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Another message doing the rounds on social media in 2020 and 2021 was that Covid vaccines would cause infertility. This was sometimes backed up by a quasi-scientific-sounding claim, that the Covid-19 spike protein was similar to a protein found on the placenta, and that antibodies against the spike protein would therefore also attack the placenta, resulting in infertility. There were no grounds for this claim. To think through its implications, if it were true, any woman infected with SARS-CoV-2 would develop antibodies to the spike protein and become infertile. This has not happened. There are also four other coronaviruses that infect humans, circulating mainly in the winter months, each with their own spike protein. There is no evidence that infection with these seasonal coronaviruses results in infertility.
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Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green
Late Thursday night and Friday morning, pro-Trump accounts began circulating videos purporting to show voter fraud in Pennsylvania. The videos, taken from livestreams of ballot counting, showed counters filling out blank ballots. The president’s supporters labelled it voter fraud, but what was happening is much more mundane: fixing damaged ballots.
Election Rumors: Fact Checking the 2020 Election
buzzfeednews.com
Versteht mich nicht falsch: Es ist toll, wenn wir wissenschaftliche Erklärvideos machen, Impfstatistiken verständlich präsentieren und das US-Wahlsystem fundiert analysieren. Aber all das ist wertlos, wenn die Grundlektionen aus dem Trotzphasenalter nicht gelernt wurden.
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