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The list[edit]

Claim	Sources	Assessment
Bioengineered virus	WP:MEDRS: The Lancet (19 February 2020)^[1] Nature Medicine (17 March 2020)^[2] WP:RSP: Financial Times (14 February 2020, RSP entry)^[3]	Conspiracy theory
HIV insertions	WP:MEDRS: Emerging Infectious Diseases (14 February 2020)^[4] Emerging Infectious Diseases (26 February 2020)^[5] The Lancet (24 March 2020)^[6]	Bad science (preprint) paper. Followed by conspiracy theorists.
Chinese biological weapon	WP:RSP: The Washington Post (29 January 2020, RSP entry)^[7] BBC (30 January 2020, RSP entry)^[8] WP:RS: South China Morning Post (16 March 2020)^[9]	Conspiracy theory
US biological weapon		Conspiracy theory
Muslims are selling food contaminated with coronavirus		Hoax
Deaths produce decline in cellphone subscriptions	WP:RSP: Associated Press (30 March 2020, RSP entry)^[10] Snopes (6 April 2020, RSP entry)^[11]	Misinformation based on statistics misinterpretation.
Bat soup	WP:RS: Foreign Policy (27 January 2020)^[12]	Misinformation
Smear campaign and harassment against Shi Zhengli	WP:RS: South China Morning Post (6 February 2020)^[13]	Media misinformation, social media hoaxes and harassment
5G	WP:RSP: BBC (26 February 2020, RSP entry)^[14] Financial Times (16 April 2020, RSP entry)^[15]	Social media hoax

Stories[edit]

Claim	Publisher	Author	Date	URL	Assessment	Discussion	Uses
Bat soup	Excélsior (mx)	—	23 January 2020	[1] archive	Claims connection to the epidemic.		1
	La Prensa (hn)	—	23 January 2020	[2] archive	Claims that study connects bat soup with the epidemic.		1
	Daily Mail (RSP entry)	Billie Thomson	24 January 2020	[3] archive	Misleading report that fuels racist hoaxes.		1
	The Sun (RSP entry)	Gemma Mullin	24 January 2020	[4] archive	Purely fabricated claim in headline: "Coronavirus outbreak could be linked to bat soup say scientists."		1
	Mundo Deportivo (es)	—	24 January 2020	[5] archive	Claims that bat soup is possibly the origin of the epidemic.		1
	Antena 3 (es)	—	24 January 2020	[6] archive	Claims that bat soup is possibly the origin of the epidemic.		1
	La Nación (ar)	—	24 January 2020	[7] [8]	Claims that a study connects bat soup with the epidemic.		1
	Clarín (ar)	—	28 January 2020	[9] archive	Claims bat soup is the origin of the epidemic: "así es la sopa de murciélago que originó el coronavirus en China." Also distributed on MSN [10]		1
Nurse whistleblower	The Epoch Times (RSP entry)	Eva Fu	24 January 2020	[11] archive	Early hoax amplification without adequate critical or expert commentary.		1
	Daily Mail (RSP entry)	Jonathan Bucks, Megan Sheets, Ryan Fahey, Ariel Zilber	25 January 2020	[12] archive	Early hoax amplification. Headline giving credibility to the video and false claims regarding content.		1 2
	New York Post (RSP entry)	Laura Italiano	26 January 2020	[13] archive	Early hoax amplification. Headline giving credibility to the video and false claims regarding content.		1
	Radio Fórmula (mx)	Blanca Cortés Martínez	26 January 2020	[14] archive	Gives credibility to the hoax.		1
	Nettavisen (no)	—	27 January 2020	[15] archive	The video was published citing Daily Mail and The New York Post without adequate critical commentary. However, the publication was withdrawn within a few days. Read more at Journalisten.		1
	La Prensa (hn)	—	29 January 2020	[16] archive	Gives full credibility to the hoax.		1
	info7 (mx)	—	29 January 2020	[17] archive	Gives credibility to the hoax.		1
	El Popular (pe)	—	31 January 2020	[18] archive	Gives credibility to the hoax. Adds additional twist.		1
	Diario de Avisos (es)	—	1 February 2020	[19] archive	Gives full credibility to the hoax.		1
Bioweapon / Stolen from Canada by Chinese agents	GreatGameIndia	—	26 January 2020	[20] archive	Conspiracy theory		1
Bioweapon / Stolen from Canada by Chinese agents	The Economic Times (RSP entry)	Sandhya Sharma	11 February 2020	[21]	Conspiracy theory		1
Bioweapon / Francis Boyle claims	Geopolitics & Empire	feat. Francis Boyle	30 January 2020	[22]	Conspiracy theory		1
	GreatGameIndia	—	3 February 2020	[23] archive	Conspiracy theory		1
	Zero Hedge (RSP entry)	—	3 February 2020	[24] archive	Conspiracy theory		1
	Daily Express (RSP entry)	Callum Hoare	12 March 2020	[25] archive	Conspiracy theory		1
Bioengineered / HIV insertions	GreatGameIndia	—	1 February 2020	[26] archive	Conspiracy theory based on the preprint "HIV paper"		1
Bioengineered / HIV insertions	CNews	feat. Luc Montagnier	17 March 2020	[27] archive	Conspiracy theory based on the preprint "HIV paper"		1
Tencent stats leak	Taiwan News	Keoni Everington	5 February 2020	[28] archive			1
Several: laboratory leakage, medical research mis-characterization.	The Epoch Times (RSP entry)	Olivia Li	6 February 2020	[29] archive	Quoting netizens on social media without adequate critical commentary, a pretext to spread several hoaxes and misinformation.		1
Wuhan crematoriums theory	The Epoch Times (RSP entry)	王有法 (?), 何堅 (?)	7 February 2020 (*)	[30] (archive archive	Reports with anonymous sources about increased activities in Hubei crematoriums with the hypothesis that they would correspond to higher death toll than reported.		1
Wuhan crematoriums theory	Breitbart News (RSP entry)	Frances Martel	7 February 2020	archive	Mostly a translation of The Epoch Times.		1
Meditation / Falun Gong prevents COVID-19	The Epoch Times (de) (RSP entry)	Christina Spirk	8 February 2020	[31] archive			1
Meditation / Falun Gong prevents COVID-19	The Epoch Times (tr) (RSP entry)	Christina Spirk (author) Evren Durmaz (translation	21 April 2020	[32] archive	WP:FRINGE		1
Cumulative deaths cannot fit a curve with R-squared ~0.99	Barron's	Lisa Beilfuss	13 February 2020	[33] archive	Non-expert misinformation, WP:EXTRAORDINARY	1	1
	The Australian	Lisa Beilfuss	14 February 2020	[34]	Same story. Same as Barron's above.		1
	Mingui.org	—	18 February 2020	[35] archive	Citing Barron's story.		1
	The Epoch Times Turkey (RSP entry)	Şendağ Gökçe	25 February 2020	[36] archive	Citing Barron's story.		1
	Taiwan News	Keoni Everington	4 March 2020	[37] archive	Citing Barron's story.		1
Bioengineering / WIV origin	Zero Hedge (RSP entry)	—	13 February 2020	[38] archive	Mis-characterization of Chen Wei to propose the theory of a lab leak.		1
	Daily Mail (RSP entry)	Billie Thomson	14 February 2020	[39] archive	Sensationalist characterization of Chen Wei as "top military bio-warfare expert", the article characterizes the WIV origin of the virus as "conspiracy theories" but its inaccuracies and tone actually may fuel these theories.		1
	Zero Hedge (RSP entry)	—	15 February 2020	[40] archive	Doubles down on the bioweapon theory.		1
WIV origin / selling lab animals in wet markets	New York Post (RSP entry)	Steven W. Mosher (Population Research Institute)	22 February 2020	[41] archive	Conspiracy theory		1
	Breitbart News (RSP entry)	John Hayward feat. Steven W. Mosher	24 February 2020	archive	Conspiracy theory		1
	Breitbart News (RSP entry)	Robert Kraychik feat. Steven W. Mosher	25 February 2020	archive	Doubles down and adds the HIV insertion theory		1
Rise in sulfur dioxide could be sign of mass cremations in Wuhan	Taiwan News	Keoni Everington	15 February 2020	[42] archive	Based on misinterpretation on forecasting data, not measurement data. More: [43]		1
People cremated alive in Wuhan	Taiwan News	Keoni Everington	26 February 2020	[44] archive			1
	The Epoch Times (de) (RSP entry)	—	27 March 2020	[45] archive			1
	ADN Cuba (cu)	—	7 April 2020	[46] archive			1
	International Business Times (sg) (RSP entry)	Manthan Chheda	8 April 2020	[47] archive			1
	The Herald (ng)	Tony Abu Momoh	8 April 2020	[48] archive			1
Deaths produce decline in cellphone subscriptions	The Epoch Times (RSP entry)	Nicole Hao	22 March 2020	[49] archive	Misinformation		1
Deaths produce decline in cellphone subscriptions	PanAm Post	Mamela Fiallo Flor	6 April 2020	[50] archive	Misinformation		1

References[edit]

^ Calisher, Charles; Carroll, Dennis; Colwell, Rita; Corley, Ronald B; Daszak, Peter; Drosten, Christian; Enjuanes, Luis; Farrar, Jeremy; Field, Hume; Golding, Josie; Gorbalenya, Alexander; Haagmans, Bart; Hughes, James M; Karesh, William B; Keusch, Gerald T; Lam, Sai Kit; Lubroth, Juan; Mackenzie, John S; Madoff, Larry; Mazet, Jonna; Palese, Peter; Perlman, Stanley; Poon, Leo; Roizman, Bernard; Saif, Linda; Subbarao, Kanta; Turner, Mike (19 February 2020). "Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19". The Lancet. 395 (10226): e42–e43. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30418-9. PMC 7159294. PMID 32087122.
^ Andersen KG, Rambaut A, Lipkin WI, Holmes EC, Garry RF (17 March 2020). "The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2". Nature Medicine. 26 (4): 450–452. doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0820-9. PMID 32284615.
^ Cookson C (14 February 2020). "Coronavirus was not genetically engineered in a Wuhan lab, says expert". Financial Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ Xiao, Chuan; Li, Xiaojun; Liu, Shuying; Sangfirst5=Shou-Jiang, Yongming; Gao; Gao, Feng (14 February 2020). "HIV-1 did not contribute to the 2019-nCoV genome". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 9 (1): 378–381. doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1727299. PMC 7033698. PMID 32056509.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Liu, Shan-Lu; Saif, Linda J.; Weiss, Susan R.; Su, Lishan (26 February 2020). "No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 9 (1): 505–507. doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440. PMC 7054935. PMID 32102621.
^ Majumder, Maimuna S.; Mandl, Kenneth D (2020). "Early in the epidemic: impact of preprints on global discourse about COVID-19 transmissibility". The Lancet Global Health. 8 (5): e627–e630. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30113-3. PMID 32220289.
^ "Experts debunk fringe theory linking China's coronavirus to weapons research". The Washington Post. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "China coronavirus: Misinformation spreads online about origin and scale". BBC News. January 30, 2020. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ Purohit, Kunal (16 March 2020). "Coronavirus: anti-Chinese conspiracy theories go viral in India, amid frayed ties". South China Morning Post.
^ Lajka, Arijeta (30 March 2020). "Drop in cellphone users in China wrongly attributed to coronavirus deaths". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Mikkelson, David (6 April 2020). "Did Millions of Canceled Cellphones Reveal Unreported Coronavirus Deaths in China?". Snopes. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Palmer J (January 27, 2020). "Don't Blame Bat Soup for the Wuhan Virus". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
^ Chen, Stephen (6 February 2020). "Coronavirus: bat scientist's cave exploits offer hope to beat virus 'sneakier than Sars'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Cellan-Jones, Rory (26 February 2020). "Coronavirus: Fake news is spreading fast". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Fildes, Nic; Di Stefano, Mark; Murphy, Hannah (16 April 2020). "How a 5G coronavirus conspiracy spread across Europe". Financtial Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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TBD[edit]

[1] Calisher, Charles; Carroll, Dennis; Colwell, Rita; Corley, Ronald B; Daszak, Peter; Drosten, Christian; Enjuanes, Luis; Farrar, Jeremy; Field, Hume; Golding, Josie; Gorbalenya, Alexander; Haagmans, Bart; Hughes, James M; Karesh, William B; Keusch, Gerald T; Lam, Sai Kit; Lubroth, Juan; Mackenzie, John S; Madoff, Larry; Mazet, Jonna; Palese, Peter; Perlman, Stanley; Poon, Leo; Roizman, Bernard; Saif, Linda; Subbarao, Kanta; Turner, Mike (19 February 2020). "Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19". The Lancet. 395 (10226): e42–e43. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30418-9. PMC 7159294. PMID 32087122.

[2] Andersen KG, Rambaut A, Lipkin WI, Holmes EC, Garry RF (17 March 2020). "The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2". Nature Medicine. 26 (4): 450–452. doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0820-9. PMID 32284615.

[3] Cookson C (14 February 2020). "Coronavirus was not genetically engineered in a Wuhan lab, says expert". Financial Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[4] Xiao, Chuan; Li, Xiaojun; Liu, Shuying; Sangfirst5=Shou-Jiang, Yongming; Gao; Gao, Feng (14 February 2020). "HIV-1 did not contribute to the 2019-nCoV genome". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 9 (1): 378–381. doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1727299. PMC 7033698. PMID 32056509.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] Liu, Shan-Lu; Saif, Linda J.; Weiss, Susan R.; Su, Lishan (26 February 2020). "No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 9 (1): 505–507. doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440. PMC 7054935. PMID 32102621.

[6] Majumder, Maimuna S.; Mandl, Kenneth D (2020). "Early in the epidemic: impact of preprints on global discourse about COVID-19 transmissibility". The Lancet Global Health. 8 (5): e627–e630. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30113-3. PMID 32220289.

[7] "Experts debunk fringe theory linking China's coronavirus to weapons research". The Washington Post. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.

[bbc-misinformation-8] "China coronavirus: Misinformation spreads online about origin and scale". BBC News. January 30, 2020. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[9] Purohit, Kunal (16 March 2020). "Coronavirus: anti-Chinese conspiracy theories go viral in India, amid frayed ties". South China Morning Post.

[10] Lajka, Arijeta (30 March 2020). "Drop in cellphone users in China wrongly attributed to coronavirus deaths". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[11] Mikkelson, David (6 April 2020). "Did Millions of Canceled Cellphones Reveal Unreported Coronavirus Deaths in China?". Snopes. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[12] Palmer J (January 27, 2020). "Don't Blame Bat Soup for the Wuhan Virus". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020.

[13] Chen, Stephen (6 February 2020). "Coronavirus: bat scientist's cave exploits offer hope to beat virus 'sneakier than Sars'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[14] Cellan-Jones, Rory (26 February 2020). "Coronavirus: Fake news is spreading fast". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[15] Fildes, Nic; Di Stefano, Mark; Murphy, Hannah (16 April 2020). "How a 5G coronavirus conspiracy spread across Europe". Financtial Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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