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Too early for conclusions on long-term COVID-19 immunity, but some findings suggest that immune memory against the virus lasts for up to eight months and possibly longer
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“COVID-19 immunity likely lasts for years”
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Source: MIT Technology Review, Neel V. Patel, 2021-01-06 -
IncorrectOverwhelming weight of scientific evidence demonstrates that vaccines are safe and effective, contrary to claims in video by chiropractor Steve Baker
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There are many reasons to not vaccinate, including vaccine toxicity; “Vaccines don’t prevent transmission”; “Vaccinated kids are not as healthy as unvaccinated kids“
Source: Facebook, Steven Baker, 2021-01-13 -
-2Very lowVideo interview of Ian Plimer at Sky News falsely claims that a new study announces an incoming ice age, partly based on an incorrect Daily Mail headline
“This video is chock full of false and misleading information, and presented in a way to make the correct scientific information seem like a farce. For example, the direct link between human emissions of carbon dioxide and global warming is very well established. The physics and chemistry of this link has been understood for well over 100 years, and science continues to affirm it.”
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MisleadingPeople who received the COVID-19 vaccine aren’t more likely to develop facial paralysis than people who didn’t receive the vaccine
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“13 Israelis suffer FACIAL PARALYSIS after taking Pfizer Covid jab”
Source: RT (Russia Today), Anonymous, 2021-01-16 -
UnsupportedVAERS reports of adverse events in people who received COVID-19 vaccines don’t demonstrate that these events were caused by the vaccines; evidence does not indicate COVID-19 vaccines caused Bell’s palsy and deaths
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“Thousands of COVID Vaccine Injuries and 13 U.S. Deaths Reported in December Alone”; “In December, 3,916 COVID vaccine-related adverse events, including 13 deaths, were reported to VAERS”
Source: Children's Health Defense, Anonymous, 2021-01-14 -
MisleadingLower flu activity this season likely due to COVID-19 restrictions, increased flu vaccination, and other factors, not to misdiagnosis of flu cases as COVID-19
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”There is no evidence to support the contention that masks would stop influenza while failing to stop COVID”; “Influenza has been renamed COVID-19 in large part”
Source: Just the News, Daniel Payne, 2021-01-01 -
Strong evidence lacking to support claim that ivermectin is a cure for COVID-19; there are only limited clinical results at this stage
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Ivermectin “is a safe and widely available treatment for coronavirus”; it would “work like a vaccine”
Source: One America News Network, Pearson Sharp, 2020-10-26 -
InaccurateRates of global sea level rise have accelerated since 1900, contrary to bloggers’ claims
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“there has not been a long-term distinctive change in sea level rise rates in the last 120 years”
Source: NoTricksZone, Watts Up With That?, Kenneth Richard, Pierre L. Gosselin, 2021-01-11 -
InaccurateVaccines protect people from diseases, but don’t always prevent disease transmission; research ongoing to determine if COVID-19 vaccines stop transmission
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The COVID-19 RNA vaccine “is not a vaccine”; a vaccine has to disrupt transmission by CDC and FDA standards; the vaccine “activate[s] the cell to become a pathogen-manufacturing site”
Source: New Earth Project, David Martin, 2021-01-05 -
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