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The Facteroid Blog

On the Facteroid Blog you’ll find information about new and upcoming product features, and our own deep dives into particularly interesting data or misinformation stories. We’ll also share interesting articles from around the web about other efforts to fight misinformation.

Transparent Sourcing in News

At Facteroid, we believe good journalism begins with transparent sourcing. In an era of rampant, willful disinformation and dishonesty, it isn’t enough for news organizations — even the most established and authoritative — to expect readers to trust their reporting at face value. They, and we, must provide the opportunity for readers to verify claims and data for themselves. Transparent sourcing is at the core of Facteroid’s reporting model. Our mission is to present concise, factual news events, free of opinion or editorializing of any kind and where primary sources are plainly cited and linked.

Examining Data on COVID-19 Vaccines and Side Effects (Part 3 of 3)

What are the Actual Risks of Remaining Unvaccinated? COVID-19 presents the risk of death as well as long term effects for people who have even relatively mild cases. First, there are the well-known symptoms of COVID-19 such as fever, cough, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea and pneumonia. COVID-19 can also cause people to lose their sense of smell and taste. People also experience long term side effects of COVID-19 even following a mild case of the which may involve symptoms ranging from insomnia to heart palpitations as well as changes in mood.

Examining Data on COVID-19 Vaccines and Side Effects (Part 2 of 3)

What are the Actual Risks of Vaccines? According to Johns Hopkins medical experts there are a few well documented side effects of the different vaccines. The following side effects are those which might require medical attention although vaccines may cause flu-like symptoms the day after due to an immune response. The first serious side effect is Myocarditis or inflammation of the heart muscle, which is sometimes accompanied by pericarditis, or inflammation of the lining outside the heart.

Examining Data on COVID-19 Vaccines and Side Effects (Part 1 of 3)

As of the writing of this article, about 58% of the total US population has been vaccinated against COVID-19, well short of the 70-90% needed to achieve herd immunity. In the first part of this three part series, we examine several claims about the COVID-19 vaccines that have been circulating around the web and social media.

Verified Twitter Accounts Shouldnt Be Allowed to Delete Tweets

Twitter verified accounts should not be allowed to delete their tweets. If verifying the identity of an account is in the public interest, isn’t it also in the public interest to ensure that their twitter timeline is also an accurate reflection of the things they’ve publicly tweeted?