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Scientific evidence supports the use of face masks for reducing the transmission of respiratory diseases including COVID-19
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Masks do nothing to prevent the spread of pathogens
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-05-17 -
UnsupportedViral videos on Facebook promote unproven cancer cures; no evidence that pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. FDA are hiding the cure for cancer
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Turmeric, ketogenic diet, ozone therapy, megadoses of vitamin C and adaptogens are cures for cancer that have been suppressed for four decades
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2022-12-11 -
0.3NeutralAtlantic story on the climate implications of reduced beef consumption could provide clearer context
…See the rating guidelines used for article evaluations. [2] Each evaluation is independent. Scientists’ comments are all published at the same time. Annotations The statements quoted below are from the…
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n/aNeutralTelegraph article describing the hypothesis that face masks can variolate a population receives mixed reviews on its scientific accuracy
…to be on the order of hundreds to thousands of viral particles but has yet to be definitively established. Annotations The statements quoted below are from the article; comments are…
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1.4HighAnalysis of “How Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane on record so quickly”
…Center for Weather and Climate Nice piece. Well written and accurate, with a good variety of quotes. Doesn’t over-reach or sensationalize, and presents some aspects of what we know in…
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UnsupportedClaim that the COVID-19 vaccine is riskier than the disease for children is based on an economist’s incorrect calculation of the metric “number needed to vaccinate”
Claim:
“more children will die from the vaccine than will die from COVID in the first place and there’s proof”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Substack, Toby Rogers, 2021-11-01 -
-1LowArticle by Michael Shellenberger mixes accurate and inaccurate claims in support of a misleading and overly simplistic argumentation about climate change
…Whichever way one looks at it, Shellenberger’s statement is not defensible. Annotations The statements quoted below are from the article; comments are from the reviewers (and are lightly edited for…
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InaccurateLink between CO2 and Earth’s temperature is well-established, despite claims on Fox News
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Scientists have found no consistent correlation between CO2 and temperature; scientists do not know whether earth will warm or cool in future
Source: Fox News, Tom Harris, 2022-10-12 -
-1.3LowArticle claiming vaccines cause autoimmunity and autism due to fetal DNA contaminants found unsupported and implausible
…From this point of view, the hypothesis of fetal human DNA being mutagenic does not seem plausible. Annotations The statements quoted below are from the article; comments are from the…
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-2Very lowPopular “Friends of Science” video promoted by Youtube presents long list of climate myths
…evaluation is independent. Scientists’ comments are all published at the same time. Key Takeaways The statements quoted below are from Goreham’s video; comments are from the reviewers (and are lightly…