proven to be more prevalent in patients with an adverse outcome (admission in intensive care unit, use of mechanical ventilation, or death). | Supports |
Studies have found that the sickest patients often have the lowest levels of vitamin D. | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | testing positive for COVID-19 was associated with increasing age(RR(age<50)=1.05,p<0.021;RR(age[]50)=1.02,p<0.064)), non-white race(RR=2.54,p<0.01) and being likely vitamin D deficient (deficient/treatment-not-increased:RR=1.77,p<0.02) as compared to likely vitamin D sufficient(not-deficient/treatment-not-decreased), with predicted COVID-19 rates in the vitamin D deficient group of 21.6%(95%CI[14.0%-29.2%] ) versus 12.2%(95%CI[8.9%-15.4%]) in the vitamin D sufficient group. | Supports |
Once the virus reaches the lungs, it causes inflammation which results in fluid accumulating in the lung and difficulty breathing | how do people die from the coronavirus? | Respiratory failure has been cited as the major cause of death | Supports |
mong Covid-19 patients in the study, those with extreme obesity - defined as a B.M.I. of 40 or more - were at nearly three times greater risk of dying than those of normal weight | how do people die from the coronavirus? | Compared to the recovered group, more patients in the death group exhibited characteristics of advanced age, pre-existing comorbidities, dyspnea, oxygen saturation decrease, increased WBC count, decreased lymphocytes, and elevated CRP levels. | Supports |
Social distancing is a voluntary practice to help stop the spread of COVID-19 | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | social distancing and have seen slowing the spread of COVID-19. | Supports |
CORONAVIRUS first emerged from a seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan but that theory has been challenged. | what is the origin of COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, Central China | Supports |
we have not seen any scientifically reliable data to support an association between the use of ibuprofen and worsened outcomes from COVID-19. | Are Tylenol, Advil and Motrin effective and safe to take for COVID-19 symptoms? | Currently, it is not possible to discuss the efficacy and safety of a drug in the treatment of COVID-19, as most studies have just begun. | Supports |
Vitamin D can Protect Me from Coronavirus | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Dietary supplementation has not been linked to COVID-19 prevention. | Refutes |
One mostly overlooked factor that could influence outcome of COVID-19 is the relative vitamin D status of populations. | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | a small reverse correlation between mortality rate and vitamin D status was observed throughout the globe (r= -0.177). In Asia, a medium direct correlation was observed for recovery rate (r= 0.317) and a significant reveres correlation for mortality rate (r= -0.700) with vitamin D status in such patients. | Refutes |
5G has link to COVID-19 | Can 5G technology cause COVID-19? | Amongst them, a popular theory has linked 5G to the spread of COVID-19, leading to misinformation and the burning of 5G towers in the United Kingdom. | Refutes |
Favipiravir at high doses has potent antiviral activity in SARS-CoV-2 infected hamsters, whereas hydroxychloroquine lacks activity | are there any drugs that work for SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2 in animals? | At this point, the data here presented on hydroxychloroquine either alone or combined with azithromycin (together with previously reported in vivo data in macaques and ferrets) provide no scientific basis for further use of the drug in humans. | Supports |
The patients who received vitamin C did significantly better than those who did not get Vitamin C. | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Some nutrients are actively involved in the proper functioning and strengthening of the human immune system against viral infections including dietary protein, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, iron, zinc, and selenium. Few studies were done on the effect of dietary components on prevention of COVID-19, but supplementation with these nutrients may be effective in improving the health status of patients with viral infections. | Refutes |
Can hydroxychloroquine treat COVID-19? No | does hydroxychloroquine treat COVID-19? | The odds of mortality were significantly higher in patients treated with Hydroxychloroquine + Azithromycin than supportive care alone [2.34 (95% CI: 1.63, 3.34); I2 = 0%]. A pooled analysis of recently published studies suggests no additional benefit for reducing mortality in COVID-19 patients when Hydroxychloroquine is given as add-on to the standard care. | Supports |
Masks can become contaminated very quickly, and every time the wearer breathes in, they inhale contaminants | what are the best masks for preventing infection by Covid-19? | However, wearing N95 respirators can prevent 73 more (95% CI 46-91) clinical respiratory infections per 1000 HCWs compared to surgical masks (2 RCTs; 2594 patients; low quality of evidence). | Refutes |
Masks offer no protection to the wearer | what are the best masks for preventing infection by Covid-19? | Most hospitals have implemented universal masking for their healthcare workers, and the Center for Disease Control currently advises even the general public to wear cloth masks when outdoors. The pertinent need for masks arises from plausible dissemination of the SARS-CoV-2 through close contacts, as well as the possibility of virus transmission from asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and mildly symptomatic individuals. | Refutes |
A few dogs and cats living with COVID-19 patients have tested positive for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus. | Can animals spread COVID-19? | There is currently no indication that feline- or canine-to-human transmission can occur, though there is rising evidence of the reverse. | Supports |
Smoking and coronavirus: Does smoking prevent coronavirus? The short answer is NO | Can smoking help in preventing COVID-19? | Data indicate CVIR demonstrates significant trends across cannabis use intensity quintiles and with relaxed cannabis legislation. Recent cannabis use is independently predictive of CVIR in bivariate and multivariable adjusted models and intensity of use is interactively significant. | Supports |
Vitamins are critical to keeping the body, especially the immune system, healthy | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | The majority of documents encouraged the consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grain foods. Thirty-one percent of the guidelines highlighted the importance of minerals and vitamins such as zinc and vitamins C, A, and D to maintain a well-functioning immune system. | Supports |
There's a Mountain of Evidence That Hydroxychloroquine Is an Effective Treatment for COVID-19 | does hydroxychloroquine treat COVID-19? | Despite its small sample size our survey shows that hydroxychloroquine treatment is significantly associated with viral load reduction/disappearance in COVID-19 patients and its effect is reinforced by azithromycin. | Supports |
At this time, there is no evidence of transmission of the COVID-19 virus, a respiratory virus, through food or food packaging | Can COVID-19 spread through food? | For the time being, the possibility of transmission through the food sector is considered negligible | Supports |
practicing social distancing is an effective public health tool to reduce the spread of the disease. | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | the centralized social distancing is necessary to minimize the pandemic spreading. | Supports |
As cold weather arrives, the number of covid-19 cases increases | how does the coronavirus respond to changes in the weather | Being a novel pandemic coronavirus version, it might be ongoing during summer conditions associated with higher air temperatures, low relative humidity and precipitation levels. | Refutes |
More Vitamin D, Lower Risk of Severe COVID-19 | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Vitamin D deficiency that is not sufficiently treated is associated with COVID-19 risk. | Supports |
social distancing measures like cancelling public gatherings are key to fighting the spread of the coronavirus. | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | Discussion: The combined social distancing measures implemented by the Greek authorities within the first few weeks after the first confirmed case of the virus reduced the COVID-19 growth rate. | Supports |
Marijuana May Prevent The Coronavirus | Can smoking cannabis (weed) help in preventing COVID-19? | Data indicate CVIR demonstrates significant trends across cannabis use intensity quintiles and with relaxed cannabis legislation. Recent cannabis use is independently predictive of CVIR in bivariate and multivariable adjusted models and intensity of use is interactively significant. Cannabis thus joins tobacco as a SARS2-CoV-2 risk factor. | Refutes |
masks can not slow the spread of coronavirus | How much impact do masks have on preventing the spread of the COVID-19? | Our simple model shows that modest efficacy of masks could avert substantial mortality in this scenario. Importantly, the effects on mortality became hyper-sensitive to mask-wearing as the effective R approaches 1, i.e. near the tipping point of when the infection trajectory is expected to revert to exponential growth, as would be expected after effective lockdown. Our model suggests that mask-wearing might exert maximal benefit as nations plan their post-lockdown strategies and suggests that mask-wearing should be included in further more sophisticated models of the current pandemic. | Refutes |
no evidence COVID-19 impact on mental health | How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health? | Various psychological problems and important consequences in terms of mental health including stress, anxiety, depression, frustration, uncertainty during COVID-19 outbreak emerged progressively. | Refutes |
acetaminophen can stop the new coronavirus | Can acetaminophen (Tylenol) treat the coronavirus disease? | SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus that emerged in 2019 and is causing the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no current standard of care. | Refutes |
You may have heard of a recent rise in reported COVID-19 cases in children. This confirms that children are not immune to the virus. Fortunately, they tend to have milder symptoms, are less likely become severely ill and rarely need to be hospitalized with the illness | Can children get COVID-19? | The Risk of Children Hospitalized With Severe COVID-19 in Wuhan. | Supports |
Vitamin C Protects Against Coronavirus | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Dietary supplementation has not been linked to COVID-19 prevention. However, supplementation with vitamins C and D, as well as with zinc and selenium, was highlighted as potentially beneficial for individuals with, or at risk of, respiratory viral infections or for those in whom nutrient deficiency is detected. | Refutes |
Vitamin D levels may impact COVID-19 mortality rates | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | a small reverse correlation between mortality rate and vitamin D status was observed throughout the globe (r= -0.177). In Asia, a medium direct correlation was observed for recovery rate (r= 0.317) and a significant reveres correlation for mortality rate (r= -0.700) with vitamin D status in such patients. | Refutes |
Smokers 'four times less likely' to contract Covid-19 | Can smoking help in preventing COVID-19? | Our findings support a causal effect of elevated BMI and smoking on risk of sepsis and severe covid-19. | Refutes |
Which is More Dangerous: Flu or COVID-19? Flu is more dangerous than covid-19 | How dangerous is COVID-19? | Given the scope and speed of the spread, the COVID-19 pandemic is not only complex but dangerous. | Refutes |
remdesivir was superior to placebo in shortening the time to recovery in adults who were hospitalized with Covid-19 and had evidence of lower respiratory tract infection. | is remdesivir an effective treatment for COVID-19? | remdesivir is not sufficient on its own and may be suitable in combination with other antivirals or treatments such as convalescent plasma. | Refutes |
Felines are susceptible to coronaviruses in general. | Can animals spread COVID-19? | Although a few pets presented many clinical signs indicative for a coronavirus infection, no animal tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR and no antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 were detectable in their blood using an immunoprecipitation assay. | Refutes |
favipiravir Protects Against Coronavirus | Can favipiravir help treat COVID-19? | So far, there are no specific treatments for patients with coronavirus disease19 (COVID19) | Refutes |
vitamin D play a pivotal rolein viral covid-19 infections. | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Vitamin D deficiency that is not sufficiently treated is associated with COVID-19 risk. | Supports |
having a healthy blood level of vitamin D help you avoid the intensive care unit and death if you become infected with COVID-19 | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | In Europe, there were no correlations for both recovery (r= 0.040) and mortality rate (r= -0.035). | Refutes |
Using masks in public may help reduce the spread from people who don't have symptoms. Non-medical cloth masks are recommended for the public. Surgical masks and N-95 respirators are in short supply and should be reserved for health care providers. | Can face masks protect me from the coronavirus disease? | Surgical face masks significantly reduced detection of influenza virus RNA in respiratory droplets and coronavirus RNA in aerosols, with a trend toward reduced detection of coronavirus RNA in respiratory droplets. | Supports |
Alcohol (beer, wine, distilled spirits or herbal alcohol) stimulates immunity and resistance to the virus | Can drinking alcohol help in preventing COVID-19? | Is drinking a healthy way of coping? No. | Supports |
smokers are actually less likely to become seriously infected with covid-19 | Can smoking help in preventing COVID-19? | Cannabis thus joins tobacco as a SARS2-CoV-2 risk factor. | Refutes |
The WHO says there is no reason to believe cold weather can kill the new coronavirus, or other diseases, for that matter. | how does the coronavirus respond to changes in the weather | Preliminary observations from our team and others suggest that temperature and climatological factors could influence the spread of this novel coronavirus | Supports |
cloth face masks are not effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19 | what are the best masks for preventing infection by Covid-19? | Ma's research shows N95 masks, medical masks, even homemade masks could block at least 90% of the virus in aerosols | Refutes |
Acetaminophen, also called paracetamol or Tylenol, helps to reduce fevers and can definitely help manage muscle pain and body aches associated with COVID-19. Acetaminophen doesn't treat the virus itself, nor does it reduce the duration of your illness. | Can acetaminophen (Tylenol) treat the coronavirus disease? | Although based on existing evidence, NSAIDs have been effective in treating respiratory infections caused by influenza and rhinovirus, since there is no clinical trial on COVID-19 and case-reports and clinical experiences are indicative of elongation of treatment duration and exacerbation of the clinical course of patients with COVID-19, it is recommended to use substitutes such as acetaminophen for controlling fever and inflammation and be cautious about using NSAIDs in management of COVID-19 patients until there are enough evidence. | Supports |
COVID-19: Surgical masks may help, but not as first line | Does a surgical mask help avoid COVID-19? | In high- or moderate-risk health care settings, observational studies found that risk for infection with SARS-CoV-1 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus probably decreased with mask use versus nonuse and possibly decreased with N95 versus surgical mask use. | Supports |
Consuming alcohol does not destroy SARS-CoV-2. | Can drinking alcohol help in preventing COVID-19? | Is drinking a healthy way of coping? No. | Supports |
Face masks might help protect against the flu in addition to novel coronavirus. | Can wearing masks help in preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease? | Face masks are an avenue to curb the spread of coronavirus, but few people in Western societies wear face masks. | Supports |
Debunked: No, drinking tea is not a cure for Covid-19 | Can drinking hot green tea help in preventing COVID-19? | The findings of the present study need in vivo experiments to prove the utility of "I", "F","D" and "E" compounds and their further use in making herb-based anti-SARS-CoV-2 product in near future | Supports |
Coronavirus: No proof yet that pets can get COVID-19 from owners | Can animals spread COVID-19 to people? | Although animal-to-animal transmission has been shown to be possible, there is no evidence of animal-to-human transmission. | Refutes |
Social distancing during coronavirus Social distancing means limiting close contact between yourself and others in your community, even if you are not sick or at risk. | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | The government of different countries has adopted various policies to contain this epidemic and the most common were social distancing and lockdown. Our analysis revealed that the measures can slow down the outbreak. We can reduce the epidemic size and prolong the time to arrive at the epidemic peak by seriously following the measures suggested by the authorities. | Supports |
There is no scientific research supporting the claim that taking high doses of vitamin C could help prevent or cure COVID-19. | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Although COVID-19 can be rapidly diagnosed, efficient clinical treatment of COVID-19 remains unavailable, resulting in high fatality. | Supports |
In the face of a traumatic event like the Covid-19 pandemic, it's common to feel intense flashbacks, nightmares, irritability, anger and fear. | What psychological effects could the COVID-19 pandemic cause? | By an increase in the prevalence rate of COVID-19 and its resulted restrictions, the level of anxiety increases, as well; therefore, raising public awareness of the disease and providing positive psychological programs in the media aimed at controlling stress can reduce anxiety in society. | Supports |
Vitamins C, D can help prevent coronavirus | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | We identified a total of 17 patients who received IV vitamin C for COVID-19. The inpatient mortality rate in this series was 12% with 17.6% rates of intubation and mechanical ventilation. We noted a significant decrease in inflammatory markers, including ferritin and D-dimer, and a trend to decreasing FiO2 requirements, after vitamin C administration. | Refutes |
The coronavirus pandemic, which has brought sickness, death, and disruption to daily life for millions of people worldwide, may also bring long-term mental health effects | What psychological effects could the COVID-19 pandemic cause? | By an increase in the prevalence rate of COVID-19 and its resulted restrictions, the level of anxiety increases, as well; therefore, raising public awareness of the disease and providing positive psychological programs in the media aimed at controlling stress can reduce anxiety in society. | Supports |
nicotine could limit COVID-19 infection | Can smoking help in preventing COVID-19? | Epidemiological and laboratory research seems to suggest that smoking and perhaps nicotine alone could reduce the severity of COVID-19. | Supports |
Cold weather kills coronavirus 2019 and 13 other COVID-19 | how does the coronavirus respond to changes in the weather | COVID-19, due to its regular flu-like symptoms, is also expected to show similar seasonality and subside as the global temperatures rise in the northern hemisphere with the onset of spring | Refutes |
vitamin c helps a tremendous amount, but it is not highlighted because it's not a sexy drug. | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | The majority of documents encouraged the consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grain foods. Thirty-one percent of the guidelines highlighted the importance of minerals and vitamins such as zinc and vitamins C, A, and D to maintain a well-functioning immune system. | Refutes |
The COVID crisis has created mental health issues that cannot be ignored. | How to stay mentally healthy during COVID-19 crisis? | Exposure to nature or green space also has positive physical and mental health benefits. Closures of parks and green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic has limited the options for physical activity and may affect vulnerable populations more than others. | Supports |
The results of a trial that found dexamethasone reduced the risk of death in extremely ill coronavirus patients | Is dexamethasone effective for treating COVID-19? | Hence, dexamethasone may be useful for the short-term in severe, intubated, COVID-19 patients, but could be outright dangerous during recovery since the virus will not only persist, but the body will be prevented from generating protective antibodies. | Refutes |
Countries with higher death rates had larger numbers of covid-19 patients with vitamin D deficiency than countries with lower death rates | Does Vitamin D impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | a small reverse correlation between mortality rate and vitamin D status was observed throughout the globe (r= -0.177). In Asia, a medium direct correlation was observed for recovery rate (r= 0.317) and a significant reveres correlation for mortality rate (r= -0.700) with vitamin D status in such patients. | Refutes |
pet cats and dogs can not get COVID-19 from their owners | Can animals spread COVID-19? | On April 22, CDC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported cases of two domestic cats with confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). | Refutes |
facing the reality that there's no vaccine available yet to prevent the continuous spread of the novel coronavirus, coupled with the still increasing number of positive cases, and not knowing when exactly the virus will be defeated is a daunting prospect for many. | How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health? | The socio-health emergency caused by COVID-19 may have a significant psychological impact on the population. | Supports |
There have been hints from lab experiments that increased temperature and humidity may reduce the viability of SARS-CoV-2. | how does the coronavirus respond to changes in the weather | the temperature changes retarded the growth rate and found that -6.28{degrees}C and +14.51{degrees}C temperature is the favorable range for COVID-19 growth | Supports |
Masks work in two ways, Schaffner explained. They prevent particles from exiting the mask wear's nose and mouth but masks also prevent outside particles from getting inside the wear's nose and mouth. | Can wearing masks help in preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease? | Evidence that face masks provide effective protection against respiratory infections in the community is scarce. However, face masks are widely used by health workers as part of droplet precautions when caring for patients with respiratory infections. It would therefore be reasonable to suggest that consistent widespread use of face masks in the community could prevent further spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). | Supports |
Smoking weed and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of Covid-19 complications | Can smoking cannabis (weed) help in preventing COVID-19? | Data indicate CVIR demonstrates significant trends across cannabis use intensity quintiles and with relaxed cannabis legislation. Recent cannabis use is independently predictive of CVIR in bivariate and multivariable adjusted models and intensity of use is interactively significant. Cannabis thus joins tobacco as a SARS2-CoV-2 risk factor. | Supports |
disposable ear loop masks do not provide any protection against the novel coronavirus. | How much impact do masks have on preventing the spread of the COVID-19? | Model simulations, using data relevant to COVID-19 dynamics in the US states of New York and Washington, suggest that broad adoption of even relatively ineffective face masks may meaningfully reduce community transmission of COVID-19 and decrease peak hospitalizations and deaths. | Refutes |
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): While garlic may have some benefit for preventing the common cold, there is no good evidence to support using it for COVID-19. | Does garlic protect against covid-19 | In conclusion, Allium sativum may be an acceptable preventive measure against COVID-19 infection to boost immune system cells and to repress the production and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines as well as an adipose tissue derived hormone leptin having the proinflammatory nature. | Supports |
High blood pressure drugs do increase COVID-19 risk | are patients taking Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) inhibitors at increased risk for COVID-19? | This has led to the hypothesis that use of ACEIs and ARBs may increase the risk of developing severe COVID-19. | Supports |
social distancing measures like cancelling public gatherings are key to fighting the spread of the coronavirus. | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | social distancing and have seen slowing the spread of COVID-19. | Supports |
People who wear face masks are constantly adjusting them and touching their faces more often it actually increases my risk of contracting the new coronavirus. | Can face masks protect me from the coronavirus disease? | 2) addresses controversies surrounding the mask from perspectives of attitude, effectiveness, and necessity of wearing the mask with evidence that the use of mask would effectively interrupt the transmission of infectious diseases in both hospital settings and community settings; | Refutes |
drinking alcohol does not protect you against COVID-19 and can be dangerous. | Can drinking alcohol help in preventing COVID-19? | Among the basic protective measures against COVID-19, the need to wash hands frequently and in a prolonged way using soap, and to regularly use alcohol-based hand sanitizers is well established for the whole population. | Supports |
social distancing can not help you to avoid catching or spreading a virus | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | social distancing is associated with a statistically-significant reduction in the doubling rate for all but three states. | Refutes |
COVID-19 patients who took hydroxychloroquine were less likely to die | does hydroxychloroquine treat COVID-19? | patients treated with HCQ at the time of early hospital recovered faster than those who treated later or taken as second line choose for their obvious shorter hospitalization time. | Supports |
social distancing measures like cancelling public gatherings are key to fighting the spread of the coronavirus. | has social distancing had an impact on slowing the spread of COVID-19? | The decentralized strategy is insufficient when used alone, but offers the best results when combined with the centralized one. Indeed, the (C+D) is the most efficient isolation strategy at mitigating the network superspreaders and reducing the highest node degrees to less than 10% of their initial values. | Supports |
Inhaling, smoking, or vaping cannabis products in the face of COVID-19 is not recommended | Can smoking cannabis (weed) help in preventing COVID-19? | Data indicate CVIR demonstrates significant trends across cannabis use intensity quintiles and with relaxed cannabis legislation. Recent cannabis use is independently predictive of CVIR in bivariate and multivariable adjusted models and intensity of use is interactively significant. Cannabis thus joins tobacco as a SARS2-CoV-2 risk factor. | Supports |
The coronavirus can be dramatically slowed or stopped completely with the immediate widespread doses of vitamin C | Does Vitamin C impact COVID-19 prevention and treatment? | Dietary supplementation has not been linked to COVID-19 prevention. However, supplementation with vitamins C and D, as well as with zinc and selenium, was highlighted as potentially beneficial for individuals with, or at risk of, respiratory viral infections or for those in whom nutrient deficiency is detected. | Refutes |
ibuprofen use is associated with worse clinical outcomes from covid-19 | Can taking medication to lower fever, such as paracetamol (tylenol) and ibuprofen (advil) worsen COVID-19? | For NSAIDs, there is no clear scientific evidence linking ibuprofen and other NSAIDs to worsening of COVID-19; however, it seems prudent to continue them, if necessary to control pericarditis, and on the other hand, to prefer paracetamol for fever and systemic symptoms related to COVID-19. | Refutes |
public should wear face masks to combat COVID-19 | How much impact do masks have on preventing the spread of the COVID-19? | We make 3 key observations: 1. Masks, even with suboptimal efficacy in both prevention of acquisition and transmission of infection, could substantially decrease the reproduction number for COVID-19 if widely used. 2. Widespread masking may be sufficient to suppress epidemics where R has been brought close to 1 via other measures (e.g., distancing). 3. Assortment within populations (the tendency for interactions between masked individuals to be more likely than interactions between masked and unmasked individuals) would rapidly erode the impact of masks. | Supports |
Nicotine substitutes could have a positive effect in fighting COVID-19 | Can smoking help in preventing COVID-19? | Higher genetically proxied BMI and lifetime smoking score were associated with increased risk of sepsis in both UK Biobank (BMI: odds ratio 1.38 per standard deviation increase, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.27 to 1.51 | Refutes |
Dexamethasone Is Affordable and Promising in Treating COVID-19 | what evidence is there for dexamethasone as a treatment for COVID-19? | dexamethasone may be useful for the short-term in severe, intubated, COVID-19 patients, but could be outright dangerous during recovery since the virus will not only persist, but the body will be prevented from generating protective antibodies. | Refutes |
The COVID crisis has created mental health issues that cannot be ignored. | How to stay mentally healthy during COVID-19 crisis? | In this study, we aimed to explore the elements that may reduce the negative effects on mental health of the quarantine period imposed by most governments during this worldwide crisis. | Supports |
COVID 19 is so dangerous despite the low mortality rate | How dangerous is COVID-19? | Complicated objective factors such as the long-term existence of source of infection, difficulty in completely blocking the transmission route and a large susceptible population suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic might stay with us for long term. Therefore, we should be ready for a tough and long-term battle against the COVID-19 epidemic. | Supports |
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