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SADS is caused by genetic mutations affecting the electrical system regulating heartbeat; no evidence it is caused by COVID-19 vaccines
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COVID-19 vaccination is associated with the sudden death of young adults
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Source: Facebook, Candace Owens, 2022-06-08 -
Shedding light on LinkedIn’s enforcement of health misinformation policies: A pilot study
…published on March 2020, LinkedIn said that “information contradicting guidance from leading global health organizations and public health authorities [is not] allowed on the platform [including] making unsupported claims about…
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IncorrectEthylene oxide is used for sterilizing medical equipment, including nasal swabs, but it’s removed before use
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Ethylene oxide in nasal swabs used for COVID-19 testing is harmful
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Facebook users, TikTok user, 2021-07-21 -
InaccurateLab-grown meat isn’t made of cancerous cells
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Cultivated meat is produced using “cancerous and pre-cancerous cells”
Source: TikTok, TikTok user, 2023-03-20 -
1.7Very highAnalysis of "Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun"
…being said, I think the statement is pretty good. The second sentence is I believe accurate; the work by DeConto and Pollard, building on Pollard et al. (note that I’m…
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InaccurateA rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths starting in September 2020 contradicts the claim by Michael Yeadon that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”
Claim:
“the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”; “We now know that loads of people had prior immunity [...] I believe we are now firmly at community immunity.”; “Viruses don’t do waves.”
Source: talkRADIO, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Michael Yeadon, 2020-11-05 -
European Fact-Checking Organisations Launch Climate Disinformation Database
…the cross-border data. Reports will be released about once a month and cover a range of climate-related topics. Carlos Hernández-Echevarría, Chair of the EFCSN Governance Body, said: “We have already…
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InaccurateArticle inaccurately claims that coronavirus vaccine by Oxford researchers caused animal test subjects to develop COVID-19
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“Bill Gates’ shoddily-hastened vaccine has been determined to make all animal test subjects get COVID-19 when exposed to the virus“
Source: Montana Daily Gazette, Anonymous, 2020-05-27 -
Lacks contextPlanting trees can help mitigate some aspects of climate change, but it cannot solve all environmental crises
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“Trees provide a solution to almost all environmental crises we're facing. Trees reverse climate change by cleaning carbon from the air.”
Source: 8 Billion Trees, Pamela Anderson, 2020-08-23 -
IncorrectClaim that SARS-CoV-2 binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells unsupported and implausible
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COVID-19 causes prolonged and progressive hypoxia (starving your body of oxygen) by binding to the heme groups in hemoglobin in your red blood cells
Source: Medium, Andrew Gaiziunas, 2020-04-05