Fact-Checked by: Science Feedback
2021/04/19 | United States
The CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance Database
Here is the database that gathers all of the falsehoods that have been detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance. This database unites fact-checkers in more than 70 countries and includes articles published in at least 40 languages. Para búsquedas en español, haz clic aquí. Faça buscas em português aqui.
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2021/03/17 | Spain
FALSE: Consequences of using a mask: hypoxia, hypercapnia, bacterial pneumonia
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2021/02/26 | Colombia, Argentina, Mexico,Chile
FALSE: Wearing a mask causes you to breathe your own CO2, which leads to respiratory problems such as hypercapnia
Fact-Checked by: La Silla Vacía
2021/02/17 | Colombia
FALSE: Masks cause hypercapnia
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2020/09/13 | Colombia, Chile
FALSE: Wearing a mask causes hypoxia, hypercapnia, and pneumonia.
Fact-Checked by: BOOM FactCheck
2020/08/19 | India
Misleading: Wearing face masks causes hypercapnia and thus are ineffective against COVID-19
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/08/14 | Spain
FALSE: A post says that mask use cause hypercapnia (concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood)
Fact-Checked by: La Silla Vacía
2020/07/14 | Colombia
False: Masks produce hypoxia and hypercapnia.
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/06/23 | Spain
FALSE: A video in which the man introduces and dubs another video from an interview with Stefano Montanari in the Byoblu video blog. Montanari calls himself a “nanopathologist” and claims that masks cause us to inhale the carbon dioxide that we expelled by breathing. This supposedly produces hypercapnia (excess carbon dioxide).
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/06/12 | Spain
FALSE: A Facebook post that says that masks incubate cancer and that the risks of using them are hypoxia (lack of oxygen in the body) and hypercapnia (excess carbon dioxide), which could “cause poisoning in the flow blood, as well as physical and mental disorders.”
Fact-Checked by: Ellinika Hoaxes
2020/06/08 | Greece
FALSE: The use of a cloth mask for protection from COVID-19 can cause hypercapnia and cancer.
Fact-Checked by: Chequeado
2020/06/04 | Argentina, Spain, Venezuela, Bolivia
FALSE: The use or abuse of the mask produces hypercapnia or hypoxia.
Fact-Checked by: Poligrafo
2020/05/21 | Portugal
FALSE: Wearing a mask during physical activity causes hypercapnia syndrome.
Fact-Checked by: Rappler
2020/05/20 | Philippines
FALSE: Wearing a face mask for a prolonged period of time causes hypoxia and/or hypercapnia.
Fact-Checked by: 15min.lt
2020/05/11 | Lithuania
Partially false: Wearing face mask increases the risk of hypercapnia.
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