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Deforestation can facilitate the emergence and spread of some infectious diseases
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Deforestation has made humans more vulnerable to pandemics
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Source: Now This, Tom McKenna, Lani Chan, 2020-03-20 -
Lacks contextCDC mask recommendations changed as more people in the U.S. are fully vaccinated; masks are effective at reducing virus transmission and are especially important when the majority of the population is unvaccinated
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“Fauci admits to wearing a mask indoors because of appearances, not science”
Source: The Post Millennial, Hannah Nightingale, 2021-05-18 -
InaccurateMisuse of drug tests on energy drinks like Red Bull produces false positives; doesn’t demonstrate these drinks contain cocaine and other drugs
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Red Bull contain cocaine and buprenorphine
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2023-11-06 -
UnsupportedCOVID-19 mRNA vaccines saved lives by reducing risks of infection and severe COVID-19
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“the mRNA jab didn’t actually save any lives”
Source: Clash Daily, Wes Walker, 2023-05-15 -
InaccurateWearing face masks helps reduce the spread of COVID-19, but it only confers partial protection and should be combined with additional public health measures
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“Mask mandates do nothing to stop [the spread of] COVID[-19]”; There is “overwhelming scientific evidence” that masks do not work
Source: The Federalist, Yinon Weiss, 2020-10-29 -
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MisleadingMethodologically flawed cholesterol study from 2016 used to support false claims that high cholesterol increases longevity
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“A new study found that 92 percent of people with a high cholesterol level lived longer”
Source: Natural Solutions Magazine, Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-03-11 -
MisleadingMultiple studies showed that COVID-19 increases the risk of heart inflammation more than vaccines do; study in Israel misleadingly used to claim otherwise
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Israeli study showed that COVID-19 doesn’t increase the risk of heart inflammation
Source: Twitter/X, Marina Medvin, 2022-11-08 -
MisleadingU.S. mortality rate analysis by Josh Stirling is misleading; current data don’t show an association between COVID-19 vaccines and increased mortality
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“The more doses on average you have in a region within the United States, the bigger increase in mortality that region has had in 2022 when compared to 2021”
Source: The Epoch Times, Instagram, Josh Stirling, 2023-01-24 -
CorrectComplete vaccine coverage in the U.S. could have prevented almost a quarter of COVID-19 deaths
Claim:
“Quarter of U.S. covid deaths were probably preventable with vaccination”
Source: The Washington Post, Philip Bump, 2022-04-21