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      No, COVID-19 Is Not A Combination Of SARS And AIDS

      Social media posts falsely claim that COVID-19 is a combination of SARS and AIDS.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  6 Jun 2020 7:21 PM IST
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      No, COVID-19 Is Not A Combination Of SARS And AIDS

      Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim doctors from the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) in Taipei have found that COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is a combination of AIDS and SARS. The claim is false; according to a spokesperson from the hospital, the statement was not authored by its doctors; as of May 20, 2020, advisories from global health organisations have not characterised COVID-19 as a disease that is AIDS and SARS combined.

      The claim was published in this Facebook post on April 23, 2020.

      The post has been shared more than 150 times.

      A screenshot of the misleading post taken on May 29, 2020
      Also Read: No, COVID-19 Is Not Caused By Bacteria Or Cured By Antibiotics

      The post states, in part: "Information from the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) doctor team: Body surgery shows: 1. Covid-19 as a combination of SARS + AIDS. Many doctors assume, patients who have been discharged from the hospital, the nucleic acid test returned positive, this is not a recurrence, but has not fully recovered. This has to do with the characteristics of Covid-19. / 2. The immune system is almost completely damaged. SARS only attacks the lungs, does not attack the body's immunity. AIDS attacks the body's immunity. While the damage to the organs of Covid-19 patients is like SARS + AIDS… Interesting to share some info from Taiwan. They work really hard in regards to Covid."

      SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, is a disease caused by a strain of coronavirus that spread globally in 2003, causing 774 deaths in 26 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

      AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is the most advanced infection stage of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a pathogen that targets the immune system. The disease has killed 32 million people, as of November 15, 2019, according to the WHO.

      COVID-19 is caused by a virus genetically similar to one that causes SARS. According to WHO data, it has killed more than 367,000 people worldwide as of June 1, 2020.

      A similar claim was also shared here, here, here, here and here on Facebook.

      However, the claim is false.

      "These are absolutely not comments from doctors at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH)," the hospital said in this Chinese-language statement posted to Facebook on April 13, 2020. "Please don't believe in or share the rumour!"

      NTUH's statement included an image showing the Chinese-language version of the hoax, stamped with text that reads: "These comments did not come from a NTUH doctor".

      A screenshot of NTUH's statement taken on May 29, 2020
      Also Read: Do Vaccinations Violate Human Rights Under The Nuremberg Code?

      The hospital's statement also provided a link to this April 13, 2020 report debunking the hoax, published by the Taiwanese fact-check organisation MyGoPen.

      "At the moment there are still many unknowns about the novel coronavirus, so the public is advised to obtain the latest information from the Taiwan Center for Disease Control website," the MyGoPen report states.

      As of May 31, 2020, this information page on the website of the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control contains no reference to COVID-19 as a combination of AIDS and SARS.

      Multiple keyword searches on the WHO's website also did not yield any such statement or information.

      The hoax claim was also debunked here by the Taiwan FactCheck Center.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      COVID-19Coronavirus VaccineFake NewsFact CheckSARSAIDSHIV/AIDS
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      Claim :   COVID-19 is a combination of SARS and AIDS.
      Claimed By :  Facebook posts
      Fact Check :  False
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