Analysis of Carly Fiorina's climate statements
…promote a wiser decision. The statement about solar power and water is also misleading. While it’s true that the production of photovoltaic chips requires water, their use does not, and…
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-2Very lowMisleading Wall Street Journal opinion piece makes the unsubstantiated claim that the U.S. will have herd immunity by April 2021
…“conspiracy-pseudoscience” source by Media Bias/Fact Check. Herd immunity is a state in which a certain proportion of individuals in a population are immune to an infectious disease. As explained in…
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UnsupportedLittle clinical evidence supports the use of high-dose intravenous vitamin C to treat cancer
Claim:
Intravenous vitamin C specifically kills only cancer cells and not healthy cells
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-08-21 -
1.7Very highAnalysis of “Miami’s fight against rising seas”
…here, including the observation that in recent years the rate of sea-level rise in southeast Florida has accelerated. Additional insight on the implications of the research is made, including the…
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0.8HighUSA Today story accurate but lacks clarity regarding timescales over which warming could be underestimated
…involved in this research). The periods considered in the original study had important differences relative to the current Earth: different Earth-sun orbits, continental configurations, and land ice, for example. These…
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InaccurateLarge-scale studies have found that COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase the risk of negative pregnancy outcomes, contrary to claim by Naomi Wolf
Claim:
Babies of vaccinated mothers are dying in disproportionate numbers and the COVID-19 vaccines are responsible
Source: War Room Battleground, Naomi Wolf, 2022-05-25 -
UnsupportedDaily Mail inflates data handling disagreement between scientists; makes unsupported “manipulation” accusation
Claim:
world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data
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Mostly accurateMore evidence needed for the claim that vitamin D supplements reduce risk of COVID-19 infection
Claim:
“Habitual use of vitamin D supplements was associated with a 34% lower risk of COVID-19 infection”; “This is an observational study so causation cannot be established”
Source: Instagram, Rhonda Patrick, 2021-02-04 -
COVID-19 vaccines can enhance protective immunity in previously infected people
Claim:
“Individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection do not get additional benefits from vaccination”
Source: Medical News, Sanchari Sinha Dutta, 2021-06-08 -
-0.3NeutralStory on congressman's incorrect claims about sea level rise could have corrected them more explicitly
…exchange between some members of the Space, Science and Technology Committee and a climate scientist. The comments from the members of the Committee suffer from severe inaccuracies and misconceptions, and…