Lacks context
Sexual transmission of SARS-CoV-2 currently unconfirmed as studies produce conflicting evidence of its presence in the reproductive system
Claim:
“Coronavirus may be sexually transmitted and cause male infertility”
Search results for: "The Guardian science reporting evaluation"
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Source: New York Post, Paula Froelich, 2020-07-18 -
LowVaccine-induced immunity is more reliable and safer than natural immunity; Fauci’s remarks in 2004 interview misinterpreted in social media posts
…However, the posts are inaccurate in suggesting that “the science” has been ignored. The fact that infection can generate immunity isn’t disputed by scientists, including Fauci. But one of the…
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IncorrectClaim that the HPV vaccine increases risk of cervical cancer misleads by cherry-picking data from FDA document
Claim:
HPV vaccine increases the risk of developing cervical cancer
Source: Instagram, Pierre Kory, 2024-03-27 -
Misleading
Vaccine-induced immunity is more reliable and safer than natural immunity; Fauci’s remarks in 2004 interview misinterpreted in social media posts
Claim:
Fauci’s 2004 interview remarks about flu vaccine shows that natural immunity is best for COVID-19
Source: FreedomWorks, Young Americans for Liberty, Anonymous, 2022-04-01 -
Flawed reasoningCO2 caused warming during past climate changes, notably as a feedback amplifying other factors
Claim:
CO2 does not cause climate change, it RESPONDS to it [...] temperature always changes first, and CO2 follows
Source: Ice Age Now, Robert W. Felix, William Happer, 2017-02-19 -
IncorrectHuman activities have dramatically increased atmospheric CO2 levels, causing imbalances in the global carbon cycle
Claim:
Human additions of CO<sub>2</sub> are in the margin of error of current measurements and the gradual increase in CO<sub>2</sub> is mainly from oceans degassing as the planet slowly emerges from the last ice age.
Source: I Love Carbon Dioxide, Cole Ryan, 2020-04-12 -
IncorrectNo evidence of ‘giant stump’ in helicopter footage from Antarctica, just a normal rock outcrop
Claim:
Video footage shows giant tree stump in Antarctica that grew when Earth’s climate was different
Source: Threads, 2025-02-17 -
Breitbart repeats blogger’s unsupported claim that NOAA manipulates data to exaggerate warming
Claim:
NOAA has adjusted past temperatures to look colder than they were and recent temperatures to look warmer than they were.
Source: Breitbart, James Delingpole, 2018-02-20 -
InaccurateParkinson’s has no cure; nicotine patches haven’t been proven an effective treatment
Claim:
Nicotine patches can cure Parkinson’s disease
Source: Flyover Conservatives, Bryan Ardis, 2024-04-14 -
UnsupportedSocial media claims of urine therapy benefits not backed by scientific evidence
Claim:
Drinking urine or applying it to the body is beneficial for health; urea in urine is good for the skin
Source: YouTube, TikTok, Daniel Pompa, Troy Casey, KT The Arch Degree, 2025-05-07