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    Dr Sharfaroz Satani

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    Dr Sharfaroz Satani is a science writer for Alt News Science and a drug safety physician. He advocates for evidence-based medicine, freethought, and social equality. He also writes satire, poetry and fiction.

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    Fact-check: Efficacy of Ashwagandha in AYUSH standard treatment protocol for COVID-19

    Dr. Sumaiya Shaikh & Dr Sharfaroz Satani8th November 2020

    Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, symptoms such as pneumonia, clotting complications, acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock are reported in many cases of the infection. While these symptoms…

    Science

    Italy defeated COVID-19? Misinformation-riddled conspiracy theory viral

    Dr Sharfaroz Satani21st September 202012th May 2021

    A viral message that “Italy has defeated coronavirus” has been shared in the form of a news broadcast. It says that the country performed autopsies on patients who died of…

    Science

    COVID-19 is not a bacterial infection, false claim viral on social media

    Dr Sharfaroz Satani18th August 202018th August 2020

    A viral video accompanied by the following message has been circulating on WhatsApp. “Finally W.H.O. cheated the world, Corona is not a Virus, but a bacterial infection and patients can…

    Science

    AYUSH Kwath or Kadha cannot ‘boost’ immunity to fight against COVID-19

    Dr Sharfaroz Satani & Dr. Sumaiya Shaikh10th August 202027th September 2020

    On April 24 2020, the Ministry of AYUSH promoted a herbal formulation called AYUSH Kwath for ‘immunity boosting’ of the masses for the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry requested the State/UT…

    Science

    Edited video of ‘three-eyed’ baby believed to be true on social media

    Archit & Dr Sharfaroz Satani15th July 2020

    A 15-second video of an infant with ‘three eyes’ has gone viral on social media. On Facebook, it has been shared with two different texts in Telugu — 1. According…

    Science

    Home remedies by Ayurved Parameshwar Arora: Are they effective in curing coronavirus?

    Dr Sharfaroz Satani & Dr. Sumaiya Shaikh26th June 202026th June 2020

    A person called Dheeraj Sharma posted a viral video on Facebook of Dr Parameshwar Arora MD (Ayurveda), a senior consultant at Sir Gangaram hospital, New Delhi addressing passersby on the…

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    Fact-checking PIB Fact Check: Did family of mother who died in Shramik train claim she had long-term illness?

    Pooja Chaudhuri, Pratik Sinha & Dr Sharfaroz Satani2nd June 20203rd June 2020

    The coronavirus outbreak in India has left millions of migrant workers exposed to hunger and homelessness due to an ill-conceived nationwide lockdown imposed by the central government on March 24….

    Science

    No, Dr Ramesh Gupta’s zoology book DOES NOT mention a cure for novel coronavirus

    Dr Sharfaroz Satani & Pooja Chaudhuri25th March 202027th March 2020

    An image of a page from a zoology book authored by Dr Ramesh Gupta is massively viral on social media. Several users have shared it claiming that the book speaks…

    Science

    No, Vitamin C and lemon-infused hot water do not protect against coronavirus or cancer

    Dr Sharfaroz Satani, Peeyush Prasad & Alka Rao18th March 2020

    A viral message claiming to be from a certain Laila Ahmadi from China, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Zanjan University advises the use of Vitamin C “as much as possible” for…

    Science

    Sci-check: Do masks help to prevent the spread of coronavirus?

    Dr. Sumaiya Shaikh & Dr Sharfaroz Satani14th March 2020

    The outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to medical advisories circulating on social media. Alt News recently debunked a viral text falsely accredited to the UNICEF. This was also…

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