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Reviews of articles from: The National Pulse
CLAIM REVIEWS
Scientific evidence shows that mask-wearing is effective at limiting community transmission; claims that face masks increase mortality are based on flawed correlation studies
CLAIM
“Countries with high levels of mask compliance did not perform better than those with low mask usage”; “Mask Mandates [are] Associated With Increased Covid Death Rate”
SOURCE: Zacharias Foegen, Townhall Media, The National Pulse
Published: 11 Jun 2022
VERDICT
Published research from the Wuhan Institute of Virology didn’t describe artificially created monkeypox strains; the research is unrelated to the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
CLAIM
Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) “assembled monkeypox strains”
SOURCE: Natalie Winters, The National Pulse
Published: 03 Jun 2022
VERDICT
No evidence that coronavirus genetic sequences were fabricated, contrary to preprint by Li-Meng Yan and colleagues
CLAIM
Fabricated genetic sequences were used to support the hypothesis that the virus arose naturally
SOURCE: Li-Meng Yan, Zenodo, Zero Hedge, The National Pulse
Published: 16 Oct 2020
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