Inaccurate
No scientific basis for the claim that urine’s reaction to salt can confirm pregnancy
Claim:
The way urine reacts to salt is a test for pregnancy
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2024-05-19 -
IncorrectMonkeypox outbreak triggers conspiracy theories on social media claiming that it was planned or incorrectly linking it to COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
Monkeypox is caused by COVID-19 vaccines; a 2021 tabletop exercise portraying a monkeypox pandemic is evidence that global leaders planned the outbreak; the monkeypox vaccine was “ready” before the outbreak
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-2Very lowAnalysis of "Why are climate-change models so flawed? Because climate science is so incomplete"
…is a highly inaccurate article that makes a number of false and intentionally misleading claims. The weight of scientific evidence (summarised in the IPCC reports) shows that greenhouse gas emissions…
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InaccurateContrary to claim in viral Facebook post, the flu vaccine does work and certain types of cancers can be cured
Claim:
“Can't make a vaccine that works for influenza. No vaccine for RSV. Can't cure cancer. But they sure as shit can make a vaccine in 6 months for an illness that they STILL don't understand”
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-1.7Very lowWall Street Journal article repeats multiple incorrect and misleading claims made in Steven Koonin’s new book ’Unsettled’
…level changes, namely subsidence (sinking land) or isostatic rebound (rising land due to melting glaciers). The IPCC 5th Assessment Report featured three estimates of global sea level rise[6]: from Church…
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0.8HighGrist article on an “Ice Apocalypse” mostly accurate, but doesn’t make the likelihood of that apocalypse clear enough to readers
…it routinely, for example), and the rate of calving is generally accepted to increase in deeper water and to be favored by reduced friction from the sides, for robust physical…
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MisleadingClaim that there are “no deaths from cannabis use anywhere” is misleading
Claim:
“There are no deaths from cannabis use anywhere”
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Sanctioned but Thriving: How Online Platforms Fail To Address the Widespread Presence of Entities Under EU Sanctions
The report was created with cases contributed by Alliance4Europe, Science Feedback, Logically Facts, Alliance for Securing Democracy – German Marshall Fund, Prose Intelligence, Democracy Reporting International, Södertörn University, and the…
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Offshore wind turbines aren’t louder than high winds or passing ships, no evidence they harm whales
…installed offshore can generate more electricity. What’s more, because offshore turbines are generally farther away from civilization, we can build taller turbines with less resistance from people who don’t want…
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IncorrectNo evidence that “Dr. Sebi” could cure AIDS and other diseases using natural remedies or change in diet
Claim:
Dr. Sebi could cure a wide range of diseases using natural remedies or change in diet.
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-06-10