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The fact check was correct in this instance though? https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/11/fact-check-british-medical-journal-did-not-reveal-disqualifying-
by nojito 5y ago
The fact check was correct in this instance though?
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/11/fact-check-british-medical-journal-did-not-reveal-disqualifying-and-ignored-reports-of-flaws-in-pfizer-vaccine-trial.html https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/11/fact-check-britis...
The conclusions in the original BMJ article make zero sense when actually scrutinized.
https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635 https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635
- SpicyLemonZest 5y agoThe original BMJ article doesn't draw any conclusions that I can see. It certainly doesn't suggest the Pfizer vaccine is unsafe or ineffective, as the "fact check" heavily implies.
- nojito 5y agoIt almost certainly does. They even block out a box of their conclusions in grey to draw the reader eyes. Additionally, the fact they never reached out to the companies at all is telling enough of their agenda.
- colinmhayes 5y agoPeople on Facebook aren't actually reading the journal. They're looking at the title and saying "see, the vaccine was unsafe all along." The fact checkers said "Missing context ... Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead people" which is absolutely true.
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- sceutre 5y agoThis one is a more in-depth rebuttal to the article and indeed BMJ itself; I found it compelling. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/what-the-heck-happened-to-the-bmj/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/what-the-heck-happened-to-t... It argues that the article was disingenuous to the point of being propaganda.