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Bill and Melinda Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates is fully vaccinated, including against COVID-19, despite online claims to the contrary
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Phoebe Adele Gates is “unvaccinated, not even [for] childhood vaccines”.
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Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2022-11-05 -
Misleading2014 study by Dyall et al. is an in vitro study; clinical trials showed hydroxychloroquine is ineffective against COVID-19 in people
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Federal agencies already knew that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine “were very likely to be effective against COVID-19” based on 2014 paper
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Authorization of bivalent COVID-19 boosters is based on scientific evidence of their safety and effectiveness
Previous clinical trials of the original COVID-19 vaccines and earlier bivalent vaccine formulations provide us with sufficient clinical evidence for the safety of the recently authorized bivalent boosters.
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MisleadingClinical trial by Moderna found no safety concerns with the COVID-19 vaccine in toddlers, contrary to claim by Joseph Ladapo
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According to Moderna themselves: Serious adverse events affected 1 in 200 toddlers. But they still concluded the mRNA vaccine was safe in children
Source: Twitter/X, Joseph Ladapo, 2022-10-29 -
AccurateEvidence suggests that political partisanship is associated with higher COVID-19 mortality rates among Republicans compared to Democrats
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“Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats, mounting evidence shows”
Source: NBC News, Aria Bendix, 2022-10-06 -
IncorrectCOVID-19 and influenza are different diseases caused by different viruses
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the 2.8 millions who died of COVID in 2020 can be due to the flu and pneumonia
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-11-01 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines have enhanced reporting requirements for vaccine safety database, so death reports cannot be simply compared to other vaccines
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“More people have been killed by the COVID vaccines in the last 20 months than all the other vaccines in the world over the last thirty years combined.”
Source: One America News Network, Pearson Sharp, 2022-11-01 -
UnsupportedJapan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
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“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously”
Source: Instagram, The Epoch Times, Stephen Hussey, Zachary Stieber, 2022-10-27 -
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Japan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
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“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously”
Source: The Epoch Times, Instagram, Stephen Hussey, Zachary Stieber, 2022-10-27 -
What can explain the excess mortality in the U.S. and Europe in 2022?
Understanding why this excess mortality persists can be difficult. This is because there could be many contributing factors involved, adding to complexity. But we do know that there were certain notable events in 2022 that could explain, at least in part, the persistent excess mortality. This Insight article aims to discuss these events and how they could have increased the mortality rate in the second half of 2022.
