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January 30, 2021


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Viral Posts Distort WHO Guidance on COVID-19 Tests ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2021
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Dubious websites and viral posts falsely claim that the World Health Organization changed COVID-19 testing protocols for political reasons following Joe Biden’s inauguration and admitted that false-positive cases had been inflating the case count. The WHO’s guidance merely reminded labs to follow instructions provided by each test’s manufacturer.

Hank Aaron’s Death Attributed to Natural Causes ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, January 28th, 2021
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Baseball legend Henry “Hank” Aaron died from natural causes, according to the medical examiner’s office in Fulton County, Georgia. There’s no evidence that his death was a result of being vaccinated against COVID-19 in early January, as multiple posts on social media suggested.

Video Misinterprets Fauci’s Comments on COVID-19 Vaccine ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
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A highly viewed Facebook video distorts a CNN interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci to falsely suggest that a COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S doesn’t “protect you from covid.” The vaccine does protect against COVID-19, which is the disease caused by the coronavirus; Fauci was simply cautioning that it may not prevent someone from contracting the virus.


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Paul Cites Distortion to Argue ‘Two Sides’ in Election Fraud Debate ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
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In calling for a “thorough investigation” into “election fraud,” Republican Sen. Rand Paul distorted the facts about a Wisconsin policy that was introduced by Republicans and put in place before the 2016 general election.

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