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Article by cardiologist Aseem Malhotra made unsupported claims about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccination
Claim:
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines might do more harm than good
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Source: Journal of Insulin Resistance, Aseem Malhotra, 2022-09-26 -
There is no evidence that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a lower fatality rate than the wild-type virus
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The fatality rate of the Delta variant of COVID-19 is lower than the original variant
Source: The Dan Bongino Show, Sky News, Alan Jones, Craig Kelly, Dan Bongino, 2021-07-04 -
IncorrectWarming of Earth’s surface and oceans continues apace, contrary to claims in blog
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”Global warming started to run out of steam over two decades ago… Half of the apparent global temperature increase from January 1910 to January 2000 is due to administrative adjustments.”
Source: Daily Sceptic, Chris Morrison, 2022-05-19 -
InaccurateScientists didn’t announce impending environmental catastrophes every decade since the 1970s
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Science said in the: 70s, another ice age in 10 years; 80s, acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years; 90s: the ozone layer will be destroyed in 10 years; 2000’s the ice caps will be gone on 10 years
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-02-20 -
ImpreciseClimate change can make it harder for the Amazon rainforest to grow back from deforestation, but that does not mean 40% of it will now turn into a savanna
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“Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah”
Source: The Guardian, Fiona Harvey, 2020-10-05 -
How credible were 2018's most popular climate articles?
…from the public, so such an article is welcome. The article’s title and the front video are about sea ice, but most of the rest of the text is about…
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-1.3LowNew York Post article makes speculative, unsupported claim that mutation could enable the virus causing COVID-19 to evade handwashing and mask-wearing
…preprint that the article focuses on actually says nothing about the most egregious claim made in the article: that the virus is evolving to get around hand-washing and masks.” The…
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IncorrectCarbon isotopes do not show that humans’ climate impacts are too small to notice, despite the Daily Sceptic’s inaccurate claim
Claim:
Human-caused carbon emissions’ effect on climate is ‘non-discernible’. Measurements of carbon isotope ratios in atmospheric CO2 indicate that it is the recent expansion of a more productive biosphere that has led to increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
Source: Daily Sceptic, Chris Morrison, 2024-04-08 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill
Claim:
“U.S. doctors found that ’long Covid’ developed in 70 percent of cases after vax injection, not after infection”
Source: The Hill, Disclose.tv, Pierre Kory, Paul Marik, 2024-03-06 -
UnsupportedRussell Brand’s YouTube videos use flawed analyses and simplistic correlations to link COVID-19 vaccines to heart issues, cancer, excess deaths
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are associated with an increase in heart conditions, cancer
Source: YouTube, Russell Brand, 2024-01-10