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Offline Kamaji

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10 myths told by COVID experts — and now debunked
« on: February 28, 2023, 01:35:30 pm »
10 myths told by COVID experts — and now debunked

By Marty Makary
February 27, 2023

In the past few weeks, a series of analyses published by highly respected researchers have exposed a truth about public health officials during COVID:

Much of the time, they were wrong.

To be clear, public health officials were not wrong for making recommendations based on what was known at the time. That’s understandable. You go with the data you have.
No, they were wrong because they refused to change their directives in the face of new evidence. When a study did not support their policies, they dismissed them and censored opposing opinions.

At the same time, the Center for Disease Control weaponized research itself but putting out its own flawed studies in its own non-peer-reviewed medical journal, MMWR.

In the final analysis, public health officials actively propagated misinformation that ruined lives and forever damaged public trust in the medical profession. Here are 10 ways they misled Americans:

Misinformation #1: Natural Immunity offers little protection compared to Vaccinated Immunity

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Misinformation #2: Masks prevent COVID transmission

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Misinformation #3: School closures reduce COVID transmission

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Misinformation #4: Myocarditis from the vaccine is less common than from the infection

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Misinformation #5: Young people benefit from a vaccine booster

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Misinformation #6: Vaccine mandates increased vaccination rates

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Misinformation #7: Covid originating from the Wuhan Lab is a conspiracy theory

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/

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Re: 10 myths told by COVID experts — and now debunked
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2023, 10:43:33 pm »
Misinformation #8: It was important to get the second vaccine dose three or four weeks after the first dose

Misinformation #9: Data on the bivalent vaccine is ‘crystal clear’

Misinformation #10: One in five people get long COVID

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Re: 10 myths told by COVID experts — and now debunked
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2023, 02:51:10 am »
Why is all this coming out now? All of this was probably known for at least a year, but why put all of this “Oh damn we were wrong” stuff out now?
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Re: 10 myths told by COVID experts — and now debunked
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2023, 03:38:31 am »
Why is all this coming out now? All of this was probably known for at least a year, but why put all of this “Oh damn we were wrong” stuff out now?
Apparently they think the people whose kids are reading two grade levels lower than they should be, who lost their businesses/homes/ loved ones to this nonsense have forgotten all about it and are busy watching the sky for balloons.

I think they underestimate the depth of the damage they have done to folks, and the enmity and distrust they have won themselves.
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Re: 10 myths told by COVID experts — and now debunked
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2023, 02:14:23 pm »
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