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Logically→ 92% of COVID-19 deaths are among the fully vaccinated, according to a government study.

2023-03-20 Go to site post…»

Logically→ 92% of COVID-19 deaths are among the fully vaccinated, according to a government study.

2023-03-17 Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Methodologically flawed cholesterol study from 2016 used to support false claims that high cholesterol increases longevity

2023-03-16 REVIEW On 11 March 2013, a Facebook post claimed, “A new study found that 92 percent of people with a high cholesterol level lived longer”. The post linked to an article with that exact title published on Livingtraditionally.com in 2020, which i Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Does NOT Find Men Should Masturbate 21 Times A Day To Reduce Risk Of Prostate Cancer

2023-03-15 Did a study find that men should masturbate 21 times a day to "significantly" reduce the risk of prostate cancer? No, that's not true: A 2016 study that looked into the relationship between ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer made n Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Case Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Linked To Fivefold Increase In Cancer Biomarker

2023-03-13 Does a medical case study prove there's a link between the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and a fivefold increase in a cancer biomarker? No, that's not true: The case report looks at one person, a 79-year-old woman with ovarian cancer. It doesn' Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Did NOT Find Dangerous Levels Of Heavy Metals In Pink Himalayan Salt

2023-03-08 Did a 2020 Australian study find dangerous levels of heavy metals in pink Himalayan salt? No, that's not true: Although the study found metal contaminants, all pink salt samples in the study -- with the exception of one, from Peru -- were Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Bombshell New Study’ Does NOT Prove That mRNA ‘Jabs’ Have Caused ‘Tens Of Millions Of Serious New Health Problems Worldwide’

2023-03-04 Did a "bombshell new study" prove that mRNA "jabs" have "caused tens of millions of serious new health problems worldwide," including a condition known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)? No, that's not true: The 2022 stu Go to site post…»

Poynter→ Misinformation ‘superspreader’ engagement increased 44% on Twitter since Musk purchase, study says

2023-03-02 Since his acquisition of Twitter, tech mogul Elon Musk has received pushback on numerous occasions for promoting false information and conspiracy theories (some of which he has since walked back). […] The post Misinformation ‘superspreader’ e Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Does NOT Prove Drinking Coke, Pepsi Results In Larger Testicles, Increases Testosterone

2023-02-28 Does a study published by Chinese researchers prove that drinking Coke or Pepsi causes larger testicles and increases testosterone? No, that's not true: The study was only done on mice, not humans, so it doesn't directly apply. An associa Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Bill Maher ‘Natural Immunity’ Study Tweet

2023-02-23 On February 19 2023, a Twitter user tweeted a quote (with video) from talk show host and comedian Bill Maher, on the subject of a “big study” on “natural immunity” and how it held up against vaccines: Bill Maher: “Big story, Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Did NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccinated Have 14.5% Higher Mortality Rate Than Non-Vaccinated

2023-02-18 Did a research paper adequately demonstrate that vaccinated COVID-19 patients die at a higher rate than their unvaccinated counterparts? No, that's not true: The study in question has limitations that affect the quality of its conclusions Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chicken Egg Yolk Antibodies (IgYs) Research Is NOT Connected To Farm Fires — Study Was About Eggs From Hens Immunized For Testing

2023-02-04 Does a 2020 study published before the approval of any COVID-19 vaccine prove the existence of a conspiracy to burn chicken farms to prevent populations from getting access to eggs that allegedly can protect from COVID? No, that's not tru Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Provides NO Conclusive Evidence Vitamin D Protects Against COVID-19

2023-02-04 Does a study released in early 2023 provide conclusive proof that vitamin D greatly reduces the risk of being admitted to a hospital's intensive care unit due to COVID-19? No, that's not true: While vitamin D is known to have a role in th Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Baseless claim that COVID-19 vaccines killed more than 200,000 comes from flawed BMC Infectious Diseases study

2023-02-03 REVIEW Claims that a “peer-reviewed study” found that the COVID-19 vaccines killed hundreds of thousands of people went viral at the end of January 2023. The claim is based on a study published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases, authored by Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BMC Study Did NOT Prove 217,000 (or 278,000) Americans Died From COVID Vaccines

2023-02-02 Did a peer-reviewed study find that at least 217,000 Americans have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: A published study that suggested "the total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 inoculation may be as high Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Final frontier? No, NASA didn’t stop studying oceans, it’s exploring in ocean depths and from space

2023-01-30 “NASA stopped exploring the ocean.” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Mice study didn’t show flu vaccine causes strep A

2023-01-19 A 2014 study has been repeatedly used to falsely claim that nasal flu vaccines can cause strep A infections. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Instagram post misrepresents study linking climate change and diseases

2023-01-16 Research linking climate change to strokes, dementia and migraines is not a cover up for Covid-19 vaccine harms, as Instagram user claims. 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: 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…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Experts In Study Do NOT Claim Artificial Sweeteners Behind Spike In ‘Sudden Deaths, Heart Attacks’

2022-12-31 Does a new study claim that artificial sweeteners are to blame for "soaring rates of heart attacks and sudden deaths the past two years"? No, that's not true: The study does not suggest any such link but instead says "The findings ... sug Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Study led by FDA researchers didn’t find that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine caused blood clots, contrary to viral claims on social media

2022-12-23 REVIEW An article published by the Epoch Times on 17 December 2022 claimed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is “linked to blood clots”. This claim is based on a study led by researc Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Autopsy Study Doesn’t Show COVID-19 Vaccines Are Unsafe

2022-12-21 SciCheck Digest To date, the benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination outweigh the risks, which include a rare but increased risk of myocarditis, or heart inflammation. Social media posts, however, are citing a German autopsy study to misleadingly sug Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Study didn’t link children’s flu vaccine to strep A infections

2022-12-21 A 2014 study has been widely shared as alleged proof nasal flu vaccines are linked to strep A infections. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Study Contrasts COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Traffic Crash Risk

2022-12-13 On December 13 2022, a post to Reddit’s r/science posted a link to a study examining a possible link between COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and the likelihood of car crashes: Adults who neglect COVID-19 health recommendations may also neg Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Mask-wearing helps to reduce the spread of COVID-19; social media posts misinterpreted Annals of Internal Medicine study on N95 respirators

2022-12-06 REVIEW A study in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Internal Medicine, published at the end of November 2022, generated renewed discussion over the effectiveness of mask-wearing against COVID-19[1]. According to the social media analytics tool Buz Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: USA Today Did NOT Publish This Article On Neuralink Study Monkey Deaths — Screenshot Is Made Up

2022-12-02 Did USA Today publish an article on November 30, 2022, titled, "Elon Musk's Neuralink implants have killed nearly 3000 monkeys since last December, 98% fatality rate"? No, that's not true: This is not a real USA Today headline and the num 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…»

Health Feedback→ 2014 study by Dyall et al. is an in vitro study; clinical trials showed hydroxychloroquine is ineffective against COVID-19 in people

2022-11-07 REVIEW On 31 October 2022, The Epoch Times released a preview video of an interview with Meryl Nass, an internal medicine physician, as part of its program American Thought Leaders. The full interview was released the following day; the full transcr Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Study by German researchers didn’t find significant safety concerns with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson

2022-10-24 REVIEW The claim that German researchers found the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to cause more side effects in young children began circulating in October 2022. Journalist Alex Berenson made this claim in a Substack post and an Instagram post, while Will J Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Social Media Claims Misrepresent Boston U. Study of What Causes Severity of COVID-19 Strains

2022-10-21 SciCheck Digest To study the role of the spike protein in the severity of COVID-19 illnesses, researchers exposed 10 mice prone to develop severe disease to a hybrid version of the virus. Eight mice died. Social media posts say researchers created a da Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Cancer study was from data well before COVID-19 vaccines existed

2022-10-17 There’s a “coincidental correlation” between COVID-19 vaccines and a spike in cancer in adults younger than 50. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A small study of breastmilk and mRNA vaccines did not show babies are being harmed

2022-10-12 A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ No Indication Breast Milk After Vaccination Unsafe, Despite Posts About New Study

2022-10-04 SciCheck Digest No evidence suggests it’s dangerous for babies to consume breast milk from mothers who get vaccinated against COVID-19. Online posts, however, have pointed to a study that found temporary, trace amounts of vaccine mRNA in milk aft Go to site post…»

AllSides→ STUDY: PolitiFact Is Nearly 6 Times More Likely to Defend Biden Than Check His Facts

2022-10-04 https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2022/09/28/study-politifact-nearly-6-times-more-likely-defend-biden-check-his Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Study: ‘Registered Republicans Had Far Higher Excess Death Rates Than Registered Democrats’ in Ohio and Florida

2022-10-03 On October 3 2022, journalist James Surowiecki tweeted about a “new study” of post-vaccine pandemic mortality, contrasting deaths in Florida and Ohio with voter registrations: New study of almost 600,000 deaths in Ohio and Florida shows t Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oxford Study Does NOT Say COVID Vaccination Increases Infection Risk by 44% — Figure Is From Study Subsection Only

2022-09-30 Does an Oxford University study say COVID-19 vaccination increases the risk of infection by 44 percent? No, that's not true: The figure comes from a small subsection of the study and doesn't represent its overall conclusions. One of the s Go to site post…»

Logically→ A new study demonstrates that vaccine-related harms outweigh their benefits.

2022-09-28 The methodology and data used to support this conclusion are highly dubious. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Study: Same App Can Pose Bigger Threat Depending on Country Where Downloaded

2022-09-27 Google and Apple have had to remove hundreds of apps from their app stores at the request of governments around the world. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ A New Study Explores How Devices May Shape Our Behavior When Bargaining With Strangers

2022-09-14 People’s use of technology in decision-making can subtly, yet fundamentally, shift the way our brains work, according to this group of academics. Go to site post…»

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