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Flawed reasoningMasks offer only partial protection from the virus that causes COVID-19, but their effectiveness can be enhanced with other measures like physical distancing
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“Either masks work or they don’t”; “I don’t understand the safety concern with voting in person. Your mask works, right?”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-30 -
InaccurateHuman DNA does not produce a positive result on the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2
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“WHO coronavirus PCR test primer sequence is found in all human DNA”; “this means that the WHO test kits should find a positive result in all humans”
Source: Piece of Mindful, Anonymous, 2020-04-06 -
InaccurateAltered image falsely suggests that restaurant staff in Maine are required to wear dog cone-style face visors to protect against COVID-19
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“Governor of Maine orders restaurant staff to wear COVID visors like dog cones”
Source: Summit.news, Twitter/X, Paul Joseph Watson, Sherri Tenpenny, 2020-08-18 -
InaccurateListicle of “facts” about COVID-19 contains numerous inaccurate and misleading claims
Claim:
“The overall lethality of [COVID-19] (IFR) is about 0.1% to 0.3% and thus in the range of a severe influenza”
Source: Swiss Policy Research, Anonymous, 2020-03-14 -
“Plandemic: Indoctornation” video rehashes debunked claims and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines
Plandemic is a pseudo-documentary produced by American filmmaker Mikki Willis, whose first instalment was published in May 2020. Featuring an…
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1.7Very highPotential role for T cells in COVID-19 immunity accurately reported in National Geographic article
“The article accurately discusses the recent findings about the presence/relevance of T cell response against COVID-19. Indeed, both arms of adaptive immunity, humoral and cellular, contribute in different ways to the body’s fight against viral infections. What remains to be seen and explored in greater detail is how important the role of antigen-specific T cells is in protecting people from a re-infection or ameliorating the disease symptoms.”
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InaccurateVaccines undergo strict safety testing before they are licensed for use in the U.S. and many other countries; no validity to the claim of a 33% “death rate” from COVID-19 vaccine
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“Would you take a vaccine with a 33% death rate to feel safe from a virus with a .06% death rate?”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-30 -
InaccurateContrary to claim in viral Facebook post, the flu vaccine does work and certain types of cancers can be cured
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“Can't make a vaccine that works for influenza. No vaccine for RSV. Can't cure cancer. But they sure as shit can make a vaccine in 6 months for an illness that they STILL don't understand”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-27 -
InaccurateHealth authorities encourage the general public to wear face masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission
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Health authorities like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discourage people from wearing face masks
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-14
