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Cancer and heart disease remain the two leading causes of death in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic
Claim:
“No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started”
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-08-14 -
Mostly accuratePfizer is part of Operation Warp Speed, a partnership to produce and distribute a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, but it developed a vaccine without direct funding from the partnership
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Pfizer is part of Operation Warp Speed; “Thanks to the public-private partnership forged by President, [Pfizer] announced its Coronavirus Vaccine trial is EFFECTIVE, preventing infection in 90% of its volunteers”
Source: The Federalist, David Marcus, Mike Pence, 2020-11-09 -
Flawed reasoningSteve Kirsch promotes flawed study making false claim about COVID-19 vaccines and cancer risk
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“Pathologist reports a stunning 52% increase in cancer risk for ages 15-59 who were vaxxed”
Source: Instagram, Substack, Twitter, Steve Kirsch, Ivana Pavic, 2024-03-05 -
1.25HighAnalysis of "One of the most troubling ideas about climate change just found new evidence in its favor"
…the Northern Hemisphere and especially in its middle latitudes” Jim Kossin Distinguished Science Advisor , First Street This is a somewhat misleading intro. The debate has been focused on winter…
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UnsupportedThere is no evidence of U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in Ukraine; claims to the contrary misrepresent the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
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There are U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in countries surrounding Russia; “Pentagon Funded Bio-Weapons Labs in the Ukraine”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Social media users, 2022-03-05 -
MisleadingMedical exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines are granted for contraindications, not including history of blood clots or adverse reaction to prior vaccine
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Medical exemptions are unavailable even for people who “shouldn't get the [COVID-19] vaccine”, including those with a history of blood clotting or an adverse reaction to a prior vaccine
Source: The Dan Bongino Show, Dan Bongino, 2022-12-11 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines are a much safer way of acquiring immunity than infection, which requires exposing the person to risks from the disease
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Natural immunity is far superior to COVID-19 vaccines
Source: Israel National News, David Rosenberg, Del Bigtree, 2021-07-17 -
Climate Feedback accredited by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter for the second year
…explanations to readers about the veracity of the stories and claims they check.” Climate Feedback’s work is focused on the science, not the politics of an issue, explaining whether and…
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InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines don’t affect ovaries or fertility in general; the vaccines are highly effective at preventing illness and death
Claim:
“the ovaries get the highest concentration of [lipid nanoparticles from RNA vaccines]. This turns the ovaries into a very large manufacturing plant to turn out toxic spike protein“
Source: TrialSite News, Steve Kirsch, 2021-05-25 -
Scientists discuss the widely shared Huffington Post article “Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong”
…and physical activity, people can focus on improving health and not losing weight. The article should have perhaps avoided including biomedical evidence and simply focused on the depth of human…