Misleading
Claims that a “Johns Hopkins study” showed lockdowns are ineffective at reducing COVID-19 mortality are based on a working paper with questionable methods
Claim:
“Lockdowns only reduced COVID-19 mortality by .2%, study finds”
Articles tagged with
Lockdown
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Source: Daily Mail, Fox News, Connor Boyd, Gina Martinez, Paul Best, 2022-02-02 -
What has been the effect of the pandemic on the suicide rate of the U.S. population?
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic prompted countries everywhere to take measures to reduce the spread of the disease. One of these…
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Inaccurate
Evidence shows that lockdowns implemented to tackle the spread of COVID-19 have saved lives, contrary to claims in the New York Post
Claim:
“COVID lockdowns don’t appear to have saved lives”; “ample scientific evidence points to the fact that lockdowns did not save lives”
Source: New York Post, Eileen AJ Connelly, Ryan Fazio, 2021-05-01 -
Inaccurate
Scientific evidence demonstrates that wearing face masks and implementing lockdowns reduce the spread of COVID-19
Claim:
“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
