copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents (Social media posts, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-13)
Evidence (2021-06-17): The pandemic did not slow the historic shift of geopolitical and economic power from the Atlantic to the Pacific that is underway, and where new and established powers, as well as non-state actors continue to seek to recast the international system to their benefit. In this context, some states – [REDACTED] – have sought to seize upon the crisis to project power and curry influence in an increasingly multi-nodal international order, with varying success. Others have used the disruption as a means to exert domestic control and suppress dissent, or continue their proxy wars with regional rivals [REDACTED]. In some places where trust between citizens and government was already weak, perceived government inadequacy in managing the pandemic has led to a resurgence of social unrest and demands for good governance, justice, and greater social inclusion that began in the summer and fall of 2019. [...] - Some states are increasingly disregarding the principles and institutions they find inconvenient domestically, notably those related to human rights, rule of law and good governance. This trend has deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic as some countries use excessive force and violate fundamental rights and freedoms, including the suppression of human rights defenders, with the argument that such actions are part of efforts to limit transmission of the disease. [...] As countries have had to deploy massive fiscal measures to contain the economic fallout from the pandemic, global debt is rapidly increasing to what has the potential to be a crisis point.
Claim: Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents (Social media posts, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-13)
Evidence (2022-01-11): Somalia, Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
Claim: Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents (Social media posts, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-13)
Evidence (2024-09-30): I voted "Yes" on H.R. 1425, the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act. This bill would explicitly require any new pandemic preparedness treaty to be submitted to the Senate for ratification, such as the current WHO Treaty that is being negotiated by the Biden administration. This would prevent the Biden administration from skirting around the Senate by arbitrarily declaring this new treaty to be an "executive agreement", which does not require Senate ratification. I strongly supported this bill’s passage through the House of Representatives and urge my Senate colleagues to pass this critical legislation. This bill passed by a vote of 219-199.
Claim: Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents (Social media posts, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-13)
Evidence (2024-10-07): We, the undersigned Embassies of the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden to the Russian Federation, celebrate Pride Month by upholding the human rights of each individual as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Those rights apply to members … [...] MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON JANUARY 9, 2024 The following is a statement from the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, … [...] Moscow, June 27, 2020 We, the undersigned Ambassadors and Chargés d’Affaires of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, affirm the inherent dignity of each individual as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and call upon the government of the Russian Federation to adhere to its stated commitment to …
Claim: Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents (Social media posts, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-13)
Evidence (2024-06-18): Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) are in the process of negotiating a new international ‘pandemic agreement’ (also referred to as a ‘pandemic accord’ or ‘pandemic treaty’). Since 2021, member states have held a series of meetings to draft this new agreement. Earlier this year it was expected the process would culminate with a vote on a final text at this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2024 but due to a lack of consensus on a number of articles, member states chose to extend the timeline for negotiations until next year, with an expectation that a final vote on any agreement would take place at the May 2025 WHA (potentially earlier if agreement is reached before then).
Claim: Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents (Social media posts, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-13)
Evidence (2022-05-25): Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, also asked their followers on Twitter to try to stop the treaty. A petition to stop the WHO’s pandemic treaty, which had over 80,000 signatures on May 24, claims the treaty "looks set to be one of the biggest power-grabs in living memory, with unelected globalists seeking the power to declare pandemics, and then control your country’s response." [...] It’s important to note that the amendments to the IHR proposed by the U.S. and the pandemic treaty are different things. Both are being discussed during this month’s session of the World Health Assembly. But as we explained, the IHR are an established set of rules that govern global public health emergencies. The pandemic treaty is a new global initiative to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response that won’t be ready until 2024. [...] Global leaders unite in urgent call for international pandemic treaty. News release. 30 Mar 2021.
Claim: Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents (Social media posts, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-13)
Evidence (2023-12-07): Treaties and International Agreements [...] Arrest Procedures and Treatment of Detainees [...] Police also arrested citizens for speaking out against government corruption associated with public resources meant for the government’s COVID-19 response.
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2020-08-27): Scientific evidence indicates that about half of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs before infected individuals experience any symptoms of COVID-19. Studies show that asymptomatic carriers, who are people that never develop symptoms of COVID-19, carry as much of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as symptomatic patients and can spread the virus if they do not take adequate measures, such as wearing masks or maintaining physical distance from others.
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2022-05-21): Meanwhile, the CDC propagates delusional thinking that community levels are very low (as my friend Peter Hotez called the "field of greens") while the real and important data convey that transmission is very high throughout most of the country. Not only does this further beget cases by instilling false confidence, but it is conveniently feeding the myth that the pandemic is over — precisely what everyone wants to believe.
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2021-12-07): "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist."
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2018-09-13): Share this Story : The greatest trick Apple ever pulled was convincing the world the movies you bought don't exist [...] The greatest trick Apple ever pulled was convincing the world the movies you bought don't exist [...] The greatest trick Apple ever pulled was convincing the world the movies you bought don't existBack to video
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2017-06-06): In 1862, the French poet Charles Baudelaire wrote that "The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist." The quote was paraphrased –somewhat more famously, perhaps — in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects, as "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist."
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2021-12-13): "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he was evil."
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2022-08-21): The Devil’s Biggest Political Trick: Convincing the World Evil Doesn’t Exist There’s a quote, "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist." Like many well loved sayings, it’s attributed to a number of different people.
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2024-04-02): The Greatest Trick Jared Leto Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World He Was Hosting Wheel Of Fortune [...] Another April Fools’ Day has come and gone and, as expected, it was filled with more than a few unusual occurrences or announcements. If you’re in the news space, you’re likely to come across headlines that seem fishy and, in most cases, that’s because they’re not true. What I’m about to tell you, however, is definitely not a lie or a prank of any kind. Actor Jared Leto got in on the festivities and did so in a big way – by popping up on Wheel of Fortune. When I think about it, the greatest trick Leto ever pulled may now be convincing viewers and audience members that he was hosting the show. (Sorry, but I couldn’t resist the Usual Suspects reference with that line.)
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2024-08-24): "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist"—Charles Baudelaire "The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is the good guy"—Ken Ammi"
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2022-09-14): In January last year the CDC and the WHO adopted a sort of fraudulent bedside manner: ‘Don’t fret about Covid, there’s no evidence of human-to-human transmission.’ Remember that? At the time, Dr Dean wasn’t so sure. She watched the YouTube videos of Chinese authorities welding apartment doors shut to keep residents indoors, and thought: ‘This is real.’ [...] At the same sort of time, Charity Dean was acting on her intuition and wrote a battle plan for California that included measures such as social distancing. But her boss, former CDC employee Sonia Angell, responded by simply excluding her from meetings. She told Dr Dean not to use the word ‘pandemic’: ‘You’re scaring people.’ ‘Shit, they should be scared,’ said Dr Dean. She noticed, says Lewis, when the CDC made a curious pivot, from downplaying the virus to behaving as if it could never have been contained. Later, Dr Dean told Lewis: ‘The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world containment wasn’t possible.’
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Showing 1-30 of 59 "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist." [...] ― The Defence ― The Defence "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist."—from the motion picture screenplay The Usual Suspects, by Christopher McQuarrie"
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2024-10-01): ― Moneyball ― Moneyball "The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world containment wasn’t possible," she said. "Our dignity was lost in not even trying to contain it."
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2020-10-15): The CDC had gone from being the world’s finest disease SWAT team to batting back claims from the administration that it was doing a lousy job. [...] But McGowan and the CDC were often on the losing side. One of their prime tormentors was Michael Caputo, a political fixer handpicked by Trump himself to oversee communications at HHS. A proud protégé of convicted dirty trickster Roger Stone, Caputo had served as an adviser for Russian politicians, worked for Trump’s campaign and promoted conspiracy theories. Soon after arriving at HHS in April, Caputo began riding herd over CDC communications seen as conflicting with Trump’s political message. He made it clear that anyone who dared talk to a journalist without approval could be fired. [...] In August, the CDC stunned infectious disease doctors everywhere when it recommended that people who had close contact with a COVID patient didn’t necessarily need testing if they didn’t have symptoms. Even Butler, one of the highest ranking scientists at the agency, began signing his emails to state and local health departments, "Keep testing, Jay."
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2013-01-04): - About 4 in 5 people who are infected will not show any symptoms at all.
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2020-12-11): For example, CDC’s November update to its screening guidance removed the symptoms fever, chills, and cough; but did not do so consistently throughout the document and those symptoms were later reinserted, potentially creating confusion.
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2017-10-30): The Sacklers have always excelled at the confidence game of marketing, and it struck me that the greatest trick they ever pulled was to write the family out of the history of the family business. I was reminded of Arthur Sackler’s admonition that you should endeavor to leave the world a better place than it was when you came into it, and I wondered about the moral arithmetic of the Sacklers’ deeds. But the family, through a Purdue representative, declined to comment.
Claim: “The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms” (Facebook users, 2020-08-27)
Evidence (2021-01-04): Redfield is convinced that, had C.D.C. specialists visited China in early January, they would have learned exactly what the world was facing. The new pathogen was a coronavirus, and as such it was thought to be only modestly contagious, like its cousin the SARS virus. This assumption was wrong. The virus in Wuhan turned out to be far more infectious, and it spread largely by asymptomatic transmission. "That whole idea that you were going to diagnose cases based on symptoms, isolate them, and contact-trace around them was not going to work," Redfield told me recently. "You’re going to be missing fifty per cent of the cases. We didn’t appreciate that until late February." The first mistake had been made, and the second was soon to happen.
Claim: 5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells (Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-29)
Evidence (2020-07-29): The proposed mechanism of action described in the claim that 5G millimeter waves can generate SARS-CoV-2 in human cells violates fundamental principles of biology. Scientific evidence does not support a causal relationship between 5G and COVID-19. Many of the regions with the highest COVID-19 infection rates, such as Brazil, do not have 5G coverage, providing further evidence that 5G is not associated with the pandemic.
Claim: 5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells (Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-29)
Evidence (2020-08-04): We have been asked by our readers to look into a scientific paper, titled "5G Technology and the induction of coronavirus in cells". The paper makes a number of claims about 5G and the human body. Since we started writing about it, the journal that published it removed it from their website, but you can read an archived version here. There is no evidence that 5G is linked to coronavirus and this paper does not prove this. Despite this, people who have previously shared similar conspiracy theories have been sharing the paper, claiming that it proves 5G is linked to coronavirus. [...] "In this research, we show that 5G millimeter waves could be absorbed by dermatologic cells acting like antennas, transferred to other cells and play the main role in producing Coronaviruses in biological cells."
Claim: 5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells (Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-29)
Evidence (2024-07-27): One paper, titled "5G Technology and induction of coronavirus in skin cells," was retracted in late July after it received widespread criticism from scientists on social media for being shoddy pseudoscience. The diagrams featured clipart, and one showed two vertical arrows labeled "Tower" casting what the authors label as "Milimeter waves [sic]" and "Radio waves" onto a cell. An arrow exits from the cell and points at a drawing of a virus, which has been labeled "COVID-19." [...] On Lotti’s Instagram account, however, the dermatologist has spread coronavirus conspiracy theories and posted a screenshot of the 5G coronavirus paper with the caption "data & hypotheses." Lotti did not respond to specific questions about these posts. [...] In a response to follow-up questions, Sepehri doubled down on the disproven claim that 5G technology is harmful to humans, adding that such (nonexistent) damage could cause the spontaneous creation of a virus.
Claim: 5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells (Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-29)
Evidence (2021-09-29): Evidence for a connection between coronavirus disease-19 and exposure to radiofrequency radiation from wireless communications including 5G - PMID: 34778597 - PMCID: PMC8580522 Evidence for a connection between coronavirus disease-19 and exposure to radiofrequency radiation from wireless communications including 5G Background and aim: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) public health policy has focused on the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus and its effects on human health while environmental factors have been largely ignored. In considering the epidemiological triad (agent-host-environment) applicable to all disease, we investigated a possible environmental factor in the COVID-19 pandemic: ambient radiofrequency radiation from wireless communication systems including microwaves and millimeter waves. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, surfaced in Wuhan, China shortly after the implementation of city-wide (fifth generation [5G] of wireless communications radiation [WCR]), and rapidly spread globally, initially demonstrating a statistical correlation to international communities with recently established 5G networks. In this study, we examined the peer-reviewed scientific literature on the detrimental bioeffects of WCR and identified several mechanisms by which WCR may have contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic as a toxic environmental cofactor.
Claim: 5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells (Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-29)
Evidence (2021-04-19): The doubt about 5G is induced by fake theories and hoaxes that are not based on any scientific evidence. Also, the misconception of 5G operational principles and the open questions, always associated with new technologies, can drive the population to overly perceive the health risks from 5G exposure. One of these fake theories attribute coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread to the EMF exposure from 5G. The massive number of hoaxes trigger the World Health Organization (WHO) to use the expression "infodemic" to describe the vast amount of misinformation regarding Covid19, which can have severe impacts on the community (WHO, 2020a). For example, several sabotage actions have been committed toward 5G towers in some countries (BBC, 2020; Liverpoolecho, 2020). In the next section, we investigate some arguments that drive the fair from 5G networks. [...] Dailystar (2020). Coronavirus: Activists in bizarre claim 5G could be acting as "accelerator" for disease. Available at: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/coronavirus-fears-5g-wifi-networks-21728189 (Accessed November 29, 2020). [...] Temperton, J. (2020). The rise and spread of a 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory. Available at: https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-and-spread-of-a-5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory/ (Accessed November 08, 2020).
Claim: 5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells (Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-29)
Evidence (2020-03-28): False and misleading social media posts about 5G and coronavirus are similar to a Russian propaganda campaign that’s aimed at delegitimizing the technology’s implementation in the U.S. [...] In a March 30 Instagram post, which has more than 146,000 likes, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoted a conspiracy theory about 5G and the coronavirus. Kennedy, the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, is among the biggest sources of anti-vaccine advertisements on Facebook. [...] While some experts have said there could be adverse health effects associated with 5G, other reports say the fears are overblown. Misinformation about 5G and the coronavirus can be traced to a Russian propaganda campaign that seeks to delegitimize the implementation of 5G.
Claim: 5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells (Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-29)
Evidence (2020-07-27): The reception given to a recently published report claiming 5G transmissions could trigger human cells to create coronavirus has been less than stellar. A team of researchers published a paper in PubMed, a free biomedical database, that suggested 5G millimeter waves "are similar to shapes of hexagonal and pentagonal bases of their DNA source" that "produce holes in liquids with the nucleus." Their conclusion: "These bases could join to each other and form virus-like structures such as coronavirus." [...] More information: WITHDRAWN: 5G Technology and induction of coronavirus in skin cells, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32668870/