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Claim that flu shot causes false positive results on COVID-19 tests is unsupported and misleading
Claim:
The flu shot causes false positive results on COVID-19 tests
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-03-21 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 cases in the U.S. are mainly detected by highly specific molecular testing, not antibody testing
Claim:
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 -
InaccurateHealth authorities encourage the general public to wear face masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission
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Health authorities like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discourage people from wearing face masks
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-14 -
InaccurateScientific evidence demonstrates that wearing face masks and implementing lockdowns reduce the spread of COVID-19
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“It’s been a year & there is still no evidence masks or lockdowns slow the spread of #COVID19”
Source: Facebook, Kimberly Klacik, 2021-02-23 -
InaccurateScientific evidence supports the use of face masks to reduce COVID-19 spread, mainly by preventing infectious liquid particles from reaching uninfected people
Claim:
Scientific evidence doesn’t support the wearing of face masks; “why do you care if I don't wear a mask? Doesn't your mask protect you?”
Source: Townhall Media, Dennis Prager, 2021-04-06 -
Partially correctInfectious diseases are caused by microorganisms; other factors may determine an individual’s susceptibility to infection, but the microorganism is still the cause
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“…a virus is not the cause of an illness. It’s a necessary cause […] but it is not the cause.”
Source: Facebook, Lisa Feldman Barrett, 2021-04-06 -
InaccurateFauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
Claim:
Fauci’s emails prove he knew that masks don’t work against the spread of COVID-19, that hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19, and that the virus is likely engineered, and he lied about these things to the public
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok, Social media users, 2021-06-01 -
InaccurateNo evidence supports claim that MTHFR gene influences the risk of side effects from vaccines and medications like Tylenol
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Certain medicines and compounds like folic acid “deplete folate, which is very serious for those with MTHFR”
Source: Earthley, Modern Alternative Mama, Kate Tietje, 2022-04-29 -
UnsupportedClaim that flu vaccine increases coronavirus infection is unsupported, misinterprets scientific studies
Claim:
flu vaccine increases risk of coronavirus infection
Source: DisabledVeterans.org, GreenMedInfo, Facebook users, Benjamin Krause, 2020-03-11 -
UnsupportedBaseless claim that COVID-19 vaccines killed more than 200,000 comes from flawed BMC Infectious Diseases study
Claim:
More than 200,000 people may have died due to the COVID-19 vaccine
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Mark Skidmore, 2023-01-24