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Misleading: Fatality rates among the fully vaccinated are higher than the unvaccinated in the U.K.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Fatality rates among the fully vaccinated are higher than the unvaccinated in the U.K.
Misleading: In India, promising studies on ivermectin were stopped for political reasons.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

Misleading: In India, promising studies on ivermectin were stopped for political reasons.
True: The IHU variant of COVID-19 was discovered before Omicron.
Health-Covid

True: The IHU variant of COVID-19 was discovered before Omicron.
Misleading: Thanks to its COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer made a $24.1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2021.
Economics-Business Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Thanks to its COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer made a $24.1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2021.
Unverifiable: The use of face masks has a negative impact on a child's development.
Health-General Health-Covid

Unverifiable: The use of face masks has a negative impact on a child's development.
False: COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people dying due to the virus in Scotland are vaccinated.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people dying due to the virus in Scotland are vaccinated.
True: In the U.S., the only COVID-19 vaccines available are genetic vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: In the U.S., the only COVID-19 vaccines available are genetic vaccines.
Unverifiable: Israel's new COVID-19 drug showed 96 percent efficacy in clinical trials.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Unverifiable: Israel's new COVID-19 drug showed 96 percent efficacy in clinical trials.
False: V-safe at the CDC is an outdated, antiquated system.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-Policy

False: V-safe at the CDC is an outdated, antiquated system.
Misleading: Applying fruit juice to a lateral flow test can generate a positive result. This shows that lateral flow tests are unreliable.
Health-Covid

Misleading: Applying fruit juice to a lateral flow test can generate a positive result. This shows that lateral flow tests are unreliable.
Partly_True: If used early enough, anti-inflammatories can treat COVID-19.
Health-Covid

Partly_True: If used early enough, anti-inflammatories can treat COVID-19.
False: WHO has recommended the use of a COVID-19 test kit manufactured by just one company in the world.
Economics-General Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

False: WHO has recommended the use of a COVID-19 test kit manufactured by just one company in the world.
False: Pfizer's six-month data shows that their vaccine causes more illness than preventing COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

False: Pfizer's six-month data shows that their vaccine causes more illness than preventing COVID-19.
False: Donald Parham's heart exploded after taking a COVID-19 booster dose.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Media-Sports

False: Donald Parham's heart exploded after taking a COVID-19 booster dose.
Misleading: According to Europe's top health officials, face masks don't protect against COVID-19.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

Misleading: According to Europe's top health officials, face masks don't protect against COVID-19.
Misleading: Rapid home tests give COVID-19 positive results for tap water samples.
Health-Covid

Misleading: Rapid home tests give COVID-19 positive results for tap water samples.
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