Claim reviews
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: Joseph Mercola, David Samedi, Zero Hedge, Children’s Health Defense
Published: 25 Jan 2021
VERDICT
Too early for conclusions on long-term COVID-19 immunity, but some findings suggest that immune memory against the virus lasts for up to eight months and possibly longer
CLAIM
“COVID-19 immunity likely lasts for years”
SOURCE: Neel V. Patel, MIT Technology Review
Published: 22 Jan 2021
VERDICT
Overwhelming weight of scientific evidence demonstrates that vaccines are safe and effective, contrary to claims in video by chiropractor Steve Baker
CLAIM
There are many reasons to not vaccinate, including vaccine toxicity; “Vaccines don’t prevent transmission”; “Vaccinated kids are not as healthy as unvaccinated kids“
SOURCE: Steven Baker, Facebook
Published: 21 Jan 2021
VERDICT
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: Anonymous, RT (Russia Today)
Published: 19 Jan 2021
VERDICT
VAERS reports of adverse events in people who received COVID-19 vaccines don’t demonstrate that these events were caused by the vaccines; evidence does not indicate COVID-19 vaccines caused Bell’s palsy and deaths
CLAIM
“Thousands of COVID Vaccine Injuries and 13 U.S. Deaths Reported in December Alone”; “In December, 3,916 COVID vaccine-related adverse events, including 13 deaths, were reported to VAERS”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Children's Health Defense
Published: 19 Jan 2021
VERDICT
Lower flu activity this season likely due to COVID-19 restrictions, increased flu vaccination, and other factors, not to misdiagnosis of flu cases as COVID-19
CLAIM
”There is no evidence to support the contention that masks would stop influenza while failing to stop COVID”; “Influenza has been renamed COVID-19 in large part”
SOURCE: Daniel Payne, Just the News
Published: 17 Jan 2021
VERDICT
Strong evidence lacking to support claim that ivermectin is a cure for COVID-19; there are only limited clinical results at this stage
CLAIM
Ivermectin “is a safe and widely available treatment for coronavirus”; it would “work like a vaccine”
SOURCE: Pearson Sharp, One America News Network
Published: 16 Jan 2021
VERDICT
Vaccines protect people from diseases, but don’t always prevent disease transmission; research ongoing to determine if COVID-19 vaccines stop transmission
CLAIM
The COVID-19 RNA vaccine “is not a vaccine”; a vaccine has to disrupt transmission by CDC and FDA standards; the vaccine “activate[s] the cell to become a pathogen-manufacturing site”
SOURCE: David Martin, New Earth Project
Published: 12 Jan 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccine did not cause the death of a Portuguese woman, contrary to social media posts’ suggestions
CLAIM
“Portuguese nurse dies two days after getting the Pfizer Covid vaccine”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Wion
Published: 08 Jan 2021
VERDICT
The CDC reports more than 2.9 million deaths in the U.S. in 2020; there were at least 377,000 more deaths in 2020 compared to previous years
CLAIM
the number of deaths in America in 2020 was not greater than that in 2019
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook, Twitter
Published: 07 Jan 2021
VERDICT