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  • Fact Check: Maine's Rise In COVID-19 Cases NOT Linked To Face Masks

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    Is Maine's rise in COVID-19 cases linked to face mask use? No, that is misleading: A social media post showed a newspaper article claiming that the surge in coronavirus cases in Maine were the result of Gov. Janet Mills' mandate for citizens of the New England state to wear face masks. The claim uses statistics from a CDC published study…

    • Dec 7, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Maine's Rise In COVID-19 Cases NOT Linked To Face Masks Misleading
  • Fact Check: Many Studies Find Masks DO Work Against The Spread Of COVID-19

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    Do many studies find that cloth masks don't stop viruses like COVID? No, that's not true: An article making that claim does not cite any recent or specific studies showing masks don't work. To the contrary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites several studies as the basis for recommending the "community use of masks, specifically non-valved multi-layer cloth…

    • Nov 25, 2020
    • by: Olivera Perkins
    Fact Check: Many Studies Find Masks DO Work Against The Spread Of COVID-19 Masks Work
  • Fact Check: Fauci Study Does NOT Support Claim That The 'Unmasked Buried The Masked' in Spanish Flu Pandemic A Century Ago

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    Did Dr. Anthony Fauci -- a leader of the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- write a research study in 2008 that proves the unmasked buried the masked during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and that masks were the reason so many died of bacterial pneumonia? No, that's not true: Fauci's research report describes a lethal interaction of…

    • Oct 21, 2020
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Fauci Study Does NOT Support Claim That The 'Unmasked Buried The Masked' in Spanish Flu Pandemic A Century Ago Didn't Say It
  • Fact Check: America's Frontline Doctors Did NOT Prove Their Claims That Masks Don't Work

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    Did an anti-mask group of doctors prove its claim that masks are "irrelevant" to the prevention of COVID-19? No, that's not true: The 19 people in white lab coats who stood in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to make the claim did not provide a citation to published research papers nor supply records to support their claim that masks…

    • Oct 19, 2020
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: America's Frontline Doctors Did NOT Prove Their Claims That Masks Don't Work Docs w/o data
  • Fact Check: CDC Report Did NOT Say Masks Are Ineffective In Preventing Spread Of COVID-19

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    Did a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report conclude masks are not effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19? No, that's not true: The study concluded new safety measures are needed at dining establishments because even mask-wearers who went out for drinks or meals were twice as likely to be infected as those who did not. Plus, an…

    • Oct 15, 2020
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: CDC Report Did NOT Say Masks Are Ineffective In Preventing Spread Of COVID-19 Misses point
  • Fact Check: OSHA Did NOT Say Cloth Masks Don't Work And Will Reduce Oxygen To Danger Levels

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    Did the Occupational Safety and Health Administration say cloth face masks offer no COVID-19 protection and lower the wearer's available oxygen to dangerously low levels? No, that's not true. Numerous OSHA publications recommend the masks as a means to protect others, as protection from touching the face and as an effective way to keep asymptomatic carriers from spreading droplets. Moreover,…

    • Jun 19, 2020
    • by: Gita Smith
    Fact Check: OSHA Did NOT Say Cloth Masks Don't Work And Will Reduce Oxygen To Danger Levels  UN-Masked
  • Fact Check: Microwaving Masks In Plastic Bags Is NOT Safe Way To Sterilize Them

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    Is microwaving a face mask in plastic baggies a good way to kill COVID-19 particles on the mask? No, it is not. Research shows that hydrogen peroxide will kill the virus on masks, but no proof has been found that microwaving kills the novel coronavirus. Moreover, microwaving can melt the plastic bag and burn the fabric. The claim that microwaving…

    • Apr 7, 2020
    • by: Gita Smith
    Fact Check: Microwaving Masks In Plastic Bags Is NOT Safe Way To Sterilize Them Bad Advice
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    Fact Check: There Is NO '$600 Tax Rule' For Personal Payments On Cash App, PayPal, And Other Peer-To-Peer Payment Organizations

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