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COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause leprosy, aren’t responsible for leprosy cases in Florida
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy
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Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-01-04 -
InaccurateGargling salt water or vinegar may soothe a sore throat, but it will not eliminate COVID-19
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Gargling with warm water and salt or vinegar eliminates the virus [SARS-CoV-2]
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-03-14 -
-1.3LowViral news article misinterprets classification of processed meat as carcinogenic in claiming it is “as harmful as cigarettes”
Scientists’ Feedback SUMMARY This article from a news website called “Truth Reporter”, which has been widely shared on social media, comments on the 2015 decision by the International Agency for…
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0.5HighCOVID-19 vaccine candidate by Pittsburgh scientists show promising results in animal studies, but clinical trials still needed before efficacy in humans is known
…Li et al. (2015) Editorial: Why Vaccines to HIV, HCV, and Malaria Have So Far Failed—Challenges to Developing Vaccines Against Immunoregulating Pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5 – Kim et al….
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ImpreciseClaim that CO2 is cooling the planet is misleading, anthropogenic CO2 emissions overall cause global warming
Claim:
Global warming slowing down? 'Ironic' study finds more CO<sub>2</sub> has slightly cooled the planet
Source: Express, Sebastian Kettley, 2020-02-18 -
MisleadingVaccines, treatments reduced public health threat posed by COVID-19, explaining different approach in 2024 compared to 2020
Claim:
COVID-19 has been like the flu since the beginning of the pandemic
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2024-03-02 -
1.3HighGuardian story accurately covers sea ice event but makes unsupported connection to weather patterns and the Gulf Stream
…all published at the same time. Annotations The statements quoted below are from the article; comments are from the reviewers (and are lightly edited for clarity). “The sea off the…
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-1.3Low2018’s most popular health article promoting cannabis’ safety found to be biased and misleading
…edited for clarity). “There have also been studies on the adverse effects of marijuana. One of these was published in mid-2014, focusing the negative health effects of smoking marijuana, particularly…
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How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?
…prolonged rainfall leading to flooding, persistent cold spells, and long-lived heat waves.” The video below, made by the Aspen Global Change Institute, provides a neat illustration of this process. Another related…
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0.4NeutralTime article on bone marrow transplant trial for multiple sclerosis treatment mostly accurate but needs more important details and context
…compared to patients who received standard therapy. These results suggest that bone marrow transplants are more likely to help MS patients live disease-free compared to current therapy. Reviewers found the…