Fact-checking this information or rather misinformation tells an entirely different story
In recent days, a piece of news is getting viral, which cites Stanford University claiming that masks do not work to avoid contracting coronavirus, and are actually dangerous.
However, fact-checking this information, or rather misinformation, tells an entirely different story.
FactCheck.org said that the research being quoted was a hypothesis and did not come from anyone associated with Stanford University.
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It further said that the research paper was not an original study, but an author s propose explanation based on a review of previous studies.
Journal Medical Hypotheses, an outlet that calls itself a forum for ideas in medicine and related biomedical sciences, published the study for the first time in November.
Fact Check: Stories falsely cite Stanford study to misinform on face masks
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