Fact Checking Covid-Denier Nonsense

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, Oct 16, 2021.

  1. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Let's fact check the latest nonsense being pushed by anti-vax Covid-deniers...

    Fact check: False claim that sudden arrhythmic death syndrome is linked to vaccine
    The claim: Vaccines are linked to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome and the unvaccinated aren't dying
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ked-covid-19-vaccine-unvaccinated/7712903001/

    FALSE


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    Fact check: False claims about Pfizer vaccine stem from company's release of 80,000 pages of documents
    The claim: 80,000 pages of Pfizer data show the vaccine has a 12% efficacy rate, harms fetuses
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...s-stem-80-000-page-pfizer-release/9664481002/

    FALSE

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    Claim: Shinzo Abe was assassinated because he “didn’t mandate vaccines, sent 1.6 million doses back and gave citizens ivermectin.”
    No evidence Shinzo Abe was assassinated over his response to COVID-19
    https://www.politifact.com/factchec...dence-shinzo-abe-was-assassinated-over-his-r/

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    #251     Jul 12, 2022
  2. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Imagine using Politifact as a "fact checker"

     
    #252     Jul 12, 2022
  3. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

     
    #253     Jul 12, 2022
  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Let's actually read the conclusion of the referenced study in the Tweet...

    Conclusions
    No discernable differences in protection against symptomatic BA.1 and BA.2 infection were seen with previous infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity. Vaccination enhanced protection among persons who had had a previous infection. Hybrid immunity resulting from previous infection and recent booster vaccination conferred the strongest protection.
    https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203965


    Yep -- this is a typical example of anti-vax Covid-denier David Zweig misinforming people on Twitter. In this example using his usual method of honing in on one little item in a study but leaving out the broader results and context.
     
    #254     Jul 12, 2022
  5. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao



     
    #255     Jul 13, 2022
  6. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

     
    #256     Jul 13, 2022
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Just more absurd nonsense from Geert Vanden Bossche. No one in their right mind believes this absurd crap -- yet you keep pushing idiocy you find on social media. It's SAD.

    Fact-Checking Geert Vanden Bossche. Cashing in on Covid Misinformation
    A European "expert" claims the covid vaccines will end humanity. More nonsense, as we prove in this article.
    https://medika.life/fact-checking-geert-vanden-bossche-cashing-in-on-covid-misinformation/

    The Doomsday Prophecy of Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche
    A Belgian virus expert has scared the Internet by claiming the COVID-19 vaccines will doom humanity. No need to panic.
    https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/c...nce/doomsday-prophecy-dr-geert-vanden-bossche
     
    #257     Jul 13, 2022
  8. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    ??
     
    #258     Jul 13, 2022
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Remember, "fact checkers" used to ban for this.

     
    #259     Jul 13, 2022
  10. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Taking me off ignore so you can respond and then putting me back on ignore is something that @Baron has a problem with. So either take me off, or stop replying to me. But don't do both. I understand why you put me on ignore, you can't argue anything so you'd prefer to plug your ears.

    Take this post. All you do is attack the source of the information without actually challenging the information itself. That's how you operate. Spam links that don't provide any fact base discussion on what was presented, just try to discredit.
     
    #260     Jul 13, 2022