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Mild side effects from flu shots are common; very serious adverse effects are very rare
Claim:
Flu shots lead to severe or life-threatening conditions; flu shots are unsafe
Search results for: "The Guardian science reporting evaluation"
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-10-01 -
Sky News Australia airs false climate information in misleading video by Rowan Dean
…Solar forcing would warm both the stratosphere and the surface of the Earth, whereas CO2 warms the surface (and the troposphere) but cools the stratosphere. Using radiosondes and (more recently)…
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IncorrectClaims of a coming 30-year "mini ice age" are not supported by science
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Earth about to enter 30-YEAR ‘Mini Ice Age’
Source: Express, The Sun, Harry Pettit, Sean Martin, 2020-02-02 -
Flawed reasoningTemperature trends in the U.S. are consistent with warming around the world, contrary to Electroverse claim
Claim:
Historical data of temperature in the U.S. destroys global warming myth
Source: Electroverse, Cap Allon, 2020-01-22 -
IncorrectDaily Wire article incorrectly claims climate models have overestimated warming
Claim:
climate models have overestimated the amount of global warming and failed to predict what climatologists call the warming ‘hiatus’
Source: The Daily Wire, James Barrett, 2017-09-19 -
InaccurateInaccurate clickbait headline in Forbes article used to promote the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
Claim:
Forbes article is evidence that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2021-11-30 -
IncorrectProf. John Christy incorrectly claims to show climate models are too sensitive to carbon dioxide
Claim:
the real atmosphere is less sensitive to CO2 than what has been forecast by climate models
Source: The Daily Caller, John Christy, 2017-11-29 -
UnsupportedAre AirPods and other wireless communication devices harmful, as claimed on social media? A look at the evidence
Claim:
AirPods emit dangerous levels of radiation that harm the body
Source: Instagram, Paul Saladino, 2024-02-25 -
IncorrectChoosing not to vaccinate places self and others at risk of potentially serious and preventable illnesses
Claim:
Unvaccinated children pose no threat to anyone
Source: Collective Evolution, Richard Enos, Tetyana Obukhanych, 2019-03-06 -
IncorrectExpress article falsely warns of a solar-induced "ice age"
Claim:
The current solar minimum could last for more than three decades which could lead to temperatures plummeting across the globe, scientists have warned.
Source: Express, Sean Martin, 2019-07-29