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  • 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: CDC Reports Do NOT Show More Than 16,000 People Have Died Because Of COVID Vaccination

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    Has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded more than 16,000 people who have died within a few days of taking the COVID-19 vaccine where the deaths were proven to have been caused by the vaccine? No, that's not true: Only nine deaths of some 18,500 preliminary reports of death have been causally associated with vaccination for coronavirus.…

    • Jan 9, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: CDC Reports Do NOT Show More Than 16,000 People Have Died Because Of COVID Vaccination Few Deaths
  • 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: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain Graphene Oxide

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    Do any of the COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States contain graphene oxide? No, that's not true: Graphene oxide is not listed as an ingredient in any of the four COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. There is no publicly available credible evidence demonstrating graphene oxide is in any of the vaccines. The claim that graphene oxide…

    • Sep 29, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain Graphene Oxide Not Ingredient
  • Fact Check: Study Does NOT Prove Ivermectin Prevents Up To 92% Of COVID-19 Deaths Or Reduces Infection, Hospitalization

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    Does the regular use of ivermectin to prevent COVID-19 result in up to a 92 percent reduction in the disease's mortality rate and also reduce infection and hospitalization? No, that's not true: The claims about ivermectin were part of what one expert at the University of Nebraska Medical Center called "not a well-constructed study." The claims appeared in a study…

    • Sep 9, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Study Does NOT Prove Ivermectin Prevents Up To 92% Of COVID-19 Deaths Or Reduces Infection, Hospitalization Flawed Study
  • Fact Check: Ivermectin NOT 'Vindicated (AGAIN)' In Peer-Reviewed Study Showing 92% Reduction In COVID-19 Mortality

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    Was ivermectin "vindicated (again)" in a peer-reviewed study that showed a 92% reduction in COVID-19 mortality? No, that's not true: The claims about ivermectin were published on an "open science" site where scientists may share findings before they have been vetted by independent experts. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not authorized the use of the anti-parasite drug…

    • Sep 6, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Ivermectin NOT 'Vindicated (AGAIN)' In Peer-Reviewed Study Showing 92% Reduction In COVID-19 Mortality Not Endorsed
  • Fact Check: Ivermectin Is NOT Recommended By NIH To Treat COVID-19

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    Is ivermectin recommended by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the U.S. government for the treatment of COVID-19 as of September 2022? No, that's not true: Neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor the Food and Drug Administration recommend the antiparasitic as treatment or prevention. As of this writing, the National Institutes of Health listed ivermectin as…

    • Sep 5, 2022
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Ivermectin Is NOT Recommended By NIH To Treat COVID-19 Misconstrued
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