In an effort to make unfounded and denied claims that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, some social media users show a long percentage that was supposedly written through a professor at Cornell University.
A viral paper states that Robert Oswald, a professor at Cornell University with an alleged doctorate in virology and immunology and clinical laboratory scientist, analyzed 1,500 “alleged” COVID-19 samples in Southern California and discovered “not a single Covid case” then testing a scanning electron microscope, and discovered only influenza A and influenza B in the samples.
The message goes on to say that Oswald said the virus “is just another strain of influenza like every year” and that COVID-19 “does not exist and is fictitious,” adding that Cornell would allegedly sue the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for fraud because it would not provide the university with a viable pattern of COVID-19.
Research shows that the content of the had already circulated on Facebook before being falsely attributed to Oswald.
The first edition of the claim appears to be on December 7, when a user shared it on Facebook and wrote that they “took it out of the comments on a website” and did not assign the data to Oswald. The user probably discovered it in the comments segment of the wadeburleson. org. In a message to USA TODAY, the user said his message was “speculation” and “freedom of thought. “
The post gained some of its virality in an article published on December 28 through Kirk’s Law Corner’s Facebook page, which cites as a naturalnews. com source, an online conspiracy and pseudoscience page that publishes false information, according to Media Bias/Fact Check.
Another viral edition of the statement shared on December 28 includes a screenshot of Oswald’s page.
USA TODAY contacted the Facebook page and requested comments.
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Oswald works in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Cornell University’s School of Veterinary Medicine and does not have a “doctorate in virology,” as the publications claim. He has a PhD, in biochemistry, according to his university page, where he also issued a demystifying of fake data circulating online and falsely attributed to him.
“COVID-19 is real. Any Facebook message you suggest otherwise is a hoax and it’s not true,” Oswald wrote. “Wear a mask, practice social estgnation, and get the vaccine as soon as it’s available. “
Oswald told USA TODAY via email that the message was fake and had nothing to do with it.
He also pointed out to Snopes that his credentials were erroneous in the message and that he was “horrified by the content. “
“He lists those as a virologist and immunologist who lives in Southern California; none of those descriptions suit me. He also mentions Cornell and an alleged lawsuit opposed to the CDC,” Oswald told Snopes. “Cornell has been at the forefront of COVID studies and testing, committing enormous resources to maintain the spread of the virus. Trying to link Cornell to the content of this letter is, to say the least, disappointing. “
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Not only is it misal assigned, but claims that COVID-19 is a hoax or “just another strain of the flu” are false and have already been removed through USA TODAY.
SARS-CoV-2, the culprit COVID-19 virus, was also sent remotely through researchers, USA TODAY reported.
And the new coronavirus has affected more international people in cases and deaths than the average flu season, USA TODAY reported.
COVID-19 is caused by a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, while influenza is caused by influenza A and B viruses. Coronavirus is more contagious and spreads faster than influenza, causing loss of taste or odor and symptoms appear two to 14 days after exposure, according to the Mayo Clinic.
In addition, the hospitalization rate in the United States for the 2019-2020 flu season is 69 hospitalizations in line with another 100,000 people and COVID-19, the rate of approximately 313 hospitalizations in line with another 100,000 people as of December 19, according to the CDC.
Lisa Lockerd Maragakis, senior director of infection prevention and associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, writes that doctors are still applying to estimate the coronavirus mortality rate, but is believed to be 10 times higher than maximum influenza strains.
Virologists also note that more people are sensitive to COVID-19 because there is little pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2, while a portion of the population has some immunity to influenza, limiting annual cases of influenza.
“First, the low pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2 means that virtually everyone is vulnerable to infection,” Andrew Stanley Pekosz, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explained in October. we don’t have smart remedies or vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 like the ones we have for the flu. Third, COVID-19 causes a more serious disease than the flu in general. “
Pekosz also noted that COVID-19 survivors reported more long-term effects than flu survivors, persistent symptoms such as weakness, shortness of breath, and some cases of kidney and central problems.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that between October 1, 2019 and April 4, 2020, influenza caused 39 million to 56 million diseases and 24,000 to 62,000 deaths in the United States. COVID-19 since January 21 and about 340,000 deaths in the United States from the virus, according to the CDC.
The CDC notes that influenza activity is “unusually low” at the time, but may increase in the coming months.
There are also no reports or evidence that Cornell University is suing the CDC for fraud. Oswald told USA TODAY that he had never heard of such a trial and that the message was a “total manufacturing from start to finish. “
USA TODAY has contacted Cornell University for feedback.
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The statement that Cornell University professor Robert Oswald wrote that COVID-19 does not exist is FALSE in many ways, and is based on our research. Oswald did not write the text and claims that coronavirus is just another flu and that SARS-CoV-2 has not been remote has already been discredited.
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