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UnsupportedAnalysis by Florida Department of Health about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contains multiple methodological problems
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Florida study found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related death, especially in men
Source: Fox News, Twitter/X, Joseph Ladapo, 2022-10-07 -
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Marc Thiessen’s column in The Washington Post relies on incorrect and cherry-picked claims by Bjorn Lomborg; scientists provide needed context
…of that trend. Ironically, I wrote an op-ed with Peter Huybers at Harvard and submitted it to The Washington Post but they rejected it. Our op-ed essentially made the opposite…
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IncorrectThe Sun cannot explain recent global warming, contrary to what Heartland Institute report claims
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Solar forcings are not too small to explain twentieth century warming. In fact, their effect could be equal to or greater than the effect of CO<sub>2</sub> in the atmosphere.
Source: Heartland Institute, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, Craig Idso, 2025-12-19 -
Mostly accurateLong-term remission of an HIV patient who received a stem cell transplant is the closest so far to a full HIV cure
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The second person ever has been cured from HIV
Source: BBC, IFLScience, Michelle Roberts, Tom Hale, 2020-03-10 -
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Flawed reasoningIn popular video, Dan Peña falsely claims humans aren't causing climate change
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Fifty-five thousand years ago the whole world was 2°C warmer than it is today[...] It's all cyclical; [human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are] not a fart in the wind. Sea level rise is not going to happen.
Source: "Ivanka_Trump" Facebook account, Dan Peña, 2019-05-04 -
InaccurateGlobal sea level rise is accelerating, despite Heartland Institute report’s claims otherwise
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Best available data show sea-level rise is not accelerating. Local and regional sea levels continue to exhibit typical natural variability—in some places rising and in others falling.
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-12-19 -
Climate misinformation video reaches broad audience with help from Youtube recommendation algorithm
…Peterson et al (2008) The myth of the 1970s global cooling scientific consensus, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2 Broecker (1975) Climatic Change: Are we on the brink of…