Fact Checking Covid-Denier Nonsense

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

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    #571     Aug 8, 2023
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  2. gwb-trading

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    So during a period of time (fall 2020/spring 2021 (F20/S21) and fall 2021 (F21)) when masks and social distancing plus other Covid preventative measures were used in schools in Massachusetts -- the result of a study of 10 schools in Massachusetts was there was a low level of Covid spreading in the schools. Congratulations this was by intent.

    Compare that to the red-area school systems in North Carolina which started in-classroom sessions during the same time with no masks and no social distancing --- and were overwhelmed with Covid to such a level in a few mere weeks they had to shut down due to over 25% of the students and staff contracting Covid. A scenario repeated multiple times across the state.
     
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    #572     Aug 8, 2023
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  3. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    sCiENcE!









     
    #573     Aug 9, 2023
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    #575     Aug 9, 2023
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    #576     Aug 11, 2023
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    That’s not what the FDA said. You really should use reliable sources rather than crap you find on social media.
     
    #577     Aug 11, 2023
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  8. Overnight

    Overnight

    #578     Aug 11, 2023
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    #579     Aug 24, 2023
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Let's fact check the latest crap being shoveled by the anti-vax Covid-denier crowd.

    Claim: “Fauci declares that all unvaccinated citizens must be locked down this winter.”

    Dr. Anthony Fauci did not say unvaccinated people should be ‘locked down’ this winter
    https://www.politifact.com/factchec...hony-fauci-did-not-say-unvaccinated-people-s/
    • Dr. Anthony Fauci stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and has no power to declare a lockdown.
    • He did not make any statement urging the Biden administration to implement a lockdown for unvaccinated Americans in 2023.
    The emergence of new COVID-19 variants has fueled rumors on social media warning of the return of pandemic-era mandates around masking and closures. One claim said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has already declared such a move, particularly targeting unvaccinated people.

    "Fauci declares that all unvaccinated citizens must be locked down this winter," read the screenshot in an Aug. 24 Instagram post.

    This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)

    Fauci does not have the power to declare a lockdown; he stepped down as the agency’s director in December 2022.

    The headline in the screenshot was from an Aug. 23 article published by The People’s Voice, which has published misinformation before. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, the author of the article, has experience running misinformation websites.

    The article said Fauci "reemerged from retirement and urged the Biden administration to implement a ‘strict lockdown’ this winter for all unvaccinated Americans." It lifted paragraphs from an Aug. 22 article by The Dossier, a Substack publication. The article cited an interview with Fauci uploaded Aug. 15 by Wayne State University.

    During the interview, which lasted around 40 minutes, Fauci discussed misinformation against vaccines and discussed the rationale for lockdowns, but he did not say unvaccinated people should be placed under a lockdown.

    We rate this claim False.

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    #580     Aug 28, 2023