Claim that burning sage purifies the air based on study that burned entirely different plants
Claim:
Research shows burning Sage cleans bacteria in the air
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Source: myhighplains.com, Spirit Science, Anonymous, 2019-10-24 -
InaccurateSea levels rose faster in the past century than in previous time periods
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Sea level rise has been slow and a constant, pre-dating industrialization
Source: American Thinker, Thomas Lifson, 2020-03-07 -
IncorrectViral claim falsely asserts that COVID-19 is due to 5G technology rollout, not a virus
Claim:
The coronavirus outbreak is not actually caused by a virus, but by 5G technology
Source: YouTube, Dana Ashlie, 2020-02-22 -
InaccurateContrary to viral Facebook claim, numerous studies show vaccines don’t cause autism
Claim:
there are no studies that prove vaccines don’t cause autism
Source: Collective Evolution, The Highwire, Del Bigtree, Joe Martino, 2020-03-05 -
Article in The Sun misrepresents Antarctic discovery and misplaces it on map
This article in The Sun describes the chance discovery of a small island in Antarctica’s Pine Island Bay, which seems to have appeared in the last decade. But the article sensationally connects this with a recent record high temperature at a station elsewhere in Antarctica. While warming trends in the atmosphere and ocean may be relevant, a single weather record is not.
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InaccurateNo, not every U.S. election year has had a disease outbreak and COVID-19 transmissibility is unconfirmed
Claim:
Every election year has a disease; coronavirus has a contagion factor of 2
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-03-02 -
IncorrectScientific evidence indicates virus that causes COVID-19 infection is of natural origin, not the result of human engineering
Claim:
evidence points to SARS-CoV-2 research being carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
Source: Daily Wire, Infowars, New York Post, Steven W. Mosher, 2020-02-22 -
-1.5Very lowViral New York Post article perpetuates the unfounded claim that the virus that causes COVID-19 is manmade
Overall, Mosher’s argument is based on unfounded speculation and scientific inaccuracies. Such claims, which continue to be perpetuated even by public officials, have real-world repercussions. Peter Daszak, epidemiologist and president of the EcoHealth Alliance who has collaborated with WIV researchers, warned during an interview with the journal Science: “These rumors and conspiracy theories have real consequences, including threats of violence that have occurred to our colleagues in China.”
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InaccurateData from glaciers around the world show most are shrinking as a consequence of global warming
Claim:
90 percent of the world’s glaciers are growing.
Source: Principia Scientific, IceAgeNow, 2016-11-26 -
InaccurateCancer is composed of mutated body cells, not Candida fungi
Claim:
Cancer is Candida/Fungus and can be cured
Source: Healing Oracle, Anonymous, 2019-03-13
