Unsupported
No evidence that SARS-CoV-2 was engineered in a laboratory, contrary to claim by Li-Meng Yan
Claim:
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was engineered in a laboratory and deliberately released
Articles tagged with
SARS-CoV-2
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Source: AnonHQ.com, The Joe Hoft Show, Li-Meng Yan, 2022-04-30 -
MisleadingFox News article listing alleged mistakes in COVID-19 public health response mixes accurate information with unsubstantiated claims
Claim:
Natural immunity protects better than vaccination; “the mortality risk of an un-boosted person under age 30 was zero”; cloth face masks, school closures had zero benefits for children and some harm
Source: Fox News, Marty Makary, 2022-03-16 -
MisleadingShort identical gene sequence in SARS-CoV-2 and a gene sequence patented by Moderna can be found in other organisms; not evidence that virus was engineered
Claim:
“scientists find virus contains tiny chunk of DNA that matches sequence patented by Moderna THREE YEARS before pandemic began”
Source: Daily Mail, Connor Boyd, 2022-02-23 -
MisleadingCDC director’s comments that 75% of COVID-19 deaths are among people with four comorbidities applies only to vaccinated people
Claim:
75% of deaths were people with ‘at least four comorbidities’
Source: The Joe Pags Show, Anonymous, 2022-01-11 -
IncorrectRobert Malone’s statements on The Dana Show about vaccine safety and virus variants are inaccurate and unsupported
Claim:
Booster COVID-19 vaccine doses can “shut down the immune response”; heart damage following vaccination is “quite frequent”; “many of these [SARS-CoV-2] mutations are being driven by the evolutionary selection caused by the vaccines”
Source: The Dana Show, Robert Malone, 2021-12-09 -
UnsupportedUnsupported claim about COVID-19 vaccines, anti-spike antibodies, and myocarditis misrepresented conclusions from a New England Journal of Medicine article
Claim:
“antibodies that people produce against the coronavirus spike protein may lead to myocarditis”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Alex Berenson, Jim Hoft, 2021-11-26 -
MisleadingMisleading claims linking the spread of Omicron variant to vaccinated people rely on partial data and are unsubstantiated
Claim:
'Omicron COVID Variant Found ONLY in Fully Vaccinated'
Source: Gateway Pundit, Bill Hennessy, 2021-11-26 -
MisleadingClaim that previously infected people don’t transmit COVID-19 is unsupported, originates from misinterpretation of CDC’s FOIA response
Claim:
Previously infected individuals who get reinfected don’t transmit the virus to others; previous infection provides “better protection” than vaccination and this immunity “does not wane”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Substack, Aaron Siri, Cristina Laila, 2021-11-11 -
Italy didn’t change its definition of COVID-19 deaths; the disease killed more than 130,000 Italians
Claim:
“Italian Higher Institute of Health has drastically reduced the country’s official COVID death toll number by over 97% after changing the definition of a fatality to someone who died from COVID rather than with COVID”
Source: Summit.news, Zero Hedge, Il Tempo, Paul Joseph Watson, 2021-11-04 -
Flawed reasoning
Italy didn’t change its definition of COVID-19 deaths; the disease killed more than 130,000 Italians
Claim:
“Italian Higher Institute of Health has drastically reduced the country’s official COVID death toll number by over 97% after changing the definition of a fatality to someone who died from COVID rather than with COVID”
Source: Summit.news, Zero Hedge, Il Tempo, Paul Joseph Watson, 2021-11-04