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- The Claim: A Professor at Cornell University Said 'Covid 19 Does Not Exist'
- Oswald Did Not Write Statement
- Covid-19 Is Not A Flu Strain
- Our Rating: False
- Our Fact-Check Sources
In attempts to push claims that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, some social media users are sharing a lengthy statement that purports to be written by a professor at Cornell University. A viral post claimsRobert Oswald, a professor at Cornell University with a purported Ph.D. in virology and immunology and clinical lab scientist, tested 1,500 "...
Oswald works at the department of molecular medicine at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine and does not have a "PhD in virology," as claimed in posts. He has a doctorate in biochemistry, according to his faculty page, where he has also issued a statement debunking the information circulating online that is attributed to him. "COVID...
Not only is the statement misattributed, but claims that COVID-19 is a hoax or "just another flu strain" are false and have been debunked by USA TODAY. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been isolated by researchers,USA TODAY has reported. And the novel coronavirus has affected more people globally in cases and deaths than the average ...
The claim that Cornell University professor Robert Oswald authored a statement that COVID-19 does not exist is FALSE on many counts, based on our research. Oswald did not write the statement attributed to him, and claims that the coronavirus is just another flu strain and that SARS-CoV-2 has not been isolated have been debunked.
Cornell University, accessed Dec. 31, Robert Oswald, PhDEmail correspondence with Robert OswaldSnopes, Dec. 28, Did Dr. Rob Oswald Claim COVID-19 Was a Hoax?USA TODAY, Oct. 6, Fact check: Satirical post falsely claims COVID-19 is no worse than the flu and affects virtually no one- Fact Check Reporter
Dec 28, 2020 · If Your Time is short. Robert Oswald debunked the post on his Cornell faculty page. COVID-19 is not a hoax. The virus has killed more than 332,000 Americans. See the sources for this...
Dec 28, 2020 · Shortly after this message went viral, Oswald updated his webpage at Cornell University to include a statement about COVID-19. He wrote: COVID-19 is real. Any Facebook post that suggests...
Dec 29, 2020 · A post shared on Facebook attributes to Cornell University professor Dr. Robert Oswald a lengthy quote that states in part, “COVID-19 does not exist and is fictitious.”. Verdict: False. The lengthy statement has previously circulated online without being credited to him. Oswald has refuted the attribution. Fact Check:
Apr 30, 2021 · In December, social media users shared a false post claiming that Robert Oswald, a professor of molecular medicine at Cornell University, had tested 1,500 positive samples of COVID-19 and found influenza A and influenza B instead. Oswald, who does not study viruses, addressed the false posts several times on his website.
The article claims that according to “Rob Oswald, PhD in virology and immunology” at Cornell, his university, Stanford and other California university labs “found C19 imaginary, fictitious,...
