Reviews of articles from: CNBC

ARTICLE REVIEWS

People who do not show symptoms can contribute to significant COVID-19 transmission, contrary to CNBC report

in CNBC, by William Feuer, Noah Higgins-Dunn

there is already “abundant data” showing that people who are not showing symptoms—which could include asymptomatic, presymptomatic, and paucisymptomatic individuals—comprise about 40 to 50% of COVID-19 cases

— 10 Jun 2020


CLAIM REVIEWS

Energy Secretary Rick Perry incorrectly claims CO2 is not primary cause of climate change

CLAIM
Most likely the primary control knob [on climate change] is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.

SOURCE: Rick Perry, CNBC

Published: 20 Jun 2017

VERDICT

Science shows that humans are primarily responsible for climate change, counter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s claim

CLAIM
I would not agree that [carbon dioxide is] a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.

SOURCE: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, CNBC

Published: 10 Mar 2017

VERDICT