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Articles tagged with: COVID-19
ARTICLE REVIEWS
Washington Times article by Robert Malone and Peter Navarro relies on inaccurate and unsubstantiated claims about virus evolution, vaccine immunity, and COVID-19 vaccine safety
in Washington Times, by Robert Malone and Peter Navarro
— 15 Aug 2021
Misleading Wall Street Journal opinion piece makes the unsubstantiated claim that the U.S. will have herd immunity by April 2021
in Wall Street Journal, by Marty Makary
— 26 Feb 2021
New York Post article makes speculative, unsupported claim that mutation could enable the virus causing COVID-19 to evade handwashing and mask-wearing
in New York Post, by Jackie Salo
— 08 Oct 2020
Telegraph article describing the hypothesis that face masks can variolate a population receives mixed reviews on its scientific accuracy
in The Telegraph, by Georgina Hayes
— 24 Sep 2020
Potential role for T cells in COVID-19 immunity accurately reported in National Geographic article
in National Geographic, by Carrie Arnold
— 19 Aug 2020
People who do not show symptoms can contribute to significant COVID-19 transmission, contrary to CNBC report
in CNBC, by William Feuer, Noah Higgins-Dunn
— 10 Jun 2020
COVID-19 vaccine candidate by Pittsburgh scientists show promising results in animal studies, but clinical trials still needed before efficacy in humans is known
in Pittsburgh Magazine, by Garret Roberts
— 11 Apr 2020
Viral New York Post article perpetuates the unfounded claim that the virus that causes COVID-19 is manmade
in New York Post, by Steven W. Mosher
— 02 Mar 2020
CLAIM REVIEWS
No, a court didn’t rule that the FDA broke the law with advisory warning against using ivermectin for COVID-19
SOURCE: Roger O'Handley, Pierre Kory, Jim Hoft, Twitter, Gateway Pundit
Published: 28 Mar 2024
Claims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers
SOURCE: David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, New York Post, The Blaze, One America News Network
Published: 22 Mar 2024
Steve Kirsch promotes flawed study making false claim about COVID-19 vaccines and cancer risk
SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Ivana Pavic, Substack, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 18 Mar 2024
No evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill
SOURCE: Pierre Kory, Paul Marik, The Hill, Disclose.tv
Published: 15 Mar 2024
Vaccines, treatments reduced public health threat posed by COVID-19, explaining different approach in 2024 compared to 2020
SOURCE: Instagram Users, Instagram
Published: 07 Mar 2024
The American Red Cross doesn’t prevent people vaccinated against COVID-19 from donating blood, contrary to rehashed viral claim
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 23 Feb 2024
Global COVID Vaccine Safety study identified already-known risks, doesn’t show that risks are greater than benefits
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 23 Feb 2024
Instagram reel promotes the baseless claim that viruses don’t exist, ignoring more than a century of science about infectious diseases
SOURCE: Matt Roeske, Cultivate Elevate
Published: 15 Feb 2024
Claim that myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines carries serious risk of death is based on flawed study
SOURCE: Joseph Mackinnon, The Blaze
Published: 08 Feb 2024
Incorrect claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused a 143,233% surge in cancer results from flawed calculations that misuse adverse event reporting data
SOURCE: Anonymous, The Exposé
Published: 01 Feb 2024
INSIGHTS
How health problems after COVID-19 vaccination are sometimes used to feed misinformation narratives
— 28 Feb 2024
Authorization of bivalent COVID-19 boosters is based on scientific evidence of their safety and effectiveness
— 07 Nov 2022
What can explain the excess mortality in the U.S. and Europe in 2022?
— 02 Nov 2022
Shedding light on LinkedIn’s enforcement of health misinformation policies: A pilot study
— 26 Apr 2022
Assessing the effect of COVID-19 vaccines on mortality: a story of confounding factors and their role in COVID-19 misinformation
— 15 Mar 2022
Infection-induced immunity versus vaccine-induced immunity: Weighing the benefits and risks
— 03 Nov 2021
Copypasta of an ICU doctor’s tweet stokes COVID-19 skepticism by mimicking bot-like behavior
— 29 Jul 2021
Understanding causality in adverse events after vaccination
— 15 Jul 2021
What has been the effect of the pandemic on the suicide rate of the U.S. population?
— 21 Jun 2021
What is known about the claims that the Wuhan Institute of Virology conducted research to bioengineer bat coronaviruses?
— 15 Jun 2021