Inaccurate
Claims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers
Claim:
Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist
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Correction
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Source: New York Post, The Blaze, One America News Network, Paul Sacca, David Landsel, Brook Mallory, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14 -
Unsupported
Scientific evidence doesn’t support the claim that induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer and mental illness
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Abortion increases the risk of breast cancer, mental illness, and preterm labor
Source: Newsmax, Christina Francis, George Delgado, 2022-05-17 -
Inaccurate
DARPA developed a hydrogel sensor which monitors blood for infections at early stages, not a microchip for COVID-19 identification or location tracker
Claim:
“Pentagon develops microchip that detects COVID under your skin”; Pentagon microchip can track your location
Source: Truth in Media, Ben Swann, 2021-04-16 -
InaccurateThe CDC didn’t introduce a “major rule change” to inflate COVID-19 deaths; there have been more than 490,000 excess deaths in the U.S. to date
Claim:
“CDC illegally inflated the COVID fatality number by at least 1,600 percent”; “the NVSS COVID-19 Alert No. 2 [deemphasized] underlying causes of death [...] by recording them in Part II rather than Part I of death certificates [...] This was a major rule change [...] from the 2003 guidance on certification of death
Source: Gateway Pundit, Patty McMurray, 2021-02-09 -
Inaccurate
Most positive COVID-19 PCR test results are true positives; WHO information notice didn’t change threshold or criteria for a positive COVID-19 test
Claim:
“WHO Admits High-Cycle PCR Tests Produce COVID False Positives”; the WHO’s new guidance includes lower PCR thresholds
Source: Zero Hedge, Children's Health Defense, David Samadi, Joseph Mercola, 2021-01-21 -
Misleading
People who received the COVID-19 vaccine aren’t more likely to develop facial paralysis than people who didn’t receive the vaccine
Claim:
“13 Israelis suffer FACIAL PARALYSIS after taking Pfizer Covid jab”
Source: RT (Russia Today), Anonymous, 2021-01-16 -
Lacks context
Volunteer who died in a COVID-19 vaccine trial in Brazil did not receive the vaccine
Claim:
“Coronavirus horror: Volunteer in Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine trial DIES”
Source: Health Nut News, The Daily Express, Bill McLoughlin, Erin Elizabeth, 2020-10-21 -
Lacks context
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Incorrect
People who do not show COVID-19 symptoms can and do transmit it to others; physical distancing and face masks effectively reduce the risk of transmission
Claim:
The WHO stated that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is “very rare”, therefore physical distancing and face masks are not necessary
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-08 -
-1.5Very low
People who do not show symptoms can contribute to significant COVID-19 transmission, contrary to CNBC report
there is already “abundant data” showing that people who are not showing symptoms—which could include asymptomatic, presymptomatic, and paucisymptomatic individuals—comprise about 40 to 50% of COVID-19 cases
