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FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
"But just the other day they came out with a statement that 85% of the people that wear masks catch" the coronavirus.
Publisher’s rating: False
Washington PostHealth & medicine
Our shutting off travel from China and, more recently, travel from Europe, has gone a long way to not seeding very, very intensively the virus in our country. Unfortunately, Italy did not do that. They had an open border, they let people in.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
Washington PostHealth & medicine
“The fact of the matter is it looks like natural immunity is as strong if not stronger than vaccinated immunity. ... There is a risk to the vaccine. Again, it’s very small, but there are some pretty serious side effects, including death. We are already over 5,200 deaths reported on the VAERS system. That’s a CDC, FDA’s early warning system.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“The CDC officially agrees with ‘conspiracy theorists’ from 2020” who wanted to treat COVID-19 like the flu.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
An abstract published in an American Heart Association journal is "Proof the Covid Jab is Murder.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
"Amy Schumer Says She Developed VAIDS After Third Booster."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
People not vaccinated against COVID-19 “came out the best."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Pouring soda on raw pork will cause parasites to emerge.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
"Covid19 is a bacterium, easily treated with aspirin and coagulant."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Sports journalist Mike Dickson died because of COVID-19 vaccines.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“World Health Organization wants to BAN all women aged 18-50 from drinking alcohol.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
“Nobody knew there’d be a pandemic or an epidemic of this proportion.”
Publisher’s rating: Experts Have Issued Warnings
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
NIH's Oct. 20 letter about research on bat coronaviruses in China “proves all along that this virus was started in the Wuhan lab.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
“Dado que no hay ninguna prueba para la ‘Variante Delta’, ¿cómo se diagnostica exactamente a las personas con la ‘Variante Delta?”.
Publisher’s rating: Distorsiona los hechos
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Says President Donald Trump will announce that a scientist "finally found vaccine to cure corona virus."
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Maldita.esHealth & medicine
No son enfermeras llevando a un fallecido por coronavirus, es una imagen de recurso que simula esa situación
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Maldita.esHealth & medicine
COVID-19 es inmune a los organismos con un PH mayor de 5.5, por lo que hay que consumir alimentos alcalinos
Publisher’s rating: Falso