17 October 2026
The Weekly Slice № 007
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On the counter this week: a run of claims about COVID-19 vaccines — what the trials measured, how the shots work on the immune system, and the side effects people report afterwards — with a lone question about a sugar substitute and the heart sitting off to one side. Each went to five frontier models separately, and the cards below show what came back.
If you are still hungry after that, we have something to send you home with: a Q&A page on COVID-19 vaccines published by the World Health Organization, with no individual author on it. The panel cited it on one of this week's claims, and five editors agreed it was worth putting in front of you.
This week’s baloney
Food for thought
COVID-19 vaccines
World Health Organization — COVID-19 vaccines Q&A · introductory
For this week’s reading, the editors picked a Q&A page from the World Health Organization on COVID-19 vaccines, with no individual author recorded. It was cited by the panel on claim #1144 and then chosen by consensus of five editors, which is about as glamorous as our selection process gets. If you want a reference point made by a major public-health body rather than another thread, this is the item we’re putting in front of you.
Read it at World Health Organization — COVID-19 vaccines Q&A →
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