Inaccurate
Studies show that the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks; preprint claiming to show otherwise is flawed
Claim:
“Covid Vaccines More Likely to Put You in Hospital Than Keep You Out”
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Source: Daily Sceptic, Will Jones, 2022-06-22 -
Consensus Credibility Scores: technical appendix
…Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) Description: A Reporters Without Borders initiative aimed at designing standards for transparency of media organization and professionalism of the editorial processes. The list of JTI-certified organizations…
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InaccurateMore deaths occurred in 2020 than in previous years; Johns Hopkins student article compared proportion of deaths per age group, which can obscure changes in raw numbers
Claim:
“Johns Hopkins study mysteriously disappears after it revealed, in spite of COVID, no more deaths in 2020 than in prior years”
Source: Gateway Pundit, LifeSite News, Joe Hoft, Michael Haynes, 2020-11-27 -
UnsupportedClaim that hydroxychloroquine is an effective early treatment for COVID-19 isn’t supported by evidence from clinical trials
Claim:
“The FDA hid the evidence that HCQ [hydroxychloroquine] was effective in the early treatment of the disease. Hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of this lie.”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Harvey Risch, Jim Hoft, 2022-09-17 -
MisleadingFlawed analysis by Peter McCullough and others used to promote baseless claim that brain blood clots “112,000% more likely” after COVID-19 vaccine than flu vaccine
Claim:
Brain blood clots are 112,000% more likely to occur after COVID-19 vaccine than after the flu vaccine
Source: McCullough Foundation, Peter McCullough, 2024-09-06 -
InaccurateThe energy costs of manufacturing wind turbines are recouped in one to six months; turbines are financially profitable over their lifetimes
Claim:
Wind turbines in the US are made of toxic materials that pollute the environment, are mostly built in Germany, and will not pay off their manufacturing costs within their lifetimes.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-03-17 -
How do solar and wind change the electric grid?
…reactors, hydroelectric dams, solar panels, wind turbines, or another source. Second, the generated electricity is transmitted from its sources to the places where people actually live and work. Long-distance cables…
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InaccurateRush Limbaugh falsely claims there is no evidence of human-caused global warming
Claim:
There isn’t yet any empirical evidence for their claim that greenhouse gases even cause temperatures to increase.
Source: The Rush Limbaugh Show, Rush Limbaugh, 2018-04-02 -
InaccuratePCR-based COVID-19 tests aren’t cloning devices and don’t modify the human genome
Claim:
“PCR kits have never been about testing for COVID” [...] They’re cloning devices”
Source: The Stew Peters Network, Ariyana Love, 2022-12-29 -
UnsupportedNo evidence to show that infrasound from wind turbines is harmful to human health
Claim:
Wind turbines emit infrasound that is harmful to human health.
Source: The Highwire, Tracy Beanz, Michelle Edwards, 2024-11-19