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Polio vaccine plays a critical role in eradicating polio; polio is caused by a virus, not by DDT
Claim:
“Did vaccines get rid of polio? The answer is NO!”
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Source: Instagram, Rizza Islam, Ty Bollinger, 2020-12-02 -
Partially correctCats can transmit toxoplasmosis to humans, but no evidence links toxoplasmosis to increased “hunger hormone” ghrelin
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"Cat parasite" causes toxoplasmosis; toxoplasmosis increases ghrelin hormone levels
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Social media user, Chervin Jafarieh, 2024-06-06 -
InaccurateThe CDC reports more than 2.9 million deaths in the U.S. in 2020; there were at least 377,000 more deaths in 2020 compared to previous years
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the number of deaths in America in 2020 was not greater than that in 2019
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Facebook users, 2020-12-31 -
IncorrectEarth is not at risk of becoming a hothouse like Venus, as Stephen Hawking claimed
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Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, and raining sulphuric acid.
Source: BBC, Stephen Hawking, 2017-07-02 -
IncorrectAcidity in bottled drinking water not a cause for health concern, contrary to popular Facebook video claim
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Drinking bottled water with an acidic pH is bad for your health
Source: Facebook, Internet user, 2017-04-19 -
European Union: Sanctioned Russian media entities and individuals’ content accessible on X (Twitter)
…and organisations offering support to the Russian war effort. In addition to political and military decision-makers or military-industrial organisations, a number of Kremlin-controlled media entities and prominent propagandists are included…
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European Union: Sanctioned Russian media entities and individuals’ content accessible on Telegram
…against a number of individuals and organizations offering support to the Russian war effort. In addition to political and military decision-makers or military-industrial organizations, several Kremlin-controlled media entities and prominent…
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IncorrectFred Singer incorrectly claims sea level rise is not caused by climate change
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Sea-level rise does not seem to depend on ocean temperature, and certainly not on CO2
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Fred Singer, 2018-05-15 -
IncorrectHIV infection is the cause of AIDS; persistent HIV/AIDS denialism relies on false information and is potentially deadly
Claim:
“HIV does not cause AIDS”
Source: Instagram, Judy Mikovits, 2022-11-14