A Jan. 28 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims to share a statistic about the prevalence of remote work among those employed by the U.S. government. “It appears that only 6% of all federal ...
It’s been nearly 75 years since American songstress Patti Page captured the emotional pull of an adorable puppy for sale at a pet shop in the classic novelty song, “(How Much Is That) Doggie In The ...
A bogus claim circulating social media — one that purports that "only 6%" of the reported COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are solely attributable to the new coronavirus — is dangerously misleading, ...
Bobby Duffy receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council who funded the World Values Survey in the UK. Paolo Morini receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council who ...
The CDC "quietly updated" its COVID-19 mortality statistics in summer 2020 to show only 6% of previously reported deaths were actually due to the coronavirus, while the remaining 94% died from ...
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