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Current climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations
Claim:
Of course the climate is changing. It always has. It always will.
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Source: PragerU, Patrick Moore, 2020-01-21 -
InaccurateSea levels have risen throughout the 20th century, contrary to claim in online articles
Claim:
Scientists were caught 'adjusting' sea level data to create false impression of rising oceans
Source: Signs of the Times, Breitbart, James Delingpole, Vicki Batts, 2019-05-28 -
UnsupportedVitamin C supplementation does not prevent viral respiratory infections, such as those caused by coronaviruses, in the general population
Claim:
The coronavirus pandemic can be dramatically slowed, or stopped, with the immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C
Source: Health Impact News, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Andrew W. Saul, 2020-01-26 -
InaccurateNOAA does not fraudulently adjust data to create the illusion of a global warming trend
Claim:
Using complex statistical models, [NOAA] change[s] the data to reflect not reality, but their underlying theories of global warming.
Source: Investors' Business Daily, Anonymous, 2018-03-29 -
ImpreciseChemical in garlic eliminates certain bacterial cells faster than two common antibiotics, but not by 100 times
Claim:
Garlic proven 100 times more effective than antibiotics
Source: Why Don't You Try This, Anonymous, 2014-03-20 -
IncorrectOverwhelming scientific evidence shows that smoking causes lung cancer, instead of protecting against it
Claim:
Smoking may protect lungs from cancer
Source: NewsPunch, Grayson Black, 2017-04-04 -
MisleadingCO2 emissions from human activities have imbalanced the atmospheric carbon budget, significantly contributing to climate change, contrary to online claim
Claim:
Less than 5% of carbon dioxide emissions are produced by man [... they] can’t cause 30% of today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide
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Inaccurate2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain “pShuttle-SN” sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made
Claim:
2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin
Source: Natural News, Infowars, Alex Jones, Mike Adams, 2020-02-02 -
InaccurateNo causal association between the DTaP vaccine and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Claim:
The DTaP vaccine causes SIDS
Source: Raising Natural Children, Dawn Lorenz, 2019-12-09 -
IncorrectClaims of a coming 30-year "mini ice age" are not supported by science
Claim:
Earth about to enter 30-YEAR ‘Mini Ice Age’
Source: Express, The Sun, Harry Pettit, Sean Martin, 2020-02-02
