Misleading
COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
Claim:
“Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”
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Source: Facebook, Instagram, New York Post, Social media users, Jackie Salo, 2021-04-20 -
IncorrectEarth’s surface continues to warm due to greenhouse gas emissions, contrary to claims by Christopher Monckton in Watts Up With That
Claim:
“...Seven and a half years have passed since there was any trend in global warming at all” If global warming was caused by human emissions, temperature would rise at a steady rate
Source: Watts Up With That?, Christopher Monckton, 2022-04-04 -
InaccurateSea levels have risen for over 100 years, despite misleading photos shared on social media
Claim:
Sea-level rise is not occurring or showing any impacts, based on photographic evidence.
Source: Facebook, 2024-06-06 -
Wildfires in LA influenced by Santa Ana winds and dry vegetation; climate change a likely factor, contrary to viral misinformation
…wildfires On the morning of 7 January 2025, a wildfire was reported in the Los Angeles (LA) region which, in just over a week, has burned over 40,600 acres (~16,400…
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MisleadingWhat’s worse: lithium mining or oil extraction? Viral social media posts suggest misleading answers to complex question.
Claim:
Lithium mining for electric cars has a greater environmental impact than oil extraction for gas cars.
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-08-16 -
Flawed reasoningCountry-to-country comparison doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, contrary to Facebook post by journalist Sharyl Attkisson
Claim:
“As more people got vaccinated for Covid, more people got Covid.”
Source: Facebook, Sharyl Attkisson, 2024-04-01 -
MisleadingCoral cover in the Great Barrier Reef improved in 2021, but that doesn’t mean the reef is ‘growing quickly,’ contrary to Daily Wire claim
Claim:
Study Shows The Great Barrier Reef Is Growing Quickly
Source: The Daily Wire, Ben Zeisloft, 2021-10-24 -
MisleadingNo evidence for a significant influence of volcanoes or solar variability on recent climate change contrary to Judith Curry’s claims in PragerU video
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Climate scientists disagree about how much warming is associated with our emissions and whether this warming is larger than natural climate variability from the sun and volcanic eruptions
Source: PragerU, Judith Curry, 2024-04-15 -
MisleadingOptimal atmospheric CO2 for dinosaurs and plants is harmful for humans; current concentration is higher than Homo sapiens have ever experienced
Claim:
High CO2 was fine for the dinosaurs and high CO2 benefits plants today in greenhouses, so more CO2 can’t be bad for humans
Source: Bright Insight, Jimmy Corsetti, 2024-02-04 -
IncorrectPreventing deaths isn’t the sole benefit of COVID-19 vaccination, contrary to Epoch Times article
Claim:
“An accurate reporting by Pfizer would have shown equal numbers of clinical trial deaths in the vaccine and placebo groups and thus, no benefit of vaccination”
Source: The Epoch Times, Megan Redshaw, 2023-10-21