Misleading
COVID-19 vaccines lowered excess deaths during the pandemic, contrary to headline by the Daily Telegraph
Claim:
“Covid vaccines may have helped fuel rise in excess deaths”
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Source: New York Post, The Telegraph, Sarah Knapton, 2024-06-04 -
InaccurateClaims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers
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Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist
Source: New York Post, The Blaze, One America News Network, Paul Sacca, David Landsel, Brook Mallory, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14 -
UnsupportedHealth risks associated with pesticide chlormequat on oat- and wheat-based food products require further investigation
Claim:
Chemical found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats may cause infertility and delayed puberty
Source: Facebook, New York Post, Twitter, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Social media user, Shannon Thaler, 2024-02-15 -
InaccurateEvidence shows that lockdowns implemented to tackle the spread of COVID-19 have saved lives, contrary to claims in the New York Post
Claim:
“COVID lockdowns don’t appear to have saved lives”; “ample scientific evidence points to the fact that lockdowns did not save lives”
Source: New York Post, Eileen AJ Connelly, Ryan Fazio, 2021-05-01 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
Claim:
“Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, New York Post, Social media users, Jackie Salo, 2021-04-20 -
-1.3LowNew York Post article makes speculative, unsupported claim that mutation could enable the virus causing COVID-19 to evade handwashing and mask-wearing
“The preprint that the article focuses on actually says nothing about the most egregious claim made in the article: that the virus is evolving to get around hand-washing, masks, etc. This comes from a quote from someone who’s not an author on the preprint, giving an opinion about the preprint…on a topic not covered by the preprint.”
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Lacks contextSexual transmission of SARS-CoV-2 currently unconfirmed as studies produce conflicting evidence of its presence in the reproductive system
Claim:
“Coronavirus may be sexually transmitted and cause male infertility”
Source: New York Post, Paula Froelich, 2020-07-18 -
IncorrectScientific evidence indicates virus that causes COVID-19 infection is of natural origin, not the result of human engineering
Claim:
evidence points to SARS-CoV-2 research being carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
Source: Infowars, New York Post, Daily Wire, Steven W. Mosher, 2020-02-22 -
-1.5Very lowViral New York Post article perpetuates the unfounded claim that the virus that causes COVID-19 is manmade
Overall, Mosher’s argument is based on unfounded speculation and scientific inaccuracies. Such claims, which continue to be perpetuated even by public officials, have real-world repercussions. Peter Daszak, epidemiologist and president of the EcoHealth Alliance who has collaborated with WIV researchers, warned during an interview with the journal Science: “These rumors and conspiracy theories have real consequences, including threats of violence that have occurred to our colleagues in China.”