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Reviews of articles by: Kyle Becker
CLAIM REVIEWS
Mask-wearing helps to reduce the spread of COVID-19; social media posts misinterpreted Annals of Internal Medicine study on N95 respirators
CLAIM
“‘Gold Standard’ Scientific Trial Deals Massive Blow to N95 and Surgical Masks as Way to ‘Stop Covid’”
SOURCE: Kyle Becker, Becker News
Published: 06 Déc 2022
VERDICT
Findings from researchers in Basel didn’t show an 800-fold increase in myocarditis in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated individuals
CLAIM
“The risk of myocarditis is 800 times higher for vaccinated than unvaccinated young adults, according to a recent Swiss study”
SOURCE: Kyle Becker, Trending Politics
Published: 29 Nov 2022
VERDICT
Contrary to claim in Becker News article, not all cases of infection lead to immunity; falsely claims that most COVID-19 deaths weren’t caused by COVID-19 but by comorbidities
CLAIM
“The CDC Finally Admits a Massive Number of Americans Have ‘Natural Immunity’: 146.6 Million People”; 94% of Covid-related deaths were not caused by Covid-19
SOURCE: Kyle Becker, Becker News
Published: 21 Nov 2021
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