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- Health
Posted on: 2020-06-10
People who do not show symptoms can contribute to significant COVID-19 transmission, contrary to CNBC report

there is already “abundant data” showing that people who are not showing symptoms—which could include asymptomatic, presymptomatic, and paucisymptomatic individuals—comprise about 40 to 50% of COVID-19 cases
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- Climate
Posted on: 2017-06-20
Energy Secretary Rick Perry incorrectly claims CO2 is not primary cause of climate change

Claim:

Most likely the primary control knob [on climate change] is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.

Source: CNBC, Rick Perry, 2017-06-19
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- Climate
Posted on: 2017-03-10
Science shows that humans are primarily responsible for climate change, counter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s claim

Claim:

I would not agree that [carbon dioxide is] a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.

Source: CNBC, Scott Pruitt, 2017-03-09

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People who do not show symptoms can contribute to significant COVID-19 transmission, contrary to CNBC report

Energy Secretary Rick Perry incorrectly claims CO2 is not primary cause of climate change

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