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Does the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (or any known vaccine) increase infection rates?
The preprint Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccination Against Risk of Symptomatic Infection, Hospitalization, and Death Up to 9 Months: A Swedish Total-Population Cohort Study by Nordström, Ballin and Nordström suggests that not only does the…
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Does Norway spend $29,726 on child care per toddler annually?
I would like to verify the following chart (e.g. take Norway) in a New York Times article:
(Note that multiple references in the article appear to define a toddler as being 0-2 years of age. They say "Denmark, for example, spends $23,140 annually…
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Does Havana Syndrome exist?
The US House of Representatives recently passed a bill to help diplomats and officials that have been impacted by 'Havana Syndrome'. This legislation has already passed the Senate, and since signed into law by Biden.
According to The NY…
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Did Donald Trump move donated money to his business accounts?
According to The Independent,
Donald Trump moved more than $200,000 donated to his Make America Great Again PAC into his own private business accounts, according to an analysis of his federal filings.
The money was moved in February, a month after…
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Does the production of a home PV solar panel provide a net benefit to the environment?
Considering everything that goes into producing a single PV solar panel; from obtaining the necessary materials, transportation etc. is there a net benefit to the environment over the lifetime of the panel?
A net benefit would be one in which less…
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Is the religious population declining?
Different groups argue that the numbers of religious people are either shrinking or growing, often depending on which group they are from.
One example of the shrinking religious viewpoint is the intro to this video talk by Dan Dennett…
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Was there a "dump" of votes in Michigan where 138,339 votes were added for Biden and 0 for Trump and does this indicate potential fraud?
A Twitter meme circulating says that, at some point last night, a huge "dump" of votes were counted which were exclusively for Biden, with none for Trump.
I was ready to dismiss this as a crackpot conspiracy, but it has been covered by…
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Did France kill millions of Muslims?
Refer to a blog post by Malaysia's ex Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammad:
Macron is not showing that he is civilised. He is very primitive in blaming the religion of Islam and Muslims for the killing of the
insulting school teacher. It is not in…
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Was Eddie Van Halen's tongue cancer caused by metal guitar picks?
Eddie Van Halen was diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2000. He attributed the cancer to his habit of holding metal guitar picks, made from brass and copper, in his mouth. He was declared cancer-free in 2002 but then was later diagnosed with throat…
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To what degree do facemasks protect against COVID-19?
I've seen this picture multiple times on social media. Every time I see it, it has numbers that vary wildly, and usually with no source.
Examples:
Advert for facemasks
Twitter comments
Actors Facebook Walls
With the following infographic, what…
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Does a surgical mask help prevent catching COVID-19?
According to the Mayo clinic:
"The current recommendations regarding masks are that if you yourself are sick with fever and cough, you can wear a surgical mask to prevent transmission to other people. If you are healthy, there is not thought to be…
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Did Alexander Graham Bell write "the unchecked burning of fossil fuels would have a sort of greenhouse effect" in 1917?
Quoting from a clearly low-quality journal:
In 1917 Alexander Graham Bell wrote. The unchecked burning of fossil fuels] would have a sort of greenhouse effect", and "The net result is the greenhouse becomes a sort of hot-house." Bell went on to …
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Was Greta Thunberg unable to find a seat on an overcrowded train?
Greta Thunberg tweeted an photo of her sitting on the floor of a train, surrounded by baggage, with the text:
Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. And I’m finally on my way home!
According to the NY Post:
A German railway company has…
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Has Boris Johnson ever referred to any of his opponents as "traitors"?
Yesterday Paula Sherriff said (quote from Hansard, emphasis mine):
We stand here, Mr Speaker, under the shield of our departed friend. Many of us in this place are subject to death threats and abuse every single day. Let me tell the Prime Minister…
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Does science define life as "beginning at conception"?
The following link makes such a claim
https://www.princeton.edu/~prolife/articles/embryoquotes2.html
The following references illustrate the fact that a new human embryo, the starting point for a human life, comes into existence with the formation…
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