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Inaccurate
- Health
Posted on: 2021-02-03
The American Journal of Medicine didn’t recommend hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19; scientific evidence doesn’t show hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19

Claim:

The “American Journal of Medicine admit their stand on [hydroxychloroquine] was wrong“; it “published evidence that hydroxychloroquine is effective for preventing COVID-19“

Source: Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, 2021-01-28
Inaccurate
- Health
Posted on: 2020-11-30
More deaths occurred in 2020 than in previous years; Johns Hopkins student article compared proportion of deaths per age group, which can obscure changes in raw numbers

Claim:

“Johns Hopkins study mysteriously disappears after it revealed, in spite of COVID, no more deaths in 2020 than in prior years”

Source: Gateway Pundit, LifeSite News, Joe Hoft, Michael Haynes, 2020-11-27
Misleading
- Health
Posted on: 2020-05-22
Mortality in the U.S. noticeably increased during the first months of 2020 compared to previous years

Claim:

The U.S. is not losing “tons more lives in 2020” compared to 2019 (18,433) ... the increase is virtually non-existent

Source: Facebook, Gateway Pundit, Candace Owens, Joe Hoft, 2020-05-13

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