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Reviews of articles from: One America News Network
CLAIM REVIEWS
No evidence suggests a causal link between ivermectin recommendation and the decline of COVID-19 cases in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
CLAIM
"The most populated state in India just declared they are officially COVID-19 free after promoting widespread use of the safe proven medicine"
SOURCE: Pearson Sharp, Jim Hoft, One America News Network, Gateway Pundit
Published: 12 Oct 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 related deaths are indeed caused by COVID-19 and not by contributing health conditions
CLAIM
“coronavirus itself is responsible for just 6% of all deaths listed as coronavirus-related”, the others are “due to pre-existing comorbidities”
SOURCE: OANN editors, One America News Network
Published: 09 Apr 2021
VERDICT
Mask mandates are associated with reductions in the spread of COVID-19 cases and deaths; contrary to One America News article
CLAIM
“CDC: Face Masks Don’t Prevent COVID-19, Study Finds Masks Have Negligible Impact on Coronavirus Numbers”; CDC “admitted such mandates do not make any statistical difference.”
SOURCE: OANN editors, One America News Network
Published: 12 Mar 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
Misinterpreted New York Times report leads to false claim that the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is inflated by up to 90%
CLAIM
COVID-19 case numbers are inflated due to PCR test sensitivity; “90% of positive COVID-19 tests should be negative”
SOURCE: Liz Wheeler, Steve Deace, One America News Network, The Blaze
Published: 10 Sep 2020
VERDICT