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Are the lockdown methods implemented for COVID-19 unprecedented? [closed]

The The Great Barrington Declaration and it's FAQ make several claims that fly in the face of our approach to this pandemic. The declaration, when read in it's entirety, states lockdowns are not a part...

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Was Dr. Birx personally responsible for the decision to change the COVID-19...

An opinion piece about Dr. Birx published on CNN says:Unfortunately, in my view, she truly has made a real hash out of the entire effort, with a series of poor decisions -- changing hospital data...

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Did Oxford University pledge to make its vaccine open license?

There are numerous news stories circulating that claim that before signing an exclusive deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccine, they had previously pledged to donate the license...

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Is Lyme disease a global pandemic?

Avril Lavigne posted a video on Facebook featuring some celebrities talking about Lyme Disease. At the 0:13 mark, American singer/song-writer, Bebe Rexha, claims:Lyme disease is a global pandemic, but...

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Were many vaccine-preventable diseases almost gone before vaccines were...

The movie Silent Epidemic: The Untold Story of Vaccines presents arguments against vaccination.One of the arguments is that the alleged benefits of vaccines are actually due to modern health and...

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Is soybean oil the most hazardous oil? [closed]

The 2 minute video by Dr Berg states that soya oil is the most hazardous oil and most hazardous soya product.Does this also apy to raw soya oil in canned...

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Do facemasks cause CO2 poisoning?

I came across this video on BitChute purporting to test the CO2 levels of what appears to be a KN95 (a Non-NIOSH Approved Respirator) whilst the mask is in use.The video shows a device displaying CO2...

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Did NIH ask the EcoHealth Alliance to provide information about the “apparent...

In a long story in Vanity Fair that has some interesting twists it's claimed at one point thatAt a White House COVID-19 press briefing on April 17, 2020, a reporter from the conspiratorial right-wing...

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Are these claims about Japan’s health system true?

The series of claims in the image below has been getting shared around Facebook and are posted from the "Illuminati Exposed" page. The claims are in the image but I've listed them here100% of Japanese...

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Do we unknowingly eat 5 grams of plastic per week?

I just saw a DW (Deutsche Welle the German public state own international broadcaster) short documentary on You-Tube named "How to avoid micro plastic in your food" and is about how much plastic we are...

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Is COVID-vaccine-caused myocarditis milder than myocarditis in general?

Dr. Robert Malone is an American immunologist and virologist who has made controversial claims about the COVID-19 vaccines.He was interviewed on the Joe Rogan podcast, in an interview that was...

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Do hand dryers in public bathrooms spread bacteria?

A hand drier is a warm and humid environment that is surrounded by bacteria from all the bathroom users. It is claimed that this is one of the main causes for spreading bacteria/microbes (NCBI ref)Is...

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Does the Swiss law say that international health law supercedes national law?

In this video, starting at about 28:40, Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger saysEven the constitution of Switzerland there is a little line they have added without asking us, which says that international law...

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Has there been a 1101% increase in excess deaths among children aged 0-14...

According to the blogger Peter Sweden:If we take a look at the excess deaths among children aged 0-14 across Europe, there has been a HORRIFYING 1101% increase in excess deaths so far this year...

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Does playing slower music in gyms reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections?

I read (mirror 1, mirror 2) that South Korean authorites have introduced some rules to enforce slower (in terms of BPM) music in gyms to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections:Music with more than 120...

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Do 1 in 4 of us experience mental health problems each year?

I have seen this quote before but today I received an internal company email with this quote.The ratio is also cited on page 7 of this 2014 report by Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London:In any given...

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Is gonorrhea "on the brink of becoming untreatable"?

In this article of the Financial Times about a "sexual health crisis" in the US, the following claim is made:The study showed doxycycline was less effective for preventing gonorrhoea, which is on the...

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Has PrEP caused a decrease in condom use amongst men who have sex with men?

In this article of the Financial Times, the existence of a sexual health crisis is reported. Here is a statement from the article:But others say condom use has fallen sharply among high-risk groups,...

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Is the number of syphilis cases in the US the highest in 70 years?

In this article of the Financial Times about a "sexual health crisis" in the US, the following claim is made:The number of syphilis cases in the US jumped more than a quarterlast year to 171,000, the...

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Did Henry Kissinger say this about forced vaccinations?

I found a quote online in the form of a photo from what looks like some newspaper:The photo contains an alleged quote from Henry Kissinger's speech to the WHO Council on Eugenics on February 25, 2009,...

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Are fat people who intentionally lose weight at a greater risk of dying from...

The Health at Any Size movement, which promotes "body positivity" and de-emphasizes body weight and obesity (among other things), claims that intentionally losing weight increases risk of dying,...

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Is COVID-19 no longer a public health emergency of international concern?

The WHO declares:that COVID-19 is now an established and ongoing health issue which no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).Is it true that COVID-19 no longer...

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Is social media bad for the mental health of youth?

Multiple sources have blamed on social media for having (or potentially having) negative impact on mental state of young people. To name few:NPR writesSEATTLE — The public school district in Seattle...

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Does staying indoors protect you from wildfire smoke?

I’m in New York right now and I’m seeing a lot of news / government warnings to stay indoors due to the wildfire smoke.For example: Stay indoors, mask up: Staying safe as ‘hazardous' smoke levels choke...

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Did a series of PSAs about surveillance culture lead to schools in New Mexico...

I was reading up on Godfrey Reggio’s film, Koyaanisqatsi (1982) when I came across this claim on Wikipedia regarding some PSAs (public service announcements) he made for the ACLU in New Mexico in the...

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Did France ban wifi in schools and daycares in 2015 because of health concerns?

A variety of websites (along with many claims on social media sites like Instagram) claim a law that went into effect in January 2015 bans wifi in schools and nurseries for health reasons.One links to...

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Does Lincoln County, Oregon require only white people to wear masks?

According to the New York Post:Oregon county issues face mask order that exempts non-white peopleLincoln County, Oregon, has exempted non-white people from a new order requiring that face coverings be...

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Does weight loss from Ozempic come mainly from muscle and connectivity tissue...

A recent "The Joe Rogan Experience" episode with Bill Maher as the guest discussed weight loss drugs, especially type-2 diabetes GLP-1 agonists. The following interchange took place (J is Joe Rogan, M...

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Has the time available to escape a house fire decreased significantly due to...

The Facebook page QI - Quite Interesting has approximately 390 thousand followers. It posted a claim in December 2022 about the time available to escape a house on fire.It claims a dramatic decrease...

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Are there artificially created viruses that are both deadly like Ebola and...

A popular YouTube personality, Dr. John Campbell, a retired nurse teacher, makes a claim in a May 4th video around the 4m27s mark:Now let's be quite clear. No-one is saying [SARS-CoV-2] is a...

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