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> Fact check: Coca-Cola does not cause a positive COVID-19 test I find it very difficult to agree with that headline. We have lots of proof that putting coke o
by dahfizz 5y ago
> Fact check: Coca-Cola does not cause a positive COVID-19 test
I find it very difficult to agree with that headline. We have lots of proof that putting coke on a covid test makes the test positive. Coca Cola unequivocally causes a positive result.
That's like saying " X vulnerability in our software doesn't actually exist, because if any would-be hackers just followed the rules then they wouldn't be able to exploit the vuln".
- RandallBrown 5y ago"Coca-Cola causes positive COVID-19 test" would be a headline that to many would imply that simply drinking a coke is enough to cause you to get a positive test. I don't think that's what's happening.
- guywhocodes 5y agoIt's almost like a world wide professional word-smith company should be capable of constructing an accurate and true headline. Otherwise why are you considering any of their other texts worth reading?
- dahfizz 5y agoIt is quite a disappointment for a "fact checker" to play fast and loose with the facts in order to optimize the headline. There are plenty of factually correct headlines they could have chosen: "Putting cola on a covid test causes a false positive" "Improper use of covid test causes positive result" etc. You would hope that professional journalists would be capable of writing a clear and correct headline.
- 908B64B197 5y agoThey should buy a bag of tests and some soft drinks from their company and their competitors and just publish a page where they show that: Some soft drinks might break some tests making the results worthless. It's not a positive result (that implies the person has covid) it's that it damages the test. Like shorting the circuit of an electronic pregnancy test...
- guywhocodes 5y agoReuters fact checking seems to be particularly bad lately tbh