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COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe; they don’t alter our DNA and aren’t subjected to federal regulation on bioweapons
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“We are allowing human organisms to become bioweapon factories”
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Source: Stew Peters Show, David Martin, Stew Peters, 2022-03-23 -
Mostly accurateStudy brings new, but not conclusive, evidence on the comparative effectiveness of infection-induced and vaccine-induced immunity
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The study by Rössner et al. “add[ed] further evidence for the usefulness of vaccines and their clear advantage over natural immunity”
Source: Ars Technica, Beth Mole, 2022-03-24 -
IncorrectLack of oxygen isn’t the root cause of cancer; no scientific evidence for claims that oxygen or ozone therapy cures cancer
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“Oxygen kills cancer”; Otto Warburg won two Nobel Prizes for proving lack of oxygen is the cause of cancer
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Kevin Trudeau, Robert Barefoot, 2022-03-02 -
InaccurateInfants’ immune systems are perfectly able to safely cope with several vaccines in one day
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A “baby’s immune system” cannot “safely handle 8 different antigens ???? (toxins, bacteria, DNA) in 1 day”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-03-23 -
Mostly accurateCDC’s COVID Data Tracker revised COVID-19 deaths downward, but more reliable mortality data still indicate that COVID-19 is a major cause of death in the U.S.
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The CDC “removed tens of thousands of deaths linked to COVID-19, including nearly a quarter of deaths it had listed in those under 18 years old”
Source: Chicks on the Right, The Blaze, The Epoch Times, Paul Sacca, Zachary Stieber, 2022-03-18 -
MisleadingFox News article listing alleged mistakes in COVID-19 public health response mixes accurate information with unsubstantiated claims
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Natural immunity protects better than vaccination; “the mortality risk of an un-boosted person under age 30 was zero”; cloth face masks, school closures had zero benefits for children and some harm
Source: Fox News, Marty Makary, 2022-03-16 -
InaccurateHealth benefits of CBD gummies are unsupported by scientific evidence; Shark Tank and other TV personalities didn’t endorse them
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TV personalities such as Shark Tank investors, Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz endorsed CBD gummies; CBD gummies have numerous health benefits
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-03-11 -
IncorrectRobust scientific evidence supports that human activity drives global warming, contrary to claims in a CO2 Coalition blog post by Andy May
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"There is no evidence, other than models, that human CO2 emissions drive climate change and abundant evidence that the Sun, coupled with natural climate cycles, drives most, if not all, of recent climate changes"
Source: CO2 Coalition, Andy May, 2022-03-03 -
Mostly accurateMore than 75 percent of the Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, as described by the Washington Post
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More than 75 percent of the rainforest is losing resilience; More than half of the rainforest could be converted into savanna in a matter of decades
Source: The Washington Post, Sarah Kaplan, 2022-03-07 -
MisleadingPfizer’s confidential document shows adverse events reported following vaccination; it doesn’t demonstrate that the vaccine caused the events or is unsafe
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Safety surveillance data in the Pfizer’s document shows harmful effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Source: The Liz Wheeler Show, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Children's Health Defense, John Campbell, Liz Wheeler, Social media users, 2022-03-03