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Claims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers
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Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist
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Source: New York Post, The Blaze, One America News Network, Paul Sacca, David Landsel, Brook Mallory, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14 -
InaccurateClaim that myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines carries serious risk of death is based on flawed study
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Study shows myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccination carries serious risk of death
Source: The Blaze, Joseph Mackinnon, 2024-01-29 -
MisleadingStudy claiming that ivermectin reduces COVID-19 mortality by 92% has important methodological problems
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“Ivermectin reduces COVID death risk by 92%, peer-reviewed study finds”; NIH now lists ivermectin as COVID-19 therapy
Source: Facebook, The Blaze, Twitter/X, Jake Shields, Paul Sacca, Robby Starbuck, 2022-09-03 -
Mostly accurateCDC’s COVID Data Tracker revised COVID-19 deaths downward, but more reliable mortality data still indicate that COVID-19 is a major cause of death in the U.S.
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The CDC “removed tens of thousands of deaths linked to COVID-19, including nearly a quarter of deaths it had listed in those under 18 years old”
Source: The Blaze, The Epoch Times, Chicks on the Right, Paul Sacca, Zachary Stieber, 2022-03-18 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines aren’t associated with a higher risk of pregnancy complication, contrary to claim by Daniel Horowitz
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“The shots were not studied in pregnant women”; “we have seen 50 times the rate of reporting [in VAERS] per month of miscarriages for this vaccine than the other vaccines put together.”
Source: The Blaze, Daniel Horowitz, 2022-01-11 -
UnsupportedIvermectin study in the city of Itajaí contains several methodological weaknesses, resulting in questionable conclusions
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A preprint of an ivermectin study in the Brazilian city of Itajaí found that prophylactic ivermectin reduced COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality by half
Source: The Blaze, Zero Hedge, Gateway Pundit, Daniel Horowitz, Jim Hoft, 2021-12-12 -
InaccurateNo evidence that the low COVID-19 case rate in Sweden is due to herd immunity; vaccines don’t lead to new variants of SARS-CoV-2
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“Sweden obliterates the lie of ‘vaccines’ as ticket to ending pandemic”; mass vaccination create vaccine-mediated viral enhancement
Source: The Blaze, Daniel Horowitz, 2021-11-16 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 treatments can improve a patient’s survival and recovery, but don’t replace the individual and community benefits of vaccination
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“Now the vaccines are no longer working“; “the vaccine never stopped transmission“; “earlier-vaccinated people experience a complete waning of the injection-induced antibodies”; antibody therapy, “the one option that works”, is blocked by the government
Source: The Blaze, Daniel Horowitz, 2021-09-13 -
IncorrectArticle claiming that “masks don’t work” misleads readers by inaccurately interpreting a withdrawn study and a published study conducted on U.S. Marine Corps recruits
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“Pro-mask study withdrawn after virus spread in counties analyzed by researchers”; “masks don’t work”
Source: The Blaze, Daniel Horowitz, 2020-11-16 -
Flawed reasoningMisinterpreted 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%
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COVID-19 case numbers are inflated due to PCR test sensitivity; “90% of positive COVID-19 tests should be negative”
Source: The Blaze, One America News Network, Liz Wheeler, Steve Deace, 2020-09-02