Skip to content W.A. ![\\"Boatos.org-logo-1](\\" content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-Boatos.org-logo-1-2023.png\\") Search for... * About * Contact * Advertise Search for... W.A. ![\\"Boatos.org-logo-1](\\" content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-Boatos.org-logo-1-2023.png\\") Search for... * About * Contact * Advertise Search for... You are in: Home > Health > **Virology Center of Moscow (Russia) discovered that Covid-19 is immune to pH greater than 5.5 #rumor** # Virology Center in Moscow (Russia) discovered that Covid-19 is immune to higher pH that 5.5 #rumor * Health * 04/17/2020 * by Edgard Matsuki ![\\"Virology](\\" Center-of-Moscow-Russia-discovered-that-Covid-19-is-immune-to-pH-higher-than-55-says- rumor.jpg\\") Rumor – The Virology Center in Moscow (Russia) has just announced that organisms with pH greater than 5.5 are immune to coronavirus (Covid-19). Since the coronavirus pandemic became the backdrop for much of the fake news circulating on the internet, there was no shortage of leaked advice out there. Today, we are going to talk about one that has already been circulated in the name of the “Revista de Virologia” and is now circulating in the name of an entity in Russia: the Virology Center of Moscow. According to the message, Russian researchers discovered that there is a way very simple to protect yourself from Covid-19: keeping the body at a pH above of 5.5. This would be done by consuming alkaline foods. Read the message that is circulating on the internet: > ## Check out the denial on video > > ## Good news: Information for everyone, COVID-19 is immune to organisms with a PH greater than 5.5. *VIROLOGY Center, Moscow, Russia.* We need to consume more alkaline foods that help us increase our PH level, to combat virus. Some of which are: : Lemon 9.9 PH Avocado 15.6 PH Garlic 13.2 PH Mango 8.7 PH Tangerine 8.0 PH Pineapple 12.7PH Orange 9.2 PH Do not store these information only, for you. Pass it on to all your family and friends. Take Take care and God bless you. ## Virology Center in Moscow (Russia) discovered that Covid-19 is immune to pH greater than 5.5? The information circulated very strongly on the internet. Once again, we are here to curb the excitement of some when saying that the story that mentions the Virology Center of Moscow (Russia) and points to this pH information cure coronavirus is false. Don't worry, we'll explain everything to you. > ## Ancelmo Gois wrote a text criticizing Eduardo Paes? We check In fact, it wasn't long ago that we debunked a rumor just like this. As we said at the beginning of the text, the only difference in today's case is that the source of information is the “Revista de Virologia” (and not the Virology Center of Moscow). As the rumor of yesteryear is valid today, remember what was said: Before entering into the denial, we believe it is necessary to understand the functioning of a virus and also what pH is so that we can then get into our analysis. A virus is a very simple being and is made up of just one protein capsule that surrounds the genetic material (which can be DNA, RNA or both together). It is worth highlighting that the virus is an acellular being, that is, it does not has cells. Therefore, it needs a host cell to be able to reproduce (after invading and dominating the cellular self-reproduction system). pH, in turn, is what we call hydrogen potential, a scale which measures the degree of acidity, neutrality or alkalinity of a solution. THE measurement is made based on the relative quantity of hydrogen ions (H+) and ions hydroxyl (OH-) present in the mixture. The higher the number of H+, the more acidic will be the solution (on the scale, the value will be 7 to 1). The greater the presence of hydroxyl ion (OH-), the more alkaline the solution will be (on the scale, the value will be 7 to 14). When the amount of these ions are equal in a solution, means that the mixture is neutral (pH 7). In human cells, the pH is around 6.8. While that of our blood it is close to 7.4. Extreme pH values, close to 0 or 14, are considered unfavorable for life. Thus, it is true that the coronavirus would not survive in a very alkaline environment, but cells neither does our body! Here at Boatos.org, we have already debunked several stories about the use of lemon to “acidify” the blood or the body, like the false publication that said that the doctor Rafael Sato would have recommended lemon to kill cancer cells. It turns out that this story of “acidifying” or “alkalinizing” the organism by through food doesn't make any sense. Science magazine highlighted that our blood is slightly alkaline, so as we have shown previously. According to the magazine, the body itself human beings have self-regulation of this process, keeping our organism within a healthy range. To do this, the kidneys come into action and manage eliminate extra acidity or alkalinity present in the body through urine (this can change your pH). Therefore, if the virus is inside our cells and our body cannot change the pH to combat it, so the virus will still be there. Furthermore, also We looked for today's story in other countries and found a denial on the subject. According to the African Check website, a study published in the Jornal de Virology, from the American Society of Microbiology, in 1991, was responsible for all the confusion. The work entitled “Alteration of the pH dependence of Coronavirus-induced cell fusion: effect of glycoprotein mutations Spike” did not study the new coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2. The research analyzed the coronavirus responsible for hepatitis in mice, or murine hepatitis, MHV4. And it wasn't even a study about humans. Furthermore, the article is quite clear: it does not purport to discover what is the pH level of the virus. The research wanted to understand what happens when “susceptible murine cells” (rat or mouse cells) are infected by MHV4 in a pH environment of “5.5 to 8.5”. And it goes without saying that the strain (type) of coronavirus analyzed by the study is not the same as the one that causes the Covid-19, right? To top it off, the story was so poorly written that even the pH of the food listed are wrong. Avocado (which appears with a pH of 15.6) is the mistake more grotesque, as the pH scale only goes up to 14. According to American agency Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the body similar to the Anvisa, the correct values ​​are very different. The pH of the avocado would be between 6 and 6.5; lemon would be between 2 and 2.6; the garlic would be around 5.8 and the orange between 3 and 4; the ripe mango would be between 3.4 and 5; meanwhile, the tangerine would be between 3.3 and 4.5 and pineapple would be between 3.2 and 4. With everything explained in the smallest details, we have just one more piece of information for you. check: the one that indicates that the source was the Virology Center in Moscow (Russia). As expected, we found nothing about this study at the institution and nor did we find any institution with that exact name. In short: the story that points out that the Virology Center in Moscow (Russia) wrote an article that points out that pH is related to Covid-19 infection is false. Neither the thesis is real nor was it published by an organization with that name. Ps.: This article is a suggestion from Boatos.org readers. 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Good news Information for everyone COVID19 is immune to organisms with a PH greater than 55 VIROLOGY Center Moscow Russia