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Fact check the fact checkers:
10 myths told by Covid "experts"
Now debunked (with sources added by me)
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Misinformation #1:
Natural immunity offers little protection compared to vaccinated immunity
160 Plus Research Studies Affirm Naturally Acquired Immunity to Covid-19: Documented, Linked, and Quoted
https://brownstone.org/articles/research-studies-affirm-naturally-acquired-immunity/
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Misinformation #2:
Masks prevent COVID transmission
"The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical/surgical masks compared with N95/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection."
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full
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Misinformation #3:
School closures reduce COVID transmission
Sweden:
"Keeping the schools open was conceived of as a necessary response to the pandemic, following a logic of events based on what was constitutionally possible to decide and every child’s right to education, and to keep parents in jobs for the protection of vital societal functions and critical infrastructure."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14749041211041237
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Misinformation #4:
Myocarditis from the vaccine is less common than from the infection
"Associations were stronger in younger men <40 years for all vaccines and after a second dose of mRNA-1273 vaccine, where the risk of myocarditis was higher after vaccination than SARS-CoV-2 infection."
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Misinformation #5:
Young people benefit from a vaccine booster
"Immunocompromised children and young people are at no increased risk of severe COVID-19"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016344532100548X
"Age was the single most determinator of COVID-19 associated mortality, 50 years or older accounted for 98% of total COVID deaths. Age distribution of COVID-19 associated deaths in 2020 was similar to all-cause mortality age distribution in 2019."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17476348.2021.1890035?journalCode=ierx20
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Misinformation #6:
Vaccine mandates increased vaccination rates
"The authors find that indoor vaccine mandates had no significant impact on COVID-19 vaccine uptake, cases, or deaths across all nine cities that implemented the policy."
https://www.mercatus.org/research/working-papers/indoor-vaccine-mandates-and-covid-19
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Misinformation #7:
COVID originating from the Wuhan lab is a conspiracy theory
"Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says
U.S. agency’s revised assessment is based on new intelligence"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-origin-china-lab-leak-807b7b0a
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Misinformation #8:
It was important to get the second vaccine dose three or four weeks after the first dose
"An 8-week interval between the first and second primary series doses of Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines might be optimal for some people ages 6 months–64 years, especially for males ages 12–39 years, as it might reduce the small risk of myocarditis and pericarditis associated with these vaccines."
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html#timing-spacing-interchangeability
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Misinformation #9:
Data on the bivalent vaccine is ‘crystal clear’
–From eight mice.
"Pfizer presented preliminary findings in eight mice given BA.4/BA.5 vaccines as their third dose. Compared with the mice that received the original vaccine as a booster, the animals showed an increased response to all Omicron variants tested: BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5."
https://www.science.org/content/article/omicron-booster-shots-are-coming-lots-questions
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Misinformation #10:
One in five people get long COVID
"The majority of people infected with coronavirus (88% to 97%) don’t experience symptoms beyond the first 12 weeks, and some of those who do will start to feel better over time."
https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/09/16/how-common-is-long-covid-that-depends-on-how-you-measure-it/
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https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/
10 myths told by Covid "experts"
Now debunked (with sources added by me)
------------
Misinformation #1:
Natural immunity offers little protection compared to vaccinated immunity
160 Plus Research Studies Affirm Naturally Acquired Immunity to Covid-19: Documented, Linked, and Quoted
https://brownstone.org/articles/research-studies-affirm-naturally-acquired-immunity/
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Misinformation #2:
Masks prevent COVID transmission
"The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical/surgical masks compared with N95/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection."
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full
------------
Misinformation #3:
School closures reduce COVID transmission
Sweden:
"Keeping the schools open was conceived of as a necessary response to the pandemic, following a logic of events based on what was constitutionally possible to decide and every child’s right to education, and to keep parents in jobs for the protection of vital societal functions and critical infrastructure."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14749041211041237
------------
Misinformation #4:
Myocarditis from the vaccine is less common than from the infection
"Associations were stronger in younger men <40 years for all vaccines and after a second dose of mRNA-1273 vaccine, where the risk of myocarditis was higher after vaccination than SARS-CoV-2 infection."
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Misinformation #5:
Young people benefit from a vaccine booster
"Immunocompromised children and young people are at no increased risk of severe COVID-19"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016344532100548X
"Age was the single most determinator of COVID-19 associated mortality, 50 years or older accounted for 98% of total COVID deaths. Age distribution of COVID-19 associated deaths in 2020 was similar to all-cause mortality age distribution in 2019."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17476348.2021.1890035?journalCode=ierx20
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Misinformation #6:
Vaccine mandates increased vaccination rates
"The authors find that indoor vaccine mandates had no significant impact on COVID-19 vaccine uptake, cases, or deaths across all nine cities that implemented the policy."
https://www.mercatus.org/research/working-papers/indoor-vaccine-mandates-and-covid-19
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Misinformation #7:
COVID originating from the Wuhan lab is a conspiracy theory
"Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says
U.S. agency’s revised assessment is based on new intelligence"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-origin-china-lab-leak-807b7b0a
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Misinformation #8:
It was important to get the second vaccine dose three or four weeks after the first dose
"An 8-week interval between the first and second primary series doses of Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines might be optimal for some people ages 6 months–64 years, especially for males ages 12–39 years, as it might reduce the small risk of myocarditis and pericarditis associated with these vaccines."
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html#timing-spacing-interchangeability
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Misinformation #9:
Data on the bivalent vaccine is ‘crystal clear’
–From eight mice.
"Pfizer presented preliminary findings in eight mice given BA.4/BA.5 vaccines as their third dose. Compared with the mice that received the original vaccine as a booster, the animals showed an increased response to all Omicron variants tested: BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5."
https://www.science.org/content/article/omicron-booster-shots-are-coming-lots-questions
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Misinformation #10:
One in five people get long COVID
"The majority of people infected with coronavirus (88% to 97%) don’t experience symptoms beyond the first 12 weeks, and some of those who do will start to feel better over time."
https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/09/16/how-common-is-long-covid-that-depends-on-how-you-measure-it/
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https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/