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  1. Sep 2022
    1. Non–COVID-19 deaths were those that did not occur within 30 days of an incident COVID-19 diagnosis or receipt of a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) via reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction or rapid test.

      This definition is absurd! Why? Because the CDC tells doctors not* to use the PCR test in people who have recently tested PCR-positive already. So a patient who is Covid test positive not tested again except with non-PCR tests and dies 31 days later of ARDS is considered a non-Covid death. That’s absurd. 

  2. Aug 2022
    1. Rats with 12-h access to HFCS gained significantly more body weight than animals given equal access to 10% sucrose

      False. They found the opposite in female rats: Female "[r]ats with 12-h access to HFCS gained" 10 FEWER grams of "body weight than animals given equal access to 10% sucrose." Table 1 shows female rats with 7 months of 12-h HFCS + 12-h chow access averaging LESS body weight (323 g) than those with the matching control group on 12-h sucrose + 12-h chow access (333 g). The former also had LESS body FAT than the latter (Figure 4). And they had the SAME TG levels (mg/dL:128 in both cases.) The highlighted conclusion is both untrue, and the most widely reported conclusion found in mass media news coverage of the research. I've shown the conclusion is directly contradicted by the researchers' results displayed in the article. If it's false for female rats and true for male rats, then it's false for rats in general; that's basic logic. No reasoning (e.g. that which follows about calories) can make the statement true.

  3. Aug 2021
    1. 200 mg HCQ per day (except for the first day, 400 mg)

      False. Paper says "hydroxychloroquine (400 mg every 12 hours for one day followed by 200 mg every 12 hours". It's reported Chowdhury was also 200mg BID after day 1.<br> Resulted in confusion and subsequent clarification. Then Lebon adds to the confusion in June 2021 by not mentioning the drug being asked about. Something rather strange about 15 comments being withheld, given the ones that weren't.