Lacks context
Flu vaccine reduces risk of flu-related illness and hospitalization, even though it hasn’t eradicated flu
Claim:
“We’ve had the flu vaccine for 78 years. We still have the flu.”
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Source: Threads, Social media user, 2025-02-08 -
InaccurateACE inhibitors aren’t snake venom, no evidence they cause cancer
Claim:
ACE inhibitors are snake venom and cause turbo cancer
Source: Conversations With Adrian, Bryan Ardis, 2024-11-03 -
Climate vs. weather: a deep dive on the key differences
…by both human activities and natural processes; however, studies have unequivocally shown that recent global warming is driven by human greenhouse gas emissions – not by natural variability. Climate scientists’…
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InaccurateSimple measurements demonstrate that CO2 is a greenhouse gas contrary to claim in online blogs
Claim:
CO2 is not a greenhouse gas.
Source: Technocracy.news, Tim Ball, 2018-09-13 -
Sea-level rise: to mitigate or adapt? Experts say we need to do both.
…gradual sea-level rise cause coastal impacts. For example, a study by Strauss et al. (2021) explains that approximately 8.1 billion dollars in damages done by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 is…
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MisleadingClinical trial by Moderna found no safety concerns with the COVID-19 vaccine in toddlers, contrary to claim by Joseph Ladapo
Claim:
According to Moderna themselves: Serious adverse events affected 1 in 200 toddlers. But they still concluded the mRNA vaccine was safe in children
Source: Twitter/X, Joseph Ladapo, 2022-10-29 -
IncorrectBaseless speculations underpin a retracted editorial claiming spontaneous generation of SARS-CoV-2 in skin cells exposed to 5G waves
Claim:
5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells
Source: Infowars, GreenMedInfo, Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-16 -
InaccurateNo, “HIV insertions” were not identified in the 2019 coronavirus, contrary to claims based on questionable bioinformatics study
Claim:
Coronavirus contains 'HIV insertions'
Source: Infowars, Zero Hedge, Anonymous, 2020-01-31 -
InaccurateViral photo of a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine is from Sweden, not Texas; current power outages in Texas are due to multiple fuel types going offline
Claim:
Helicopters are using chemicals made from fossil fuels to defrost wind turbines; frosted wind turbines are responsible for blackouts in Texas; “the reason your power is/was out is wind energy's fault.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-02-16 -
InaccurateData shows temperatures rising in Greenland and around the world; current global warming is driven by CO2, not solar activity
Claim:
Ice cores from Greenland show no significant warming, casting doubt on the climate change theory
Source: Daily Sceptic, Stephen Andrews, 2024-03-08