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Flawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism
Claim:
“New peer-reviewed study again confirms childhood vaccines are likely responsible for nearly 80% of the autism cases in US”
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Source: X/Twitter, Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2025-01-25 -
IncorrectHow we know that Earth and the Universe are billions of years old and that evolution is real
Claim:
Nebulas caused by supernovas show that the Universe is 6,000 years old; The postulates of evolution haven't been observed
Source: Instagram, Major G. Coleman, 2024-09-28 -
InaccurateContrary to popular claim on social media, RNA vaccines do not alter our DNA
Claim:
“Bill Gates explains that the COVID vaccine will use experimental technology and permanently alter your DNA”
Source: Waking Times, Facebook users, Alex Pietrowski, 2020-05-15 -
Agriculture emits greenhouse gases, but less than using fossil fuels, despite recent paper’s claim
…– warm our planet by trapping excess heat that would otherwise escape to space. Because recent global warming has been driven by rises in CO2, scientists carefully track where it…
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MisleadingInadequate analysis of Japan data used to spread false claim about COVID-19 vaccine mortality
Claim:
Japanese database of 18 million vaccinated people show that the more COVID-19 vaccine doses you get, the sooner you die
Source: United Citizens for Stopping mRNA Vaccines, Twitter/X, YouTube, Rumble, Peter Imanuelsen (aka Peter Sweden), Yasufumi Murakami, Emerald Robinson, 2025-07-12 -
-0.6LowDaily Caller uncritically reports poorly supported conclusion of satellite temperature study
…and by the content of the analysis in the annotations on the article. Alexis Berg Research Associate, Harvard University This article reports on a new study by Christy and McNider…
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InaccurateClaims that a phase 3 clinical trial showed that ivermectin is effective against Omicron are inaccurate and based on a now-corrected Reuters article
Claim:
Phase 3 trial shows that Ivermectin is effective against Omicron
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2022-01-31 -
InaccurateNo, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness
Claim:
“Danish researchers [...] found protection against Omicron turned negative three months after the second dose”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2022-01-06 -
How health problems after COVID-19 vaccination are sometimes used to feed misinformation narratives
…and videos as evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe hasn’t been limited to children. Similar videos have been used before to imply a link between COVID-19 vaccination in adults and…
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Telegram takes unprecedented step in blocking Russian media channels, but enforcement remains incomplete
…DSA (Articles 34 and 35). We welcome the announcement by Telegram, as disinformation through state-owned media channels are central in Russia’s hybrid warfare against European democracy. Telegram is the first…