Fact-checked

Not enough evidence to prohibit the use of ibuprofen in connection with COVID-19

In March 2020, the newspaper Le Figaro sounded the alarm against taking Ibuprofen and suggested that people with COVID-19 use paracetamol.

No, the virus that causes COVID-19 did not already exist

Several Internet publications circulating since the beginning of the pandemic suggest that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been around for many years.

An image from the film Contagion used to show COVID-19 victims

Publications circulating on Facebook showed an image of a scene in which dead people are being buried in a mass grave.

No evidence that COVID-19 spreads between humans and food

An article on mafourchette.com states that "it is theoretically possible for the virus to pass from an infected person to food". 

Human exposure to sunlight or heat does not kill the virus that causes COVID-19

There is still a lot of talk on Facebook about the fact that COVID-19 can’t resist high temperatures or sunlight.

The Canadian Army was not deployed in Montreal because of COVID-19

Internet users report that the Canadian army has been deployed in Quebec to keep the peace during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

5G technology is not linked to the spread of COVID-19

A persistent rumour on the Internet states that the recent deployment of the 5G telephony network is the cause of the recent COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.