Misleading
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; their safety and effectiveness are established; the vaccines aren’t experimental
Claim:
The COVID-19 vaccines are experimental
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Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Tomi Lahren, Social media users, 2022-01-19 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause more severe disease; antibody-dependent enhancement has not been observed in clinical trials
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-11-21 -
-1.5Very lowViral New York Post article perpetuates the unfounded claim that the virus that causes COVID-19 is manmade
…Ministry “released a new directive” on improving biosafety measures. Mosher asserts that these announcements indicate that “China [is having] a problem keeping dangerous pathogens in test tubes where they belong”,…
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Myths about weather control and geoengineering: here’s what you should know
…but provide no reasonable explanations of how that would be physically possible. As the famous Carl Sagan said: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Presenting false evidence: Any alleged ‘evidence’ of…
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Agriculture emits greenhouse gases, but less than using fossil fuels, despite recent paper’s claim
…by the IPCC[1] – it’s important to keep in mind that these cooling effects rapidly diminish when their emissions cease. In fact, this trend has already started. As explained in…
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InaccurateTemperatures on Earth are increasing and the rise is drastically outpacing previous natural changes in the planet’s climate
Claim:
“We have been cooling down for the past 4000 years”; the Earth has cooled since the ‘medieval warming’, “It’s all about when you start the measurements”
Source: Media Research Center, Ian Plimer, 2023-05-02 -
MisleadingIncorrect vaccine administration is a potential cause of post-vaccine adverse effects, but more research is still needed to confirm or reject this hypothesis
Claim:
“Study: Vaccines Being Administered Incorrectly”; “Now we find out they're administering the [COVID-19] jabs incorrectly”
Source: The Jimmy Dore Show, Jimmy Dore, 2021-10-02 -
IncorrectMonkeypox outbreak triggers conspiracy theories on social media claiming that it was planned or incorrectly linking it to COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
Monkeypox is caused by COVID-19 vaccines; a 2021 tabletop exercise portraying a monkeypox pandemic is evidence that global leaders planned the outbreak; the monkeypox vaccine was “ready” before the outbreak
Source: YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-05-13 -
UnsupportedKeto diet isn’t cure for schizophrenia, contrary to US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim
Claim:
Schizophrenia can be cured with the keto diet
Source: Twitter/X, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2026-02-04 -
IncorrectScientific evidence indicates virus that causes COVID-19 infection is of natural origin, not the result of human engineering
Claim:
evidence points to SARS-CoV-2 research being carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
Source: Infowars, New York Post, Daily Wire, Steven W. Mosher, 2020-02-22