Update on flyer project:
I am still working on myth-fact sets for the flyer.
Here are a couple of new ones:
8. Myth: Covid spelled backwards means “Satan” in Hebrew.
Fact: There is no such actual word as “divoc.” It is merely a derivation from the Hebrew “dybbuk,” meaning malevolent spirit.
https://www.definitions.net/definition/divoc
9. Myth: For every one person killed by the Covid-19 epidemic, the Spanish Flu epidemic killed 100 people.
Fact: Covid-19 has killed about 600 people per million, whereas the Spanish Flu killed 20K per million. Therefore, the Spanish Flu did not even kill 35x the number of people killed by Covid-19, let alone 100x.
https://ourworldindata.org/
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-deadliest-pandemics-by-population-impact/
10. Myth: Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers were granted special immunity from being sued for any adverse effects associated with the vaccine.
Fact: Vaccine manufacturers have had immunity from being sued for adverse effects since 2005.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/covid-vaccine-side-effects-compensation-lawsuit.html
11. Myth: The Covid-19 vaccines have resulted in dozens of new billionaires being created.
Fact: The number of people who joined the ranks of billionaires because of their investment in the vaccines is only about 10.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/covid-vaccines-create-9-new-billionaires-combined-wealth-greater-cost-vaccinating
Again, I welcome contributions. I am struggling to articulate sets having to do with the nature of MRNA vaccine technology and its inherent problems, the amount of money hospitals get for Covid deaths and hospitalizations, and the issues with PCR testing.
The main aim of this flyer is to get people to grapple with facts and statistics they may not have thought about or come across before.
The header on the flyer of “Myths the Right believes about Covid and facts to refute them” is designed to work as a hook to get them to read.
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For reference and reminder, here are the first ones:
1. Myth: Almost 100% of those who died of Covid were elderly.
Fact: Only 78% of people who died of Covid were over 65.
https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex-and-Age/9bhg-hcku
2. Myth: Doctors have been charged with war crimes for their role in Covid.
Fact: One doctor in India is being sued for misleading the public on Covid treatment, a crime punishable by death in that country.
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2021/06/india-could-sentence-who-chief-scientist-to-death-for-misleading-over-ivermectin-and-killing-indians.html
3. Myth: Ivermectin is being used all over the world to treat Covid.
Fact: Ivermectin is only being used in a little over a third of the world’s countries.
https://ivmstatus.com/
4. Myth: The vast majority of hospitalizations for Covid were among obese people.
Fact: Only just under half the hospitalizations for Covid were among obese people.
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/hypertension-obesity-are-most-common-underlying-conditions-of-coronavirus-patients-requiring-hospitalization-cdc-study.html
5. Myth: Very few Covid cases result in hospitalization.
Fact: As many as 5% of all people who test positive for Covid end up hospitalized for Covid or were already hospitalized at the time of testing.
https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/dashboards/current-trends
6. Myth: Very few people hospitalized for Covid are actually hospitalized just for Covid.
Fact: About half of the people hospitalized for Covid were hospitalized due to a severe case of Covid versus being hospitalized for another condition and incidentally testing positive for Covid.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/09/covid-hospitalization-numbers-can-be-misleading/620062/
7. Myth: The VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event System) demonstrates that there have been four times as many deaths reportedly due to the Covid vaccines compared to deaths for all other vaccines combined.
Fact: The number of deaths reported on VAERS due to the Covid vaccines is 15,000 compared to 9,000 for all other vaccines combined, thus not even quite twice as high.
https://vaersanalysis.info/2021/09/17/vaers-summary-for-covid-19-vaccines-through-9-10-2021/
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Well, I have spent more time on the computer than intended and must attend to life stuff now.
ThankQ for keeping us fact-based.
Who was President in 2005? A setup for future actions, or just a misguided piece of law meant to resolve another issue.
Cheshire: Thanks for fact checking these things!
The header on the flyer of “Myths the Right believes about Covid and facts to refute them” is designed to work as a hook to get them to read.
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