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- Health
Posted on: 2020-01-27
No increased risk of autism observed in African-American boys associated with MMR vaccine; claim based on erroneous study retracted in 2014

Claim:

The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine

Source: Facebook, Brian Hooker, 2014-08-08
Inaccurate
- Health
Posted on: 2020-01-24
Contrary to claims in viral social media posts, 2019 coronavirus was not lab-created nor was it patented years before outbreak

Claim:

[The coronavirus is] “new” yet it was lab-created and patented in 2015

Source: Twitter/X, Facebook, Jordan Sather, Chris Kirckof, 2020-01-23
Incorrect
- Climate
Posted on: 2020-01-13
Facebook meme incorrectly claims past climate variations contradict human influence on current climate

Claim:

The idea that 'climate change' is new or is caused by Humans is nonsense.

Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2020-01-02
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- Health
Posted on: 2020-01-09
Triple antibiotic cream or gel cannot prevent the flu, may also worsen antibiotic resistance due to indiscriminate use

Claim:

Swabbing nostrils with triple antibiotic cream or gel will prevent the flu

Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2019-12-07
Incorrect
- Climate
Posted on: 2019-12-17
Ice cube meme misrepresents physics of sea level rise to claim melting ice has no effect

Claim:

[Photo] A little science lesson for the #idiots at the global warming conference. Ice berg melts, ocean level remains the same.

Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2019-12-11
Inaccurate
- Climate
Posted on: 2019-12-16
1977 "coming ice age" Time magazine cover is a fake

Claim:

When the exact same group of 'experts' who claimed it was global cooling in 1977 now claim it's global warming you can easily see why I am skeptical

Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2019-12-11
Inaccurate
- Climate
Posted on: 2019-10-31
Human activities release far more carbon dioxide than volcanoes do

Claim:

That one little burp by Mt. Etna has already put more than 10,000 times the CO2 into the atmosphere than mankind has in our entire time on the Earth

Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2019-08-19
Inaccurate
- Climate
Posted on: 2019-10-28
Photo meme of Sydney Harbour incorrectly claims no sea level rise has occurred

Claim:

Unprecedented climate change has caused sea level at Sydney Harbour to rise approximately 0.0 cm over the past 140 years.

Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2018-10-12
Inaccurate
- Energy
Posted on: 2019-05-27
Meme image falsely claims wind turbines produce less energy that is used to build them

Claim:

A windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.

Source: Facebook, Internet users, 2019-05-13
Incorrect
- Health
Posted on: 2019-05-13
Acidity in bottled drinking water not a cause for health concern, contrary to popular Facebook video claim

Claim:

Drinking bottled water with an acidic pH is bad for your health

Source: Facebook, Internet user, 2017-04-19

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No increased risk of autism observed in African-American boys associated with MMR vaccine; claim based on erroneous study retracted in 2014

Contrary to claims in viral social media posts, 2019 coronavirus was not lab-created nor was it patented years before outbreak

Facebook meme incorrectly claims past climate variations contradict human influence on current climate

Triple antibiotic cream or gel cannot prevent the flu, may also worsen antibiotic resistance due to indiscriminate use

Ice cube meme misrepresents physics of sea level rise to claim melting ice has no effect

1977 "coming ice age" Time magazine cover is a fake

Human activities release far more carbon dioxide than volcanoes do

Photo meme of Sydney Harbour incorrectly claims no sea level rise has occurred

Meme image falsely claims wind turbines produce less energy that is used to build them

Acidity in bottled drinking water not a cause for health concern, contrary to popular Facebook video claim

Training and using ChatGPT uses a lot of energy, but exact numbers are tricky to pin down without data from OpenAI

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