The Italian doctor who gives unverified opinions about COVID-19

Italian doctor Roberto Petrella, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, in an interview for the show "Albania Live" on Top Channel, has opposed vaccination against COVID-19. Furthermore, he has denied the existence of the Corona virus itself.

This Italian doctor has also opposed testing through nasal swabs, saying that it introduces bacteria into the body.

Excerpt from the interview with Italian doctor Roberto Petrella on Top Channel:

"Tapping should be done at a specific point, inside the pharynx and the junction with the nasal canal, not like those who rotate it wherever they want. The swab, the way it is done, breaks the membranes. So, it scratches. The swab is full of millions of bacteria. It is not sterile. By traumatizing the mucosa at the end of the nasal canal, as well as the pharynx, they send other bacteria through the throat."

All of this, the Italian doctor Petrella says, contradicts all the studies of credible world institutes. In addition to these objections, which he tries to base on his personal knowledge as a doctor, he also raises doubts about the origin of the virus and enters into conspiracy theories, saying that this virus was created by the pharmaceutical mafia, since the time of the French president, Jacques Chirac. He has also blamed the founder of the company "Microsoft", Bill Gates, for contributing to the creation of this virus, for the purpose, as he puts it, of exterminating the population.

Excerpt from the interview with Italian doctor Roberto Petrella on Top Channel:

"It's a nightmare if you get sick from COVID-19, which in my opinion does not exist. It was invented to create panic and for it and to achieve the realization of the vaccine. After all, I have information that since the time of Chirac, COVID-19 was studied with China. Therefore, they created a laboratory in China and inaugurated it there. This pandemic was organized by the medical mafia, by pharmaceutical companies and by some characters called Bill Gates and other, rich, because they want to reduce the population, they want to exterminate the population."

This video has gone viral on many online media and social networks, raising doubts among citizens about the existence of the Corona virus and increasing dilemmas about the effect of the vaccine that is being studied.

Analyze:

The Italian doctor, Roperto Petrella, does not base all these statements made in this interview on scientific research or studies. He bases some of them solely on his experience as a doctor, but since he is a gynecologist and not an infectologist, microbiologist or epidemiologist, fields that are specialized in treating viruses, such recommendations are very unreliable. Also, this tool also enters into conspiracy theories, when it talks about the behind-the-scenes of the creation of the Corona virus and the tendency of some interest groups to benefit from the creation of this virus. He does not base all of this on any facts.

Moreover, in the part where he says that the virus does not exist and that it is fabricated, Dr. Petrella does not argue this at all, but is based only on his personal opinion. According to the analysis made by hibrid.info, the information provided by this doctor is categorized as “unverified content”, “conspiracy theory” and “pseudoscience”.

Reasoning:

Unverified content

The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.

Conspiracy theories

"Conspiracy theories" are media reports that disseminate a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event, or person, presenting it as part of or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). A characteristic of these reports is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any credible evidence.

Pseudoscience

"Pseudoscience" is media reporting that attempts to present certain opinions, attitudes, values, or findings obtained by a non-scientific method and present them as scientific discoveries or facts. Such reports often misinterpret or manipulate existing scientific research, or refer to research that is contrary to scientific verification and fact-finding.