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Reviews of articles by: Anonymous
CLAIM REVIEWS
COVID-19 is more deadly and more contagious than seasonal flu and may also cause long-lasting damage to survivors
CLAIM
“The coronavirus is no more deadly or dangerous than seasonal flu”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Zero Hedge
Published: 20 Oct 2020
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Adequate immunization and improved sanitation together protect against infection from both wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus
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“UN Forced to Admit Gates-funded Vaccine is Causing Polio Outbreak in Africa"
SOURCE: Anonymous, 21st Century Wire
Published: 10 Sep 2020
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COVID-19 test kits were not purchased in 2017 and 2018; claim is based on mislabeled data
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“World Bank website shows COVID-19 testing kits purchased by countries in 2017 and in 2018”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Ben Swann, 4chan, Facebook
Published: 08 Sep 2020
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Human DNA does not produce a positive result on the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2
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“WHO coronavirus PCR test primer sequence is found in all human DNA”; “this means that the WHO test kits should find a positive result in all humans”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Piece of Mindful
Published: 31 Aug 2020
VERDICT
Listicle of “facts” about COVID-19 contains numerous inaccurate and misleading claims
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“The overall lethality of [COVID-19] (IFR) is about 0.1% to 0.3% and thus in the range of a severe influenza”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Swiss Policy Research
Published: 26 Aug 2020
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Flawed “study” incorrectly claims that countries adopting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 experienced reduced mortality rates
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Large country-randomized controlled trial in 2.7 billion people shows 79.1% lower death rate in COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine
SOURCE: Anonymous, CovidAnalysis
Published: 17 Aug 2020
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Internet memes based on hearsay claim that hospital laboratories falsify COVID-19 tests to inflate numbers without evidence
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Hospital laboratories falsify positive COVID-19 results
SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook
Published: 04 Jul 2020
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Brussels halted 5G rollout in 2019 to study its radiation emissions, not because any negative health effects had been demonstrated
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“Brussels is halting their 5G plans due to the negative health effects”; “Evidence ... overwhelmingly suggest[s] that, yes, 5G does pose a major threat.”
SOURCE: Anonymous, worldhealth.net
Published: 11 Jun 2020
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Article inaccurately claims that coronavirus vaccine by Oxford researchers caused animal test subjects to develop COVID-19
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"Bill Gates’ shoddily-hastened vaccine has been determined to make all animal test subjects get COVID-19 when exposed to the virus"
SOURCE: Anonymous, Montana Daily Gazette
Published: 08 Jun 2020
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Facebook posts spread unsupported anonymous claim that face mask use caused a lung infection in a healthy teenager
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Wearing a face mask caused a 19-year-old grocery store worker to be hospitalized for a lung infection, due to breathing in her own carbon dioxide and bacteria.
SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook
Published: 01 Jun 2020
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