Using face masks does not increase the risk of skin or oral infections
Claim:
Masks are dirty and cause bacterial overgrowth, skin infections, and “mask mouth, [which is] a new medical condition caused by wearing masks all day”
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-09-16 -
IncorrectCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause immunodeficiency and aren’t associated with excess mortality
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“most of the individuals who had been fully vaccinated would develop full-blown vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by the end of the month”
Source: The Exposé, Anonymous, 2022-01-22 -
UnsupportedCOVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
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COVID-19 vaccines caused as many deaths as the disease in young people
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Lacks contextStudy on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies levels following infection don’t prove that recovered patients are protected from reinfection
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A study from Johns Hopkins on natural immunity to COVID-19 demonstrates that infection provides better protection than vaccination, challenging official vaccine recommendations for previously infected people
Source: Family Research Council, Joshua Arnold, 2022-02-03 -
InaccurateFlight paths are not evidence for a flat Earth
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Flights from New Zealand to Argentina connect through the U.S., which only makes sense if the Earth is flat.
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-02-14 -
Flawed reasoningThe scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of infection and mortality; analysis of cases and deaths from 145 countries is methodologically flawed
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“New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths)“
Source: Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2022-01-09 -
InaccurateNo, not every U.S. election year has had a disease outbreak and COVID-19 transmissibility is unconfirmed
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Every election year has a disease; coronavirus has a contagion factor of 2
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-03-02 -
A large solar plant in California is closing – what does it mean for solar power?
…Science Feedback that a lot of industries are interested in using concentrated solar for heat. Industrial heating may not seem particularly glamorous, but the International Energy Agency estimates that industrial…
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InaccurateStudy didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines weaken children’s immune response, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
Claim:
A study showed a “weakened immune response in kids injected with Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot”; “The mRNA Covid jabs damage immune responses to other viruses in children”
Source: Substack, The Florida Standard, Jonas Vesterberg, Alex Berenson, 2023-08-30 -
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