Let's fact check the nonsense that Australia is putting unvaccinated people in internment camps -- misinformation which keeps getting pushed by Covidiots in these forums. Fact check: Are some countries putting unvaccinated people in 'internment camps?' https://www.wral.com/fact-check-are...ccinated-people-in-internment-camps/20047319/ In a Dec. 8, 2021 appearance on Janesville radio station WCLO, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson ran through his familiar talking points when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, including that adverse effects of the vaccine are being reported to the nation’s tracking system, that vaccinated people can still spread the virus, and reiterating that he has chosen not to be vaccinated. Then he added this jaw-dropper: "I’m going to actually utilize my own freedom, my own health autonomy, and I’m going to choose not to get the vaccine, and now we are demonizing those people. Around the world, they’re putting them basically into internment camps," Johnson said. "What is going on?" The unvaccinated being sent to internment camps? Let’s check that out. Australian quarantine facility is not an internment camp When asked for clarification on his remark, Johnson’s office told a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter he was referring to a COVID-19 quarantine site in Australia that requires residents returning from international travel to stay 14 days and be tested for the virus to ensure they aren’t bringing it back into the country with them. In making the comment, Johnson spoke generally about people who choose not to be vaccinated — not travelers. So listeners would be left to think anyone who does not get vaccinated might be rounded up. In addition, Johnson claimed this is happening "around the world," yet only provided a single example. Even setting those points aside, the claim is awry at best. Here is some background on the facility his staff said he was referring to: Located at a former mining camp in Howard Springs in the Northern Territory, it’s one of several such sites across Australia for Australians returning home from abroad. (The country remains closed to almost all travel by others.) Australia has utilized such supervised mandatory quarantines to keep coronavirus cases low. According to the New York Times, Australia has seen an average of about six cases per 100,000 residents in the past week, compared with the United States’ 36 cases per 100,000 residents. People at the quarantine site are required to test for the virus three times during their stay. They are given three meals a day, as well as drinking water, tea and coffee, free television and air conditioning, according to the Northern Territory’s information page. After 14 days on site, they are allowed to return home. That would set the facility a far cry apart from what most people recognize as internment camps. One general definition of an internment camp, as reported by Dictionary.com, is a guarded compound for the mass detainment of civilian citizens, especially those with ties to an enemy during wartime, without hearings or trials. Americans may be most familiar with the case of the World War II-era detainment of Japanese Americans. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government grew suspicious of people of Japanese descent and began rounding them up for the camps, some on as little as two days’ notice. Most who were sent to the camps lived there for close to three years. The camps were enclosed by barbed-wire fences and patrolled by armed guards who were under instruction to shoot anyone who attempted to leave, Britannica reports. (It’s worth noting that three people who broke out of the Howard Springs site in late November were arrested — that is, taken into custody, not shot.) David Inoue, executive director of the Japanese American Citizens League, the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, said equating medical quarantine with incarceration is "just ridiculous." While Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps because of their ethnicity and for an undetermined amount of time, Inoue said, the Australian policy involves people who are choosing to travel and who are aware of the scope of the quarantine requirements involved. Those sent to the World War II-era camps could only bring one suitcase, Inoue said, and in some cases were shipped to colder regions without winter coats, arriving at barracks that were not properly insulated against the elements. Any requirement for unvaccinated travelers to quarantine would be a consequence of their choice to remain unvaccinated, he said, not a consequence of something they cannot change, like their ancestry. In response to a request for more details about the remark from Politifact Wisconsin, Johnson’s office issued a wide-ranging statement that – among other things – noted that countries like Australia, Austria and Germany have arrested citizens for not wearing masks outside, in violation of requirements. But the statement did nothing to support his claim that unvaccinated people were being sent to internment camps. PolitiFact ruling Johnson claimed that "around the world," people who refused to get vaccinated were being placed "basically into internment camps." Such camps throughout history have been used to corral those whom nations deem political prisoners or enemies, forcing people to live there for years. In comparison, the quarantine facility Johnson cited is for Australian residents returning home from abroad who stay there for two weeks, then get to go home. In addition, Johnson spoke generally of those who are not vaccinated being sent to camps, but the example he cited was a facility for travelers. And while he said the practice was occurring "around the world," he was only able to provide one such example. We rate this claim Pants on Fire. Tags: COVIDFACTCHECK COVIDINTERNMENTCAMPS
Let's fact check the latest nonsense being pushed by anti-vax Covid-deniers online where they claim Omicron causes no deaths. Fact Check-Omicron does not have a 100% survival rate, as posts online claim https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-omicron-survival-rate-idUSL1N2T72E6
Claim: “Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.” Claim that Pfizer data shows vaccine does more harm than good is Pants on Fire https://www.politifact.com/factchec...pfizer-data-shows-vaccine-does-more-harm-goo/ The claim alludes to a New England Journal of Medicine study that shows the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine prevents infection and severe illness, with no evidence that it caused any death A headline widely shared on Facebook alleges that Pfizer’s own data show that the company’s COVID-19 vaccine causes more harm than good. "Alarming Six Month Pfizer Data Show COVID Vaccine Causes More Illness Than it Prevents + Major Trial Flaws," the headline states. It appears on an article on a website that says it provides "the support you need to assert your right to decline the shots." The article was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) The actual data from Pfizer does not support any such claim. "Patently false statement. The headline is ludicrous," said Dr. Robert Wachter, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. The headline alludes to a report that claims that six months of Pfizer’s own data shows that the company’s vaccine caused "increased sickness and death." That report "completely misstates" the Pfizer data, said Dr. Matthew Laurens of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. That data is reported in a New England Journal of Medicine study. The study included some 46,000 people from the United States, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Germany and Turkey. Half received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and half received a placebo. The participants were checked after six months. Among the conclusions: The vaccine "continued to be safe and have an acceptable adverse-event profile. Few participants had adverse events leading to withdrawal from the trial." Vaccine efficacy against COVID-19 was 91.3% through six months of follow-up. That is, only 77 cases were detected in vaccine recipients after a second dose, compared with 850 cases in placebo recipients. Of 31 patients who got severe COVID-19, 30 were placebo recipients and one was in the group that received the vaccine. No deaths among people in the study were related to vaccination. The statement is false and ridiculous. We rate it Pants on Fire!
Anti-vaxxer idiots have been regularly claiming that entertainers, musicians, athletes, and even "common people" have died due to Covid vaccination. The latest bullshiat they are shoveling is that Betty White died due to getting a Covid booster -- to the point her publicist had to come out and say this is not true. Betty White's Cause Of Death Revealed, Actress' Rep Scoffs At Claims Her Passing Was Booster-Related https://radaronline.com/p/betty-white-cause-of-death-revealed-no-booster/
Let's see the latest bullshiat being pushed by anti-vax Covid-deniers... Misleading posts claim study shows vaccines increase Omicron infection risk https://sports.yahoo.com/misleading-posts-claim-study-shows-200803692.html A tweet shared tens of thousands of times claims a study found that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines increase the chances of infection with the Omicron variant. But experts said the shots do not increase the risk of infection, and the authors of the Danish study said the claim misinterpreted the data, overlooking key factors including more frequent testing and more potential exposure among the vaccinated, which would account for the higher reported infection rate in that group. "Holy moly. This study shows that after three months the vaccine effectiveness of Pfizer & Moderna against Omicron is actually negative. Pfizer customers are 76.5% more likely and Moderna customers are 39.3% more likely to be infected than unvaxxed people," says a December 23, 2021 tweet from Canadian commentator Ezra Levant. he tweet includes a screenshot of data of the Danish study showing that after 91-150 days, Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against the Omicron variant falls below zero, meaning more vaccinated than unvaccinated participants were infected. Screenshot of a tweet taken on January 4, 2022 Levant's claim was retweeted more than 16,000 times, and was also shared as a screenshot on other social media platforms and in languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian and Japanese. The Omicron variant was first detected in late November 2021 by South African scientists, and appeared in Canada in the last days of that month. Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends vaccines to all eligible Canadians and booster shots six months after initial vaccination, particularly for those over the age of 50 or anyone older than 18 who did not receive a mRNA jab initially. The study referred to in the tweet was submitted by Danish researchers on December 22, 2021 to medRxiv, an online platform for preprints, or preliminary reports on studies. MedRxiv warns that the studies on its site are not peer reviewed and "should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior." The study Levant cites aimed to determine the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna shots against the Omicron variant up to five months after full vaccination. It found "evidence of protection against infection with the Omicron variant," but that effectiveness is "significantly lower than against Delta infection and declines rapidly over just a few months." The authors added that effectiveness "is re-established upon revaccination" and say their "findings highlight the need for massive rollout of vaccinations and booster vaccinations." Screenshot taken on January 4, 2022 of a Danish study Palle Valentiner-Branth, one of the authors of the study and head of the vaccine preventable diseases group at Denmark's Statens Serum Institut, told AFP on December 28, 2021: "Interpretation that our research is evidence of anything but a protective vaccine effect is misrepresentative." Valentiner-Branth offered three explanations for why the vaccine effectiveness estimate in his study could be negative. The first was that in many places including Denmark, vaccinated individuals are tested more frequently than unvaccinated individuals, causing the incidence rate to be higher. The second was that Denmark's quick identification of Omicron cases allowed the Nordic country to detect the first infected individuals, who had traveled abroad and were largely vaccinated. Thirdly, Valentiner-Branth said that the study's estimation of vaccine effectiveness is based on the assumption that vaccinated and unvaccinated people are taking similar precautions against Covid-19. In reality, he said people in Denmark who are unvaccinated may take further precautions and engage in fewer risky activities than those who have received the shots, leading vaccine effectiveness to be underestimated. In Denmark, proof of vaccination is required for bars, cafes, theatres and other large social gatherings, meaning that these potential points of exposure are closed to those who have not been vaccinated. Data from the Danish Health Authority showed that as of January 5, 2022, more than 78 percent had received at least two vaccine doses and more than 50 percent a third or booster dose. Dan Milner, chief medical officer at the American Society for Clinical Pathology, gave similar explanations for the discrepancy in infection rates in the Danish study. "This estimate is likely highly confounded by behavior and restrictions on the the groups," he explained on January 4, 2022. This difference in sample groups means that "the actual measure of effectiveness is not correctly estimated in this data." "The take home point of this is that, after three months, you need a booster," Milner concluded, adding that the study also shows how much protection the vaccines provide for the first three months. Alexandre Naime, head of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Sao Paolo State University in Brazil, dismissed claims that vaccines could increase chances of infection. “There is no vaccine that induces a greater risk (of infection). This is untrue, it is a biological fallacy. Vaccines may not be effective... but it does not mean that they increased the risk," he told AFP. Richard Kennedy, co-director of vaccine research at Mayo Clinic, also rejected the idea of vaccines increasing likelihood of infection. "There is no rational biologic reason for the vaccine to have 55.2 percent (Pfizer) or 36.7 percent (Moderna) effectiveness at day 30 and then 60 days later increase your susceptibility to disease," he said on January 4, referring to the earlier effectiveness rates in the study. "It is more reasonable to assume that the study has some flaw in its design," he added, pointing out that the authors of the study did admit the shortcomings. "Existing data pretty clearly shows that these vaccines are very good at preventing serious illness/hospitalization/death if you are exposed and get infected. They are less effective at preventing infection if you are exposed," he explained. AFP Fact Check has debunked more than 1,200 inaccurate claims related to Covid-19 here.
As expected the unhinged anti-vaxxers are trying to blame the death of Bob Saget on vaccination. Anti-vaxxers are already blaming Bob Saget’s death on the COVID booster shot Much like other celebrities, conspiracy theorists are convinced the COVID booster killed the famous actor. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/bob-saget-death-conspiracies-covid-vaccine/
Let's fact the latest crap being pushed by Covid-deniers... Fact check: False claim that Nuremberg Code prohibits mask mandates The claim: The Nuremberg Code says 'mandating masks on the citizens of a nation' is a war crime https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...oesnt-say-mask-mandates-war-crime/9102077002/ False
that shit reads like the type of sarcasm millenials are too socially retarded to get (I know nothing of Hogan's stance on vaxxes).