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Nasal swab used for COVID-19 testing does not reach the brain
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Nasal swabs used for COVID-19 tests reach the blood-brain barrier and may damage it.
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-06 -
IncorrectThe June 2020 spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases indicates a rising percentage of infections and is not simply an artifact of more testing
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“There's a ‘spike’ in [COVID-19] cases because there's a spike in testing.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-30 -
-1LowArticle by Michael Shellenberger mixes accurate and inaccurate claims in support of a misleading and overly simplistic argumentation about climate change
“Shellenberger’s article promoting his new book “Apocalypse Never” includes a mix of accurate, misleading, and patently false statements. While it is useful to push back against claims that climate change will lead to the end of the world or human extinction, to do so by inaccurately downplaying real climate risks is deeply problematic and counterproductive.”
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MisleadingVideos use gas sensors to misleadingly claim that wearing a face mask causes oxygen deficiency
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Gas sensors show that wearing a face mask leads to oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide toxicity
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-24 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 cases in the U.S. are mainly detected by highly specific molecular testing, not antibody testing
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Antibodies for the common cold produce a positive COVID-19 test; false-positive results from COVID-19 antibody testing are behind the COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-01 -
AccurateStudy evaluates natural and human causes of recent rapid warming rate at the South Pole
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Surface air temperatures at the bottom of the world have risen three times faster than the global average since the 1990s.
Source: The New York Times, Henry Fountain, 2020-06-29 -
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InaccurateContrary to popular claim on social media, RNA vaccines do not alter our DNA
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“Bill Gates explains that the COVID vaccine will use experimental technology and permanently alter your DNA”
Source: Waking Times, Alex Pietrowski, Facebook users, 2020-05-15 -
No scientific evidence indicates that cannabis can prevent or cure COVID-19 in patients
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“Cannabis is more effective at preventing and treating COVID-19 than hydroxychloroquine”
Source: The Next Web, Tristan Greene, 2020-05-22 -
Mostly accurateCOVID-19 is among the leading causes of death worldwide so far in 2020, but beware of incomplete graphs
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COVID-19 became a leading cause of death globally by the end of May 2020.
Source: Flourish, Gavin Wood, 2020-05-31