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  • Fact Check: Clinical Trials For MRNA Universal Influenza Vaccine Will NOT Involve Only '50 Healthy Volunteers' To 'Assess The Safety'

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    Will a new mRNA universal flu vaccine only be tested on 50 volunteers to "assess the safety" of the experimental shot? No, that's not true: New drugs and medicines in the United States go through rigorous testing and three phases of clinical trials involving thousands of people with different health statuses before the products can potentially be authorized for widespread…

    • May 23, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Clinical Trials For MRNA Universal Influenza Vaccine Will NOT Involve Only '50 Healthy Volunteers' To 'Assess The Safety' Small Numbers
  • Fact Check: Video, Paper Do NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Causes Brain Injury, Heart Damage

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    Do a paper published in a medical journal and a video based on it prove the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine causes brain and heart damage? No, that's not true: The paper looks at the case of a single elderly man with Parkinson's disease who died weeks after his final vaccination. It doesn't establish a causal link between the vaccine and the…

    • Feb 21, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video, Paper Do NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Causes Brain Injury, Heart Damage A Single Case
  • Fact Check: Study Provides NO Conclusive Evidence Vitamin D Protects Against COVID-19

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    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 the body's immune response, there is "no clear picture of how or if vitamin D should be…

    • Feb 3, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Study Provides NO Conclusive Evidence Vitamin D Protects Against COVID-19 Hazy Benefits
  • Fact Check: Myocarditis, Pericarditis Did NOT Increase Nearly Eightfold In Swindon, England, After COVID Shots Began

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    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 a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, were initially misreported by the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust due to an Excel spreadsheet "formula…

    • Jan 9, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Myocarditis, Pericarditis Did NOT Increase Nearly Eightfold In Swindon, England, After COVID Shots Began Numbers Error
  • Fact Check: Preprint Study Of Cleveland Clinic Workers Does NOT Prove Vaccinations Increase Risk Of COVID Infection

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    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 of vaccines previously received, the higher the risk of contracting COVID-19," medical experts contacted by Lead Stories cast doubt on coming to…

    • Jan 6, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Preprint Study Of Cleveland Clinic Workers Does NOT Prove Vaccinations Increase Risk Of COVID Infection Only 1st Draft
  • Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Data Do NOT Show Increased Risk Of Serious Adverse Events Of Special Interest In Randomized Trials

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    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 special interest (AESI), which give the appearance of there being a strong correlation between them and the vaccines when, in…

    • Jan 3, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Data Do NOT Show Increased Risk Of Serious Adverse Events Of Special Interest In Randomized Trials Risk Inflated
  • Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Endorse Ivermectin As COVID-19 Treatment -- Cases Plummeted For Another Reason

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    Did Japan endorse the use of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, sending cases plummeting in late August 2021? No, that's not true: While Haruo Ozaki, the chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association, said at an August 13, 2021, press conference that the anti-parasitic drug showed promise, he also said it needed to be studied thoroughly. The Tokyo Medical Association…

    • Dec 1, 2021
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Endorse Ivermectin As COVID-19 Treatment -- Cases Plummeted For Another Reason Not Approved
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