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Hanif Javanmard Khameneh
Postdoctoral Researcher, IRB, Università della Svizzera italiana
Expertise: Immunology, Autoimmunity, Inflammation
Details:
Qualifying publication(s): see criteria
ARTICLES REVIEWED
Potential role for T cells in COVID-19 immunity accurately reported in National Geographic article
in National Geographic, by Carrie Arnold
— 19 Aug 2020
"The article accurately discusses the recent findings about the presence/relevance of T cell response against COVID-19. Indeed, both arms of adaptive immunity, humoral and cellular..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Claim that flu vaccine increases coronavirus infection is unsupported, misinterprets scientific studies
CLAIM
flu vaccine increases risk of coronavirus infection
SOURCE: Benjamin Krause, Facebook users, DisabledVeterans.org, GreenMedInfo
Published: 30 Mar 2020
VERDICT
Vaccination does not weaken the immune system against natural infection
CLAIM
With repeated use of vaccines, cell-mediated immunity weakens
SOURCE: Lance D Johnson, Andrew Wakefield, Newstarget
Published: 20 May 2019
VERDICT
