Reviews of articles from: Substack

CLAIM REVIEWS

No scientific evidence for the claim that nattokinase can treat long COVID or “detox” COVID-19 vaccines

CLAIM
“Dissolution of Spike Protein by Nattokinase: Holy Grail of COVID-19 Vaccine Detoxification”; long COVID is caused by persistent spike protein in the body

SOURCE: Peter McCullough, Ben Lynch, Substack, Facebook

Published: 24 Mar 2023

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Analysis of alleged Medicare data by Steve Kirsch is flawed and doesn’t show COVID-19 vaccines increase mortality rate

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“Medicare data shows the COVID vaccines increase your risk of dying”

SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Substack

Published: 09 Mar 2023

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Risk of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is five times higher following COVID-19 than following vaccination

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“huge peer review show[ed] vaccines may have caused tens of millions of serious new health problems worldwide”

SOURCE: Alex Berenson, Substack

Published: 07 Mar 2023

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Multiple studies show that face masks reduce the spread of COVID-19; a Cochrane review doesn’t demonstrate otherwise

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Face masks are ineffective at reducing the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases, a Cochrane review demonstrates

SOURCE: Robert Malone, Substack

Published: 17 Feb 2023

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Data doesn’t show that vaccines are responsible for 2022 excess mortality, contrary to Alex Berenson’s claim

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COVID-19 vaccination is associated with all-cause excess mortality

SOURCE: Alex Berenson, Substack

Published: 03 Feb 2023

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Study by German researchers didn’t find significant safety concerns with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson

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“One in every 500 children under five years who received the Pfizer mRNA Covid vaccine were hospitalised with a vaccine injury”

SOURCE: Alex Berenson, Will Jones, Substack, The Daily Sceptic

Published: 24 Oct 2022

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Analysis of Dutch cities’ mortality doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of death, contrary to Alex Berenson’s interpretation

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“New paper suggests Covid mRNA vaccination rates are linked to increases in overall deaths”

SOURCE: Alex Berenson, Substack

Published: 17 Aug 2022

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Justin Bieber’s facial paralysis is caused by a viral infection; no evidence that COVID-19 vaccine played a role

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Ramsay Hunt syndrome that caused Justin Bieber’s facial paralysis is linked to the COVID-19 vaccine

SOURCE: Social media users, Steve Kirsch, Facebook, Twitter, Substack

Published: 16 Jun 2022

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No, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness

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“Danish researchers [...] found protection against Omicron turned negative three months after the second dose”

SOURCE: Alex Berenson, Substack

Published: 17 Jan 2022

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The scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of infection and mortality; analysis of cases and deaths from 145 countries is methodologically flawed

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“New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths)“

SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Substack

Published: 12 Jan 2022

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