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Health Feedback→ Studies indicate that COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase risk of death, despite misleading video on Europe excess death by John Campbell

2023-01-28 REVIEW On 23 January 2023, retired nurse educator John Campbell published a YouTube video commenting on excess mortality data from EuroMOMO, a project monitoring mortality in 29 European countries or subregions, led by scientists at the Statens Seru Go to site post…»

Logically→ Cardiac arrests among male athletes have increased substantially since COVID-19 vaccinations began.

2023-01-25 The study used to make the claim is not a study, but a blog post. Cardiac arrests have not been linked to COVID-19 vaccines. Go to site post…»

Poynter→ The bivalent booster vaccine does not increase chances of COVID-19 infection

2023-01-24 As he proposed to extend the state’s ban on mandates for COVID-19 vaccines and face masks, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lobbed a flurry of criticism at President Joe Biden and […] The post The bivalent booster vaccine does not increase chances Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claims bivalent booster vaccine increases chances of COVID-19 infection

2023-01-20 "Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster." Go to site post…»

Poynter→ Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster increase stroke risk? ‘Very unlikely,’ agencies say

2023-01-20 When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into whether Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 booster caused strokes in certain age groups, […] The post Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – More access to contraception increases abortion demand? No, that’s not right

2023-01-18 “More contraception availability increases abortion demand." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster increase stroke risk? ‘Very unlikely,’ agencies say

2023-01-18 Does Pfizer’s omicron booster for COVID-19 increase stroke risk? That claim is missing a lot of context. The CDC and FDA explain. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ The Pfizer bivalent vaccines are very unlikely to increase the risk of ischemic stroke, contrary to claims on social media

2023-01-18 REVIEW Vaccines are always subjected to monitoring, even after authorization or approval. This is to ensure that rare side effects that didn’t appear during clinical trials can be detected. This will allow public health authorities to take appropr Go to site post…»

Poynter→ The cost of eggs has increased significantly, but social media posts exaggerate the price jump

2023-01-18 For many Americans lately, buying eggs has felt like being on an expensive Easter egg hunt. Bird flu outbreaks have strained the supply of eggs nationwide, driving up prices when demand […] The post The cost of eggs has increased significantly, Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Possible increases in cancer rates and lower life expectancy in 2021 are primarily driven by effects of COVID-19, not vaccination

2023-01-13 REVIEW On 6 January 2023, Children’s Health Defense published an article by Joseph Mercola claiming that “Cancer rates have increased since the introduction of the COVID-19 shots” and that “COVID-19 boosters may be causing aggressive metasta Go to site post…»

Logically→ Receiving COVID vaccines increases the risk of contracting coronavirus.

2023-01-13 The report is a non-peer-reviewed preprint with several limitations. The study focuses on only bivalent COVID vaccines. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increases Risk Of Lung Blood Clots 50% In Elderly

2023-01-13 Does a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study prove the Pfizer COVID vaccine increases the risk of lung blood clots in the elderly by 50 percent? No, that's not true: The study does not establish a causal relationship between the v Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Health Data Do NOT Show COVID Vaccinations Increase Risk Of Hospitalization

2023-01-12 Do health data from the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) show the more doses of COVID-19 vaccine a person has had, the more likely they are to end up in the intensive care unit (ICU)? No, that's not true: Health officials and med Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of death, contrary to claim by financier Edward Dowd

2023-01-11 REVIEW In a video published on 4 January 2023, businessman and podcaster Aubrey Marcus interviewed Edward Dowd, a former investment portfolio manager at BlackRock, regarding his book “Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump touts one year’s decline in drug overdoses, ignoring three years of increases

2023-01-09 As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years." Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Myocarditis, Pericarditis Did NOT Increase Nearly Eightfold In Swindon, England, After COVID Shots Began

2023-01-09 Did the incidence of the heart conditions myocarditis and pericarditis increase nearly eightfold in the English town of Swindon after the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The numbers, which were released through Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Preprint Study Of Cleveland Clinic Workers Does NOT Prove Vaccinations Increase Risk Of COVID Infection

2023-01-07 Does each dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increase a person's chance of getting the COVID-19 virus? No, that's not true: While data from a preprint (not-peer-reviewed) study posted on December 19, 2022, suggests that the "higher the number o Go to site post…»

Logically→ Electricity bills in Bengaluru will increase drastically once double meters are installed.

2023-01-04 Older meters are being replaced with more accurate digital meters that may show a difference in electricity bills commensurate with usage. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Data Do NOT Show Increased Risk Of Serious Adverse Events Of Special Interest In Randomized Trials

2023-01-04 Does a reanalysis of Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine data show an increased risk of serious adverse events of special interest? No, that's not true: The authors of this study created their own subset of serious adverse events of Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Flu Vaccine Increases Strep A Infections, Contrary to Online Claims

2022-12-23 SciCheck Digest Several European countries have reported an early spike of group A strep infections, mostly among children, including cases of rare but deadly bacterial infections. There is no evidence the increase is being caused by nasal spray fl Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ The lowest paid nurses aren’t getting a 9% pay increase

2022-12-19 Oliver Dowden MP said multiple times that the lowest paid nurses were given a 9% increase. A newly qualified nurse in England has seen their pay increase by around 5.5% following the latest pay award. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Shots Have NOT Increased ‘Sudden Deaths’ By 4 Times In Germany

2022-12-17 Have COVID-19 vaccine rollouts increased "sudden deaths" in Germany by four times? No, that's not true: The claim misuses billing data to make medical claims, according to the chairman of the board of the doctors who provide health under Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Claims About an Increase in Exports Ignore Larger Growth in Imports

2022-12-14 Under President Joe Biden, U.S. exports of goods and services have increased, but U.S. imports have grown even faster. The more than $3.4 trillion in imports in 2021 was higher than any other year on record, and total imports are on pace to be higher Go to site post…»

Logically→ If CO2 increased five times, it would still not increase the global temperature by more than 1 degree Celsius.

2022-12-14 Global temperatures have already increased by 1 degree Celsius with only a 45% increase in atmospheric Co2. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Government’s £28 billion public sector pay increase figure doesn’t factor in money returned in tax

2022-12-13 The government says it would cost £28 billion, or £1,000 per household, to increase public sector pay in line with inflation next year. But many of the current disputes are about this year’s pay. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Lockdowns have caused an increase in Strep A infections in children.

2022-12-09 There is no conclusive data to show that lockdowns are responsible for increased Strep A infections in children. Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Want to Increase Birth Rates? Focus on Marriage Rates.

2022-12-08 Policies that encourage marriage help birth rates and have other benefits.The post Want to Increase Birth Rates? Focus on Marriage Rates. appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Facebook posts wrongly link nasal flu vaccines to increase in strep A infections

2022-12-07 There’s no evidence that nasal flu vaccinations are driving increased cases of strep A infections, despite widespread claims on social media. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Inactive Voter Numbers Increase Does NOT Show Evidence Of Criminal Intent In Arizona 2022 Election

2022-11-30 Does an increase in inactive voters show evidence of criminal intent in Arizona for the 2022 election? No, that's not true: The numbers in Maricopa County, Arizona, shown in the claim are accurate, representing tallies after several maili Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Results from a Swiss team didn’t show an 800-fold increase in myocarditis in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated individuals

2022-11-29 REVIEW After the onset of mass COVID-19 vaccination campaigns against COVID-19, public health agencies worldwide began to detect rare cases of myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, among people who had received one of the authorized COVID-19 mR Go to site post…»

Logically→ U.S. Defense Medical Epidemiology Database shows a dramatic increase in medical diagnoses following the vaccine in 2021.

2022-11-25 Scientific studies show that vaccines do not cause an increase in health issues. The DMED data cited to support the claim is inaccurate. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Face masks don’t cause hypercapnia or blood acidity; no evidence indicates that these conditions increase cancer risk

2022-11-24 REVIEW A video featuring molecular biologist Christina Parks circulated on video and social media platforms (examples here and here) in October and November 2022. In that video, Parks claimed that face masks cause a buildup of carbon dioxide in the Go to site post…»

Logically→ The proportion of children diagnosed with autism has increased from 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 68.

2022-11-21 Autism diagnosis rates have increased from 1 in 2,500 in 1966 to 1 in 44 today due to improvements in medical understanding and awareness of ASD. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Polar Bear populations have increased.

2022-11-16 Insufficient data means it is impossible to ascertain whether global polar bear populations have increased. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Multiple studies showed that COVID-19 increases the risk of heart inflammation more than vaccines do; study in Israel misleadingly used to claim otherwise

2022-11-16 REVIEW Social media posts began circulating in September and November 2022, claiming that COVID-19 doesn’t increase the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis, despite evidence showing otherwise. These are conditions in which the heart becomes infla Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Does NOT Increase Stillbirths As Graph Implies

2022-11-10 Does a graph show that the COVID-19 vaccine increases stillbirths? No, that is missing context: The graph was published on the U.S. government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) website. As VAERS itself repeatedly explains, Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce, Not Increase, Risk of Stillbirth

2022-11-09 SciCheck Digest There is no link between COVID-19 vaccination and an increased risk of stillbirth, despite such claims online. In fact, vaccination has been shown in multiple studies to reduce the risk of stillbirth by protecting pregnant people Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Social Security Increase Due to Inflation, Not Presidential Action

2022-11-03 https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/social-security-increase-due-to-inflation-not-presidential-action/ A Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Social Security Increase Due to Inflation, Not Presidential Action

2022-11-03 A deleted tweet from the White House and remarks by President Joe Biden could leave the false impression that Biden’s policies have something to do with an increase in Social Security payments. But the increase is set by law and is linked to inf Go to site post…»

AllSides→ White House Deletes Tweet Bragging about Social Security Increase after Inflation Fact Check

2022-11-03 https://www.nationalreview.com/news/white-house-deletes-claim-of-ten-year-record-increase-in-social-security-under-biden/ Go to site post…»

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