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Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Boil some orange peels wit cayenne pepper in it stand over the pot breathe in the steam so all that mucus can release from yo nasal… MUCUS is the problem its where THE VIRUS LIVES!!!” Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media: “Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020. Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2020 in a satirical website screenshot: “Corona virus: Florida man arrested for robbery using cough as a weapon.” Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: “If you have the Flu… get these two items… Sambucol (and) Oscillococcinum… in 48 hours you will feel better. In 72 hours you will be almost symptom-free.” Bloggers stated on November 11, 2019 in a blog post: “Dinesh D’Souza passed away." Instagram posts stated on February 3, 2020 in a photo: Scientists "are shocked to discover that weed kills corona virus” Facebook posts stated on February 2, 2020 in a post: “When using a medical mask you’re supposed to use… white side out (this is the filter part) for when you’re not sick.” Bloggers stated on April 1, 2016 in a post on Facebook: An Alton, Ill., man caught a 736-pound Giant Mekong catfish in the Mississippi River. Facebook posts stated on January 30, 2020 in a post: “Cocaine kills corona virus, scientists is shocked to discover that this drug can fight the virus.” Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Event 201 “gave out stuffed souvenir coronavirus toys” to “commemorate” Novel coronavirus outbreak
Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Boil some orange peels wit cayenne pepper in it stand over the pot breathe in the steam so all that mucus can release from yo nasal… MUCUS is the problem its where THE VIRUS LIVES!!!”
Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media: “Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2020 in a satirical website screenshot: “Corona virus: Florida man arrested for robbery using cough as a weapon.”
Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: “If you have the Flu… get these two items… Sambucol (and) Oscillococcinum… in 48 hours you will feel better. In 72 hours you will be almost symptom-free.”
Instagram posts stated on February 3, 2020 in a photo: Scientists "are shocked to discover that weed kills corona virus”
Facebook posts stated on February 2, 2020 in a post: “When using a medical mask you’re supposed to use… white side out (this is the filter part) for when you’re not sick.”
Bloggers stated on April 1, 2016 in a post on Facebook: An Alton, Ill., man caught a 736-pound Giant Mekong catfish in the Mississippi River.
Facebook posts stated on January 30, 2020 in a post: “Cocaine kills corona virus, scientists is shocked to discover that this drug can fight the virus.”
Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Event 201 “gave out stuffed souvenir coronavirus toys” to “commemorate” Novel coronavirus outbreak
