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"The weight of evidence we examined from both historical and modern analyses of the 1918 influenza pandemic favors a scenario in which viral damage followed by bacterial pneumonia led to the vast majority of deaths," says co-author NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Sep 1, 2023 · Published 11:09 AM PDT, September 1, 2023. CLAIM: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci showed that “most of the deaths” during the 1918-1919 Spanish flu pandemic were actually due to infections from face masks. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The study in question made no mention of masks.
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In spring 2009, a new strain of the H1N1 virus that became known as "swine flu" began circulating in the United States. On June 11, the World Health Organization declared the virus a pandemic. From April 12, 2009, to April 10, 2010, the virusinfected more than 60 million peoplein the U.S., according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control...
The death toll for the novel coronavirus is already exponentially higher than that of H1N1, despite having just a fraction of the number of infections in a fraction of the time. Since the first reported U.S. coronavirus death on Feb. 29, there have been more than 166,000 U.S. deaths – more than 13 times the estimated number of U.S. swine flu deaths...
It's true that the CDC estimates the 2009 swine flu pandemic infected an estimated 60.8 million people in its first year, versus about 5 million COVID-19 cases confirmed in the U.S. But that comparison lacks important context about the severity of each virus. While the swine flu spread easily, the virus had only a fraction of the fatality rate of C...
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Oct 26, 2020 · Fact Check. Did Fauci Blame Mask Use for 1918 'Spanish Flu' Deaths? Masks definitely aren't responsible for mass deaths today. Dan Evon. Published Oct. 26, 2020. Image courtesy of...
Oct 28, 2020 · VERDICT. False. The study Fauci co-authored in 2008 does not mention masks and makes it clear that those who died of bacterial pneumonia during the flu pandemic of 1918 contracted it as a...
Nov 13, 2020 · 0:53. The claim: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci found Spanish flu victims died from pneumonia caused by mask-wearing. Since the emergence of COVID-19, masks have become a way of...
Oct 22, 2020 · A viral Facebook post claims White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper that found most 1918-1919 Spanish Influenza pandemic deaths were “because of bacterial pneumonia from wearing masks.” Verdict: False. While Fauci did co-author a 2008 study about the causes of Spanish Influenza deaths, it mentions nothing about masks.
