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False: PCR tests cannot detect COVID-19 infections.
Health-Covid Tech-General

False: PCR tests cannot detect COVID-19 infections.

True: Vaccinated researchers in Antarctica tested positive for COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: Vaccinated researchers in Antarctica tested positive for COVID-19.

False: 5G networks can kill people vaccinated against COVID-19.
Conspiracies-5G Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Conspiracies-5G Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: 5G networks can kill people vaccinated against COVID-19.

False: American actor Bob Saget died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Media-Celebrities

False: American actor Bob Saget died from the COVID-19 vaccine.

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.

Partly_True: Omicron is leading the COVID-19 pandemic to the endemic stage.
Health-Covid

Partly_True: Omicron is leading the COVID-19 pandemic to the endemic stage.

False: Conjunctivitis is a symptom of the Omicron variant.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Conjunctivitis is a symptom of the Omicron variant.

False: The myocarditis warnings on COVID-19 vaccines in Japan mean that the vaccines are lethal.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The myocarditis warnings on COVID-19 vaccines in Japan mean that the vaccines are lethal.

False: The Premier of Western Australia faked getting the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-People

False: The Premier of Western Australia faked getting the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

False: It is safer to get COVID-19 than take a vaccine against the virus.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: It is safer to get COVID-19 than take a vaccine against the virus.

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.

False: It is unsafe for breastfeeding women to take COVID-19 vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: It is unsafe for breastfeeding women to take COVID-19 vaccines.

False: Those fully vaccinated will contract AIDS by February 2022, according to U.K. government data.
Health-General Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Those fully vaccinated will contract AIDS by February 2022, according to U.K. government data.

Misleading: The creator of PCR tests said it gives false positives.
Health-Covid

Misleading: The creator of PCR tests said it gives false positives.

False: Pap smears cause HPV.
Health-General

False: Pap smears cause HPV.

False: A document provided under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that the Pfizer vaccine causes miscarriage and stillbirths.
Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

False: A document provided under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that the Pfizer vaccine causes miscarriage and stillbirths.

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