Misleading
Videos use gas sensors to misleadingly claim that wearing a face mask causes oxygen deficiency
Claim:
Gas sensors show that wearing a face mask leads to oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide toxicity
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-24 -
InaccurateFluoride in toothpaste effectively prevents tooth decay; it isn’t neurotoxic, contrary to online claims
Claim:
“Toothpaste is poisonous”; “fluoride is a neurotoxin” and doesn’t prevent tooth decay
Source: Alkaline Vegan Mommy, Charlotte Gerson, 2022-04-09 -
MisleadingMisleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk
Claim:
Higher COVID-19 vaccination rates in White people are related to higher COVID-19 death rates
Source: Instagram, Carl Higbie, David Harris Jr., 2023-08-22 -
InaccurateHigh blood cholesterol increases the risk of cardiovascular death; statins are safe and effectively reduce this risk
Claim:
“Nobody has ever died from high cholesterol”; “people die from the statin drugs that they give you for high cholesterol”
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Alexander Hickman (aka Yahki Rapha Elohim), 2024-10-10 -
1.4HighNew York Times’ “straightforward answers” to common climate questions are accurate, too
…little “alarmist” jargon and used “strong” adjectives only in cases where there is good scientific evidence for strong impacts. Devaraju Narayanappa Postdoctoral research fellow, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ-CEA-CNRS) The…
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InaccurateHeart attack victims shouldn’t use “cough CPR” on themselves, contrary to chain email dating back to 1999
Claim:
Heart attack “victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 1999-06-30 -
IncorrectRobert Malone’s statements on The Dana Show about vaccine safety and virus variants are inaccurate and unsupported
Claim:
Booster COVID-19 vaccine doses can “shut down the immune response”; heart damage following vaccination is “quite frequent”; “many of these [SARS-CoV-2] mutations are being driven by the evolutionary selection caused by the vaccines”
Source: The Dana Show, Robert Malone, 2021-12-09 -
Lacks contextSolar panels produce a small amount of waste compared to other sources
Claim:
Renewable energy isn’t green; by 2050, 78 million metric tonnes of solar panels will reach the end of their lives and can't be recycled.
Source: Ben Fordham Live, Ben Fordham, 2024-09-29 -
Are phthalates causing a decline in male fertility?
…case of phthalates, there is no conclusive evidence showing that phthalates caused the problems described above. We need to keep in mind that humans are exposed to thousands of chemicals…
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UnsupportedPhotos of blood clots removed during embalming don’t show any link with COVID-19 vaccines; blood clotting risk is much higher after COVID-19 than vaccination
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are linked to an increase in abnormal blood clots observed by embalmers
Source: Instagram, Twitter/X, Matthew Horwood, 2022-10-24