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Studies show flu vaccine reduces risk of flu-related illness and hospitalization; benefits of flu vaccine outweigh its risks
Claim:
Flu shots don’t work, increase your risk of getting the flu, damage your immunity and nervous system
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Source: Facebook, Silicon Valley Health Institute, Raymond Francis, 2017-11-16 -
InaccurateMultiple studies show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause pregnancy or fertility problems, despite widespread claims on social media
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mRNA COVID-19 vaccines accumulate in the ovaries, change menstrual cycles, and lead the immune system to mount “an immune response to their own placental protein”
Source: The Epoch Times, James Thorp, Michael Yeadon, 2022-05-27 -
IncorrectBoth viruses and bacteria cause disease; pathogenic viruses aren’t naturally created in the body as a response to damage
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“You don’t catch viruses, you naturally create them inside of your body”; “bacteria and viruses don’t cause disease.”
Source: Facebook, Melissa Sell, 2021-03-17 -
-1.7Very lowFinancial Post publishes misleading opinion that misrepresents science of polar bears’ plight
…mid century has already happened. Here is an image that may help put this in perspective, and make it clear why our projections focused on mid century and beyond, and…
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A discussion with experts on California wildfire links to climate change
…winds were a major driver, and the duration and recurrence was impressive this winter. Alexander Gershunov, Research Meteorologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography: While obviously driven by strong, dry and gusty…
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InaccurateListicle of “facts” about COVID-19 contains numerous inaccurate and misleading claims
Claim:
“The overall lethality of [COVID-19] (IFR) is about 0.1% to 0.3% and thus in the range of a severe influenza”
Source: Swiss Policy Research, Anonymous, 2020-03-14 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use prevent the disease and are generally safe based on rigorous clinical trials and ongoing monitoring
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“No one can possibly know if the [COVID-19] vaccine is safe and effective because the trial is still underway; “Thousands of people who had the vaccine have died or been seriously injured by it”
Source: Charlie Ward, Vernon Coleman, 2021-02-02 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA after clinical trials demonstrated that they are safe and effective; COVID-19 vaccines aren’t experimental
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“Not one [COVID-19] vaccine is FDA approved. [...] They are all experimental.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-03-08 -
Flawed reasoningGlobal warming and the COVID-19 pandemic are unrelated issues: one will not protect us from the other
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If we want to protect ourselves from the coronavirus, we must back away from all the climate change efforts we've been making
Source: LifeSite News, Andrea Widberg, 2020-03-17 -
UnsupportedLittle to no evidence that smoking protects against COVID-19; may increase risk of complications instead
Claim:
smoking may protect against COVID-19
Source: Spiked, Christopher Snowdon, 2020-04-23