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Sugar isn’t inherently cancer-causing; no evidence that removing sugar from diet cures cancer
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Sugar causes cancer; eliminating sugar from the diet can cure cancer
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Source: The School of Greatness, YouTube, Barbara O'Neill, Mark Hyman, 2023-03-23 -
UnsupportedPublished studies show no association between COVID-19 vaccines and heart attacks, contrary to British cardiologist’s claim
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COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of heart attacks
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Aseem Malhotra, 2023-10-10 -
Lacks contextCOVID-19 itself can cause heart inflammation, in addition to other problems like long COVID; benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks
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More than half of myocarditis cases caused by COVID-19 vaccines occur in those aged between 12 and 34, yet this age group has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 99.99%
Source: Twitter/X, Kelly Victory, 2021-06-11 -
UnsupportedMore evidence needed to confirm association between Alzheimer’s prevention and supplements like curcumin, green tea, or lion’s mane
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Three supplements (curcumin, green tea, and lion’s mane) can stop Alzheimer’s disease before it starts
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Robert W. B. Love, 2023-12-29 -
InaccurateEvidence shows that lockdowns implemented to tackle the spread of COVID-19 have saved lives, contrary to claims in the New York Post
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“COVID lockdowns don’t appear to have saved lives”; “ample scientific evidence points to the fact that lockdowns did not save lives”
Source: New York Post, Eileen AJ Connelly, Ryan Fazio, 2021-05-01 -
InaccurateThe mRNA COVID-19 vaccines aren’t operating systems, and won’t transform the human body into a virus-making factory
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The mRNA vaccine is “an operating system that takes over the machinery of your cells” ; “...by the time you get your fourth shot your body will be making all four proteins that make up the COVID-19 virus.”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Abdul Alim Muhammad, Damon Jones, 2021-03-28 -
1.0HighAnalysis of "Great Barrier Reef may perish by 2030s…"
…bleaching and mortality has expanded in frequency and severity, with three truly global events being recorded so far – 1998, 2010, and 2016. The apparent shortening of the interval between…
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IncorrectScientific evidence shows that mask-wearing is effective at limiting community transmission; claims that face masks increase mortality are based on flawed correlation studies
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“Countries with high levels of mask compliance did not perform better than those with low mask usage”; “Mask Mandates [are] Associated With Increased Covid Death Rate”
Source: The National Pulse, Townhall Media, Zacharias Foegen, 2022-06-05 -
Flawed reasoningCountry-to-country comparison doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, contrary to Facebook post by journalist Sharyl Attkisson
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“As more people got vaccinated for Covid, more people got Covid.”
Source: Facebook, Sharyl Attkisson, 2024-04-01 -
Tony Abbott speech on climate change rehashes misleading, inaccurate talking points
…University: [via The Guardian] In 2003, 70,000 people died in western Europe, and in 2010 a further 55,000 people died in Russia and eastern Europe. These figures far exceed deaths…