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COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the incidence of poor outcomes during pregnancy, according to current safety data on COVID-19 vaccines
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COVID-19 vaccines caused miscarriages
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Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Facebook users, 2021-02-06 -
Misinformation superspreaders are thriving on Musk-owned Twitter
Key results 1. A study of 490 “misinformation superspreaders” (here defined as accounts that have repeatedly published popular tweets linking to known misinformation) shows that their collective popularity has significantly…
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-1.7Very lowWall Street Journal article repeats multiple incorrect and misleading claims made in Steven Koonin’s new book ’Unsettled’
…at all tantamount to the idea that the “science is settled”. Annotations The statements quoted below are from the article; comments are from the reviewers (and are lightly edited for…
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MisleadingMarty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation
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The U.S. government spread misinformation that vaccinated immunity was far greater than natural immunity, that masks were effective, that myocarditis was more common after the infection than the vaccine
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Marty Makary, 2023-10-16 -
Flawed reasoningMask use does not increase risk of COVID-19 as viral social media posts claim
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More people who wear masks become sick with COVID-19 compared to non-mask wearers, therefore masks don’t work or are making us ill
Source: The Federalist, Jordan Davidson, 2020-10-12 -
AccurateEvidence suggests that political partisanship is associated with higher COVID-19 mortality rates among Republicans compared to Democrats
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“Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats, mounting evidence shows”
Source: NBC News, Aria Bendix, 2022-10-06 -
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 -
InaccurateBedrock heat flow studies made no claim contradicting human-caused melting of glaciers
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[A] series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets.
Source: Climate Change Dispatch, James Edward Kamis, 2018-08-07 -
InaccurateUsing face masks reduces the transmission of COVID-19 and doesn’t lead to oxygen deficiency or carbon dioxide buildup in the blood
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“Both medical and non-medical face masks are ineffective to reduce transmission and infectivity of COVID-19”; “long-term consequences of wearing face masks on health are detrimental [including hypoxemia and hypercapnia]”
Source: American Conservative Movement, Baruch Vainshelboim, JD Rucker, 2021-04-18 -
Wind turbines and solar panels are lower-emissions than fossil fuels overall
…months, of their decades-long average lifetimes. Scientists’ Feedback R. Camilla Thomson Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Edinburgh SF: Will wind turbines continue to reduce emissions as the grid continues to decarbonize?…