Ernie Mundell

The author is a health journalist who works for Medical Xpress, an online news service that covers medical research and health topics. The author has written several articles on various subjects related to public health and disease prevention.

Biography:  https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-11-majority-workers-america-nursing-homes.html

49%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

50%

Examples:

  • The article seems to have a bias towards sensationalizing the issue of low vaccination rates among health care workers at nursing homes. It uses words like 'threatening', 'dangers' and 'exacerbated' to create a sense of urgency and alarmism.

Conflicts of Interest

0%

Examples:

  • The article does not mention any conflict of interest or potential financial incentives for health care workers to be under-vaccinated. It also does not provide any sources or references for the data it presents.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The article contradicts itself by stating that the report found low vaccination rates among health care workers at nursing homes, but then also states that there is an ongoing trend of declining vaccinations since the end of the pandemic. This implies that the problem was already existing before and not necessarily caused by COVID-19.

Deceptions

85%

Examples:

  • The article is deceptive by presenting a single report as evidence of a widespread problem without providing any context or comparison to other studies. It also does not address the possible reasons for low vaccination rates and relies on vague terms like 'factors' and 'concerns'.
  • The article is deceptive by using emotional language and dramatic headlines to attract readers attention, without providing any nuance or balance in its presentation of the issue. It also does not acknowledge the limitations or uncertainties of the data it uses.

Recent Articles

Swapping TV Time for Physical Activity Boosts Odds of Healthy Aging: Study

Swapping TV Time for Physical Activity Boosts Odds of Healthy Aging: Study

Broke On: Thursday, 13 June 2024 New research from Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health reveals that replacing sedentary TV time with physical activity, whether light or moderately vigorous, can enhance the odds of healthy aging by up to 28%. The study analyzed data from over 45,000 participants and found that each additional two hours spent watching TV decreases healthy aging chances by 12%. Replacing one hour of TV with light activity increases odds by 8%, while moderately vigorous activity boosts it by 28%. Adequate sleep (7 hours) also plays a role in healthy aging.
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Broke On: Wednesday, 07 February 2024 A new study published in JAMA Neurology found that sticking to the Mediterranean diet was associated with better cognitive performance proximate to death and independently associated with cognition after adjusting for markers for dementia in the brain after death. The healthy lifestyle score, which included factors such as a nutritious diet, regular exercise, minimum alcohol consumption and other healthy habits, provided cognitive benefits even for people who had begun to accumulate dementia-related pathologies in their brains.