Inaccurate
PCR-based COVID-19 tests aren’t cloning devices and don’t modify the human genome
Claim:
“PCR kits have never been about testing for COVID” [...] They’re cloning devices”
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Source: The Stew Peters Network, Ariyana Love, 2022-12-29 -
InaccurateVideo shared by Sebastian Gorka Facebook page shows nurse making false and unsubstantiated claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 PCR tests, and COVID-19 vaccine safety
Claim:
Ivermectin is an effective COVID-19 treatment; COVID-19 PCR tests lead to false positives; COVID-19 vaccines aren’t working
Source: America First With Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Nicole Whitley, 2021-08-13 -
InaccurateEUA withdrawal for CDC COVID-19 PCR test is due to the development of newer tests that help save time and resources, not because the test is faulty
Claim:
COVID-19 PCR test is inaccurate, will no longer be used; COVID-19 PCR test cannot differentiate between flu and COVID-19
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2021-07-24 -
COVID-19 PCR tests are highly sensitive and specific for the virus SARS-CoV-2; the majority of positive results are true positives; there is no evidence that budesonide or HCQ are useful as COVID-19 treatments
Claim:
Models that predicted that COVID-19 would cause 2.2 million deaths in the U.S. were intentionally false; treatments that are 100% effective are being banned for false reasons
Source: American Media Periscope, Clay Clark, Keith Rose, Richard Bartlett, Rob Marsh, 2021-05-21 -
InaccuratePCR tests on vaccinated and unvaccinated people are evaluated using the same criteria; the CDC didn’t change criteria for detecting infection in vaccinated people, as alleged in OffGuardian article
Claim:
The U.S. CDC is “lowering their CT value when testing samples from suspected ‘breakthrough infections’” to decrease the number of officially recorded cases
Source: Zero Hedge, Gateway Pundit, OffGuardian, Kit Knightly, 2021-05-18 -
InaccurateMost positive COVID-19 PCR test results are true positives; WHO information notice didn’t change threshold or criteria for a positive COVID-19 test
Claim:
“WHO Admits High-Cycle PCR Tests Produce COVID False Positives”; the WHO’s new guidance includes lower PCR thresholds
Source: Zero Hedge, Children's Health Defense, David Samadi, Joseph Mercola, 2021-01-21 -
IncorrectClaim that high PCR test sensitivity inflates COVID-19 cases wrongly conflates the issue of contagiousness with the presence of infection
Claim:
“Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared to acknowledge that large numbers of positive COVID-19 cases may arise from oversensitive tests that pick up mere fragments of the virus rather than active, viable infections. If true, many patients may have been receiving false-positive test results”
Source: Just the News, Daniel Payne, 2020-11-08 -
InaccurateA rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths starting in September 2020 contradicts the claim by Michael Yeadon that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”
Claim:
“the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”; “We now know that loads of people had prior immunity [...] I believe we are now firmly at community immunity.”; “Viruses don’t do waves.”
Source: talkRADIO, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Michael Yeadon, 2020-11-05 -
InaccurateThe group World Doctors Alliance spreads misinformation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus, and the reliability of diagnostic tests
Claim:
COVID-19 is a type of flu and is not a pandemic; PCR tests are up to 94% false positive; only 98 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Ireland.
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Doctors For Truth, World Doctors Alliance, 2020-10-15 -
Flawed reasoningMisinterpreted New York Times report leads to false claim that the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is inflated by up to 90%
Claim:
COVID-19 case numbers are inflated due to PCR test sensitivity; “90% of positive COVID-19 tests should be negative”
Source: The Blaze, One America News Network, Liz Wheeler, Steve Deace, 2020-09-02