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Reviews of articles from: YouTube
CLAIM REVIEWS
There is no evidence supporting the claim that preexisting T cell immunity reduces COVID-19 mortality and infection rate; such cross-reactive T cells predate the pandemic
CLAIM
“the reason why the death rate is so low is because our body has another way to create immunity that goes beyond just the antibodies, it’s called the memory T cells”
SOURCE: Eric Berg, YouTube
Published: 06 Nov 2020
VERDICT
The group World Doctors Alliance spreads misinformation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus, and the reliability of diagnostic tests
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COVID-19 is a type of flu and is not a pandemic; PCR tests are up to 94% false positive; only 98 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Ireland.
SOURCE: World Doctors Alliance, Doctors For Truth, Facebook, YouTube
Published: 22 Oct 2020
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Bakersfield physicians underestimate COVID-19 mortality using flawed statistics; wrongly claim sheltering in place causes weak immune system
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You have a 0.03[%] chance of dying from [COVID-19] in the state of California. [...] it’s similar to the flu.
SOURCE: Daniel Erickson, Artin Massihi, Youtube, Facebook
Published: 04 May 2020
VERDICT
Viral claim falsely asserts that COVID-19 is due to 5G technology rollout, not a virus
CLAIM
The coronavirus outbreak is not actually caused by a virus, but by 5G technology
SOURCE: Dana Ashlie, YouTube
Published: 12 Mar 2020
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