Conspiracy theorists on Facebook linking 5G to COVID-19 have now started pushing hydroxychloroquine as a virus cure

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• Anti-5G conspiracy theorists have started pushing misinformation that the drug hydroxychloroquine is a coronavirus cure on Facebook.
• The public "Stop 5G U.K." group on Facebook began as an anti-5G community, but has evolved to become a nexus of conspiracy theories and scientific illiteracy.
• Recent posts in the group recommend that COVID-19 patients take a dosage of hydroxychloroquine — dangerous armchair advice given the drug's efficacy in treating coronavirus is unproven.
  
• There is no conclusive proof that any drug is effective in combating the coronavirus.
• Facebook said it was removing posts that push misinformation about 5G and the coronavirus, including inaccurate claims about cures, but the posts remain live.
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Conspiracy theorists pushing the false concept that 5G mobile signals are linked to the coronavirus outbreak are, on Facebook, increasingly now pushing the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as a cure.

One of the biggest Facebook groups promoting the 5G conspiracy theory has evolved to become a nexus of misinformation around the coronavirus.

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