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Claims that people were being killed by zidovudine (AZT) instead of AIDS are unsubstantiated
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One time in the 80’s-90’s, people died from AZT and not the actual AIDS virus; Anthony Fauci pushed this treatment
Search results for: "Incline Chest Press Machine"
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-08-25 -
IncorrectVaccines don’t cause autism; difference in infant mortality rates between Japan and the U.S. unrelated to childhood vaccine coverage
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Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality
Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-02-12 -
Climate change and its impacts on the water cycle; how can it increase both droughts and heavy downpours?
…is available to precipitate when it does start raining during these big storms. At the same time, over most land areas the vapor pressure deficit (VPD; a measure of how…
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InaccurateClaim that the Earth has cooled since Medieval or Roman times is contradicted by available data
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Peer-reviewed studies, geologic records, and all the studies have shown that we have actually cooled since the Roman Warming Period, and likely since the Medieval Warming Period.
Source: TFP Student Action, Marc Morano, 2019-08-13 -
What you see is (not) what you get: genAI-powered scams on Vinted
…do when it comes to tackling inauthentic behavior from users. We reached out to Vinted’s press office for comment, providing the list of the 16 accounts we found to exhibit…
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MisleadingOral contraceptives associated with increased relative risk of blood clots but not a significantly increased absolute risk, generally safe to use
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Women are not warned about the risk of blood clots with their daily steroidal hormone pill
Source: LifeSite News, Anonymous, 2015-05-07 -
UnsupportedNo current evidence to support social media fad of “blood type diet”
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Eating specific foods based on your blood type can optimize your health
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-07-07 -
Mostly correctGrapefruit can cause negative effects when mixed with certain antidepressants, such as sertraline (Zoloft)
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Eating grapefruit while using antidepressants can cause overdose, other complications
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2025-01-13 -
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 -
