COVID-19 misinformation: Difference between revisions

There have been claims that specific [[ethnicities]] are more or less vulnerable to COVID-19. COVID-19 is a new [[zoonotic]] disease, so no population has yet had the time to develop [[population immunity]].{{medical citation needed|date=April 2020}}

 

 

There have been claims of "Indian immunity": that the people of India have more immunity to the COVID-19 virus due to living conditions in India. This idea was deemed "absolute drivel" by Anand Krishnan, professor at the Centre for Community Medicine of the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences]] (AIIMS). He said there was no [[population immunity]] to the COVID-19 virus yet, as it is new, and it is not even clear whether people who have recovered from COVID-19 will have lasting immunity, as this happens with some viruses but not with others.<ref name = "Ghosh _2020">{{cite news |vauthors=Ghosh A |title=Vegetarian food, Indian immunity won't prevent Covid-19, says Anand Krishnan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-cases-cure-symptoms-precautions-aiims-6314643/ |work=The Indian Express |date=15 March 2020}}</ref>

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the [[Church of Greece]] announced that [[Holy Communion]], in which churchgoers eat pieces of bread soaked in wine from the same chalice, would continue as a practice.<ref name="Reuters 9 March">{{cite news |vauthors=Kambas M, Georgiopoulos G |title=In era of coronavirus, Greek church says Holy Communion will carry on |work=Reuters |date=9 March 2020 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-church-idUSKBN20W2N1 |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312174830/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-church-idUSKBN20W2N1 |archive-date=12 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Holy Synod#The Greek Holy Synod|Holy Synod]] said Holy Communion "cannot be the cause of the spread of illness", with Metropolitan Seraphim saying the wine was without blemish because it represented the blood and body of Christ, and that "whoever attends Holy Communion is approaching God, who has the power to heal".<ref name="Reuters 9 March" /> The Church refused to restrict Christians from taking Holy Communion,<ref name=dw52742226>{{cite web |publisher=Deutsche Welle |title=Inside Europe: Greek Orthodox Church weighs in on coronavirus |date=13 March 2020 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/inside-europe-greek-orthodox-church-weighs-in-on-coronavirus/av-52742226 |access-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318181239/https://www.dw.com/en/inside-europe-greek-orthodox-church-weighs-in-on-coronavirus/av-52742226 |archive-date=18 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> which was supported by several clerics,<ref name="Brzozowski Michalopoulos 2020">{{cite web |vauthors=Brzozowski A, Michalopoulos S |title=Catholics take measures against coronavirus while Greek Orthodox Church 'prays' |website=euractiv.com |date=9 March 2020 |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/catholics-take-measures-against-coronavirus-while-greek-orthodox-church-prays/ |access-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318181234/https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/catholics-take-measures-against-coronavirus-while-greek-orthodox-church-prays/ |archive-date=18 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> some politicians, and health professionals.<ref name="Brzozowski Michalopoulos 2020" /><ref name="ref 1">{{cite web |url=https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Corona-Panik-nur-fuer-Unglaeubige-4678649.html |title=Corona-Panik nur für Ungläubige? |trans-title=Corona panic only for unbelievers? |vauthors=Aswestopoulos W |website=heise online |date=9 March 2020 |language=de |access-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310205222/https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Corona-Panik-nur-fuer-Unglaeubige-4678649.html |archive-date=10 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Greek Association of Hospital Doctors criticized these professionals for putting their religious beliefs before science.<ref name="Brzozowski Michalopoulos 2020" /> A review of the medical publications on the subject, published by a Greek physician, claims that the transmission of any infectious disease through the Holy Communion has never been documented. This controversy divided the Greek society, the politics and medical experts.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Anyfantakis D |title=Holy Communion and Infection Transmission: A Literature Review. |journal=Cureus |date=2020 |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages=e8741 |doi=10.7759/cureus.8741 |doi-access=free |pmid=32714679 |pmc=7377019}}</ref>

 

 

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