Claim: Models that predicted COVID-19 would cause 2.2 million deaths in the U.S. were based on the assumption that no measures were taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The reason why the projected figure differed significantly from real-world outcomes is because the assumption in the model didn't hold true…
Fact-check: COVID-19 PCR tests are highly sensitive and specific for the virus SARS-CoV-2; the majority of positive results are true positives; there is no evidence that budesonide or HCQ are useful as COVID-19 treatments - Science Feedback
Verdict: covid-19 pcr tests are highly sensitive and specific for the virus sars-cov-2; the majority of positive results are true positives; there is no evidence that budesonide or hcq are useful as covid-19 treatments
Organisation: Science Feedback
Author: Rubén Portela Carballeira
Date published: 2021-06-01T15:12:41