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No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause more severe disease; antibody-dependent enhancement has not been observed in clinical trials
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COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement
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Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-11-21 -
InaccurateThe Earth is a sphere that rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun, contrary to Flat Earth video
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“The Earth is not a globe. The Earth is stationary.”
Source: Flat Earth, Amber Plaster, 2020-11-17 -
IncorrectFace masks, handwashing, and vaccination do not weaken the immune system, and are effective measures to reduce the spread of infectious diseases
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Public health measures aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 including face masks, vaccines, and frequent handwashing “suppress our immune systems”
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2020-11-23 -
UnsupportedDanish face mask study did not show that masks were ineffective at reducing spread of COVID-19; study was underpowered and results were inconclusive
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“Masks make no significant difference”; “Masks have no significant effect”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Alex Berenson, Anthony Sabatini, Buck Sexton, Sharyl Attkisson, 2020-11-18 -
MisleadingNon-pharmaceutical interventions, such as lockdowns and wearing face masks, are effective measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, contrary to claims in viral video
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Lockdowns and face masks do not work to control the COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Young Americans for Liberty, Tom Woods, 2020-11-13 -
IncorrectArticle claiming that “masks don’t work” misleads readers by inaccurately interpreting a withdrawn study and a published study conducted on U.S. Marine Corps recruits
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“Pro-mask study withdrawn after virus spread in counties analyzed by researchers”; “masks don’t work”
Source: The Blaze, Daniel Horowitz, 2020-11-16 -
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AccurateThe U.S. sees record numbers of daily new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in November 2020
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“There were 144,305 newly reported COVID-19 cases in the United States today. This beats the previous record of 133,819 cases reported on Monday, November 9. This is the 8th day in a row with over 100,000 cases reported.”
Source: Twitter/X, NBC News, Ali Velshi, 2020-11-11 -
Mostly accuratePfizer is part of Operation Warp Speed, a partnership to produce and distribute a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, but it developed a vaccine without direct funding from the partnership
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Pfizer is part of Operation Warp Speed; “Thanks to the public-private partnership forged by President, [Pfizer] announced its Coronavirus Vaccine trial is EFFECTIVE, preventing infection in 90% of its volunteers”
Source: The Federalist, David Marcus, Mike Pence, 2020-11-09 -
IncorrectClaim that high PCR test sensitivity inflates COVID-19 cases wrongly conflates the issue of contagiousness with the presence of infection
Claim:
“Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared to acknowledge that large numbers of positive COVID-19 cases may arise from oversensitive tests that pick up mere fragments of the virus rather than active, viable infections. If true, many patients may have been receiving false-positive test results”
Source: Just the News, Daniel Payne, 2020-11-08
