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Mashup Score: 2What We've Learned About So-Called 'Lockdowns' and the COVID-19 Pandemic - FactCheck.org - 12 month(s) ago
Plenty of peer-reviewed studies have found government restrictions early in the pandemic, such as business closures and physical distancing measures, reduced COVID-19 cases and/or mortality, compared with what would have happened without those measures. But conservative news outlets and commentators have seized on a much-criticized, unpublished working paper that concluded “lockdowns” had only a…
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Mashup Score: 1Early Release of 'QAnon Shaman' Due to Plea and Prison Protocols, Contrary to Online Claims - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” was sentenced to 41 months in prison for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, but he was released early to a halfway house on March 28 because of his plea agreement and prison protocols. Social media posts falsely claim that his release was due to videos shown by Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson.
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Mashup Score: 0Posts Exaggerate Lab Findings About COVID-19’s Impact on Immune System - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
Outside of long COVID or very severe cases, most research suggests COVID-19 doesn’t cause lasting damage to the immune system. A few studies have found evidence of some possible damage, but nothing as severe as an immunodeficiency. People on social media, however, are misinterpreting a recent study to incorrectly claim COVID-19 is HIV-like.
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Mashup Score: 4Posts Exaggerate Lab Findings About COVID-19’s Impact on Immune System - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
Outside of long COVID or very severe cases, most research suggests COVID-19 doesn’t cause lasting damage to the immune system. A few studies have found evidence of some possible damage, but nothing as severe as an immunodeficiency. People on social media, however, are misinterpreting a recent study to incorrectly claim COVID-19 is HIV-like.
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Mashup Score: 47Posts Exaggerate Lab Findings About COVID-19’s Impact on Immune System - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
Outside of long COVID or very severe cases, most research suggests COVID-19 doesn’t cause lasting damage to the immune system. A few studies have found evidence of some possible damage, but nothing as severe as an immunodeficiency. People on social media, however, are misinterpreting a recent study to incorrectly claim COVID-19 is HIV-like.
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Mashup Score: 2Posts Exaggerate Lab Findings About COVID-19’s Impact on Immune System - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
Outside of long COVID or very severe cases, most research suggests COVID-19 doesn’t cause lasting damage to the immune system. A few studies have found evidence of some possible damage, but nothing as severe as an immunodeficiency. People on social media, however, are misinterpreting a recent study to incorrectly claim COVID-19 is HIV-like.
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Mashup Score: 16Posts Exaggerate Lab Findings About COVID-19’s Impact on Immune System - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
Outside of long COVID or very severe cases, most research suggests COVID-19 doesn’t cause lasting damage to the immune system. A few studies have found evidence of some possible damage, but nothing as severe as an immunodeficiency. People on social media, however, are misinterpreting a recent study to incorrectly claim COVID-19 is HIV-like.
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Mashup Score: 0What the Cochrane Review Says About Masks For COVID-19 - and What It Doesn’t - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
People online are touting the results of a Cochrane review to incorrectly claim that it shows masks “don’t work” against the coronavirus. But the primary conclusion of the review is that it’s uncertain from randomized controlled trials whether mask interventions in the community help slow the spread of respiratory illnesses.
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Mashup Score: 0No Evidence Scientists Received Grant for Changing Opinion on Pandemic Origins, Contrary to Claims - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan baselessly suggested that former NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci gave scientists one of the grants — worth $9 million — to alter the scientific narrative on how the COVID-19 pandemic started.
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Mashup Score: 4What the Cochrane Review Says About Masks For COVID-19 - and What It Doesn’t - FactCheck.org - 1 year(s) ago
People online are touting the results of a Cochrane review to incorrectly claim that it shows masks “don’t work” against the coronavirus. But the primary conclusion of the review is that it’s uncertain from randomized controlled trials whether mask interventions in the community help slow the spread of respiratory illnesses.
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Lots has been written already about this issues with this analysis (e.g. above thread and https://t.co/cvPdeNylGz), from a lack of accounting for epidemic dynamics to performing a 'meta-analysis' on datasets that aren't independent... 2/