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FDA withdrew studies finding Covid, shingles vaccines were safe The FDA blocked the publication of several studies supporting the safety of vaccines against Covid and shingles in recent months, a Health and Human …

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What happened

FDA withdrew studies finding Covid, shingles vaccines were safe The FDA blocked the publication of several studies supporting the safety of vaccines against Covid and shingles in recent months, a Health and Human …

Why it matters

The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says 'my loyalty is to the Constitution'. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says 'my loyalty is to the Constitution'.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.


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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says 'my loyalty is to the Constitution'”
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Multiple independent cross-references from Flipboard explicitly report that Justice Neil Gorsuch stated 'my loyalty is to the Constitution' in response to suggestions regarding loyalty to the president.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 31, 2017, soon after taking office, Republican President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch_Supreme_Court_nom…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Neil McGill Gorsuch ( GOR-sutch; born August 29, 1967) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Suprem…
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Claim 2: “Shingles vaccine linked to fewer heart attacks and strokes, study suggests”
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Claim 3: “The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release”
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Claim 4: “The FDA blocked the publication of several studies supporting the safety of vaccines against Covid and shingles in recent months”
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The provided evidence contains general information about the FDA and COVID-19 vaccines, but no specific information regarding the blocking of studies related to vaccine safety for Covid or shingles.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case of COVID-19 was reported on January 20, and Health and Human Services Secretary Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Unite…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States was a mass immunization campaign for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first granted emergency …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_Un…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech. For its development, BioNTech colla…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer–BioNTech_COVID-19_vacci…
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