Inaccurate
Misuse of drug tests on energy drinks like Red Bull produces false positives; doesn’t demonstrate these drinks contain cocaine and other drugs
Claim:
Red Bull contain cocaine and buprenorphine
Articles tagged with
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2023-11-06 -
InaccurateMost positive COVID-19 PCR test results are true positives; WHO information notice didn’t change threshold or criteria for a positive COVID-19 test
Claim:
“WHO Admits High-Cycle PCR Tests Produce COVID False Positives”; the WHO’s new guidance includes lower PCR thresholds
Source: Zero Hedge, Children's Health Defense, David Samadi, Joseph Mercola, 2021-01-21 -
IncorrectCOVID-19 antigen tests are highly accurate, but incorrect use on food items such as fruits or Coca-Cola can produce false positive results
Claim:
Simple cola produced a positive result in the COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, proving mass testing worthless
Source: Vaccine Impact, Michael Schnedlitz, 2020-12-10 -
IncorrectClaim that high PCR test sensitivity inflates COVID-19 cases wrongly conflates the issue of contagiousness with the presence of infection
Claim:
“Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared to acknowledge that large numbers of positive COVID-19 cases may arise from oversensitive tests that pick up mere fragments of the virus rather than active, viable infections. If true, many patients may have been receiving false-positive test results”
Source: Just the News, Daniel Payne, 2020-11-08 -
InaccurateA rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths starting in September 2020 contradicts the claim by Michael Yeadon that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”
Claim:
“the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”; “We now know that loads of people had prior immunity [...] I believe we are now firmly at community immunity.”; “Viruses don’t do waves.”
Source: talkRADIO, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Michael Yeadon, 2020-11-05 -
InaccurateThe group World Doctors Alliance spreads misinformation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus, and the reliability of diagnostic tests
Claim:
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: Facebook, YouTube, Doctors For Truth, World Doctors Alliance, 2020-10-15 -
MisleadingThe number of COVID-19 cases reported is based on a highly specific diagnostic test for COVID-19; no confusion with flu or common cold is possible
Claim:
“It's NOT a SECOND WAVE of COVID-19 coming soon. It's the NORMAL COLD / FLU SEASON”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-09-01 -
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%
Claim:
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 -
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InaccurateHuman DNA does not produce a positive result on the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2
Claim:
“WHO coronavirus PCR test primer sequence is found in all human DNA”; “this means that the WHO test kits should find a positive result in all humans”
Source: Piece of Mindful, Anonymous, 2020-04-06