Isabella Fertel, Author at Poynter

Isabella Fertel

Contributor
PolitiFact California

Isabella Fertel is a PolitiFact California contributor and student journalist at UC Berkeley, covering housing in the San Francisco Bay Area and the carceral system.

Are hotter Florida summers forcing all-female sea turtle hatchlings?

Some social media users are claiming that rising temperatures are affecting the ratio of male…

August 23, 2022

Isabella Fertel

No, the death rate for vaccinated people is not higher than that of unvaccinated people

Public health experts agree that the author of a viral post that claimed as such likely miscalculated the death rate among fully vaccinated adults.

May 11, 2021

Isabella Fertel

Are hotter Florida summers forcing all-female sea turtle hatchlings?

No, the death rate for vaccinated people is not higher than that of unvaccinated people

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