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Flawed reasoning
Masks offer only partial protection from the virus that causes COVID-19, but their effectiveness can be enhanced with other measures like physical distancing
Claim:
“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 -
Incorrect
A person’s response to vaccination is not associated with birthmarks or the presence of mutations in a gene involved with vitamin B9 production
Claim:
Birthmarks are indicators of the MTHFR gene; “When people have MTHFR their chances of vaccine reactions increase because they cannot detox the toxins from the vaccines”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2018-11-03 -
Flawed reasoning
False claim shared by President Trump that only 6% of CDC-reported deaths are from COVID-19 is based on flawed reasoning
Claim:
only 6% of all the 153,504 deaths recorded actually died from Covid, the rest had other serious illnesses
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-08-29 -
Lacks context
A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 would be useful even if the survival rate from COVID-19 is high
Claim:
With the survival rate of COVID-19 close to 100% without a vaccine, what exactly will the purpose of the new vaccine be?
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-08-21 -
Inaccurate
People infected with SARS-CoV-2 can transmit the virus to others, even if they do not show symptoms of the disease and are not considered sick
Claim:
“The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-08-23 -
Misleading
Current COVID-19 mortality rate does not predict the future probability of dying from the disease
Claim:
“Chance of NOT dying from Covid-19: 99.96%”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-08-16 -
Inaccurate
Vaccines 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
Claim:
“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 -
Inaccurate
Contrary to claim in viral Facebook post, the flu vaccine does work and certain types of cancers can be cured
Claim:
“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 -
Hydroxychloroquine, alone or in combination with azithromycin, found ineffective for treating COVID-19 in large clinical trials
Claim:
“Hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc cure [COVID-19]”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-08-04