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Maldita.esHealth & medicine
Hay más muertes que en años anteriores según el Índice Nacional de Defunciones
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“Stanford study results” show face masks are ineffective and dangerous.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
"Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Says cutting out sugar and drinking hot lemon water will cure cancer.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“Skin cancer is a relatively new phenomenon in the last 60 years or so.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
"Peak active cases” of COVID-19 for 2020 vs. 2021 show “this is not a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated.'"
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
Said an HHS inspector general report on a survey of hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic was “wrong.”
Publisher’s rating: Report Gave Survey Results
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
"New data shows that death is proportional to dose" for COVID-19.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
“I don’t believe the president has ever belittled the threat of the coronavirus.”
Publisher’s rating: Here's What Trump Said
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PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Maldita.esHealth & medicine
Más del 60% de los municipios de Cataluña tienen más de 500 casos por cada 100.000 habitantes
Publisher’s rating: Falso
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FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
"Pfizer adds ingredient used to stabilize heart attack victims in vax for kids."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Pfizer confirmed stiff-person syndrome is an adverse effect of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
"Google is helping to develop a website. It’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location. We have many, many locations behind us, by the way. We cover the — this country in large part."
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Says Boris Johnson faked getting his booster shot.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
"Poll Finds 38% of Americans Say They Will Not Drink Corona Beer Because of Virus."
Publisher’s rating: False