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Articles tagged with: Face mask
ARTICLE REVIEWS
New York Post article makes speculative, unsupported claim that mutation could enable the virus causing COVID-19 to evade handwashing and mask-wearing
in New York Post, by Jackie Salo
— 08 Oct 2020
Telegraph article describing the hypothesis that face masks can variolate a population receives mixed reviews on its scientific accuracy
in The Telegraph, by Georgina Hayes
— 24 Sep 2020
CLAIM REVIEWS
Marty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation
SOURCE: Marty Makary, YouTube, Facebook
Published: 26 Oct 2023
Daily Mail article provides misleading interpretation on South Korean mask study to imply mask-wearing is dangerous
SOURCE: Emily Joshu, Daily Mail
Published: 30 Aug 2023
Multiple studies show that face masks reduce the spread of COVID-19; a Cochrane review doesn’t demonstrate otherwise
SOURCE: Robert Malone, Substack
Published: 17 Feb 2023
Mask-wearing helps to reduce the spread of COVID-19; social media posts misinterpreted Annals of Internal Medicine study on N95 respirators
SOURCE: Kyle Becker, Becker News
Published: 06 Dec 2022
Face masks don’t cause hypercapnia or blood acidity; no evidence indicates that these conditions increase cancer risk
SOURCE: Christina Parks, America's Frontline Doctors
Published: 24 Nov 2022
The presence of titanium dioxide in face masks hasn’t been associated with toxicity or any health problems
SOURCE: Joseph Mercola, Children's Health Defense
Published: 15 Nov 2022
Scientific evidence shows that mask-wearing is effective at limiting community transmission; claims that face masks increase mortality are based on flawed correlation studies
SOURCE: Zacharias Foegen, Townhall Media, The National Pulse
Published: 11 Jun 2022
Fox News article listing alleged mistakes in COVID-19 public health response mixes accurate information with unsubstantiated claims
SOURCE: Marty Makary, Fox News
Published: 23 Mar 2022
CDC’s updated developmental milestone checklists don’t mean that standards for children’s development are lowered; they signal a change in the surveillance strategy
SOURCE: Jim Hoft, Social media users, Gateway Pundit, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter
Published: 25 Feb 2022
Article by OffGuardian, ZeroHedge claiming to list 30 facts about COVID-19 contains multiple inaccurate and misleading statements
SOURCE: Kit Knightly, OffGuardian, ZeroHedge
Published: 04 Oct 2021
INSIGHTS
Computing Forever interview with Dolores Cahill contains numerous inaccuracies about COVID-19 and vaccines
— 22 May 2020
“Plandemic” vignette featuring anti-vaccination activist Judy Mikovits contains numerous false and unsupported claims about COVID-19
— 08 May 2020