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VAERS reports may initiate investigations into potential associations between a vaccine and adverse events, but on their own cannot prove causality

Post-vaccination deaths reported to VAERS are caused by the vaccine

Steve Deace, Ron Paul, Charlie Kirk, TrialSite News

- 23 Jul 2021

Unvaccinated people are more likely to die of COVID-19 because they are more vulnerable to infection and severe disease

Both vaccinated and unvaccinated people have over 99% chance of surviving COVID-19

Tomi Lahren, Facebook, Twitter

- 21 Jul 2021

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Misleading Wall Street Journal opinion piece makes the unsubstantiated claim that the U.S. will have herd immunity by April 2021

Wall Street Journal

"The article’s claim that the U.S. is near herd immunity rests on two numbers: 1) the detection of infections by testing (claimed to be 10 – 25 percent) and 2) the infection fa..

New York Post article makes speculative, unsupported claim that mutation could enable the virus causing COVID-19 to evade handwashing and mask-wearing

"The preprint that the article focuses on actually says nothing about the most egregious claim made in the article: that the virus is evolving to get around hand-washing, masks, et..

Telegraph article describing the hypothesis that face masks can variolate a population receives mixed reviews on its scientific accuracy

"The Telegraph headline is obviously misleading but the subheading is accurate. Masks don’t give immunity; rather, the argument is that infections are milder or asymptomatic and ..

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Understanding causality in adverse events after vaccination

Introduction Whether you’re watching the news or scrolling through your social media feeds, you’re certain to come across content about COVID-19 vaccines. This is unsurprising�...

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 measures, which has proven to be effective (as c...