Inaccurate
Water fluoridation hasn’t been associated with cognitive or other health problems so far, contrary to widespread claims
Claim:
“Harvard Study Confirms: Fluoride Reduces Children’s IQ”
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Source: Herbs Health and Happiness, Social media users, Anonymous, 2022-09-21 -
Partially correctClaim that virus contaminating polio vaccine between 1955 and 1963 is cancer-causing not supported by science
Claim:
CDC Admits 98 Million Americans Received Polio Vaccine In An 8-Year Span When It Was Contaminated With Cancer Virus
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InaccurateA rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths starting in September 2020 contradicts the claim by Michael Yeadon that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”
Claim:
“the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”; “We now know that loads of people had prior immunity [...] I believe we are now firmly at community immunity.”; “Viruses don’t do waves.”
Source: talkRADIO, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Michael Yeadon, 2020-11-05 -
MisleadingClaims that a Harvard study showed COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective misrepresent the authors’ conclusions, fail to account for the study’s limitations
Claim:
“Covid SURGES Among Most Vaxxed Communities Says Harvard Study”
Source: The Jimmy Dore Show, Jimmy Dore, 2021-10-17 -
InaccurateVaccines are safe and aren’t associated with autoimmune disease, contrary to claim in viral video by chiropractor Steven Baker
Claim:
“Vaccines cause autoimmune disease”; COVID-19 vaccine will “change your genes”; aborted fetal tissue is in vaccines
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Lacks contextBringing clarity to misleading claims about wind turbines’ costs, impacts on birds
Claim:
Wind turbines are killing bald eagles, and make you pay more for electricity
Source: Gateway Pundit, Gregory Lyakhov, 2026-01-13 -
UnsupportedLack of evidence for cancer treatment protocol that recommends antiparasitic drugs ivermectin and mebendazole
Claim:
"Peer-reviewed" cancer treatment protocol shows Ivermectin and Mebendazole are effective against cancer
Source: Twitter, William Makis, 2024-10-13 -
Hailstorm in Saudi Arabian desert mistaken for snow, sparking misleading climate claims online
…hail showers, and that the scenes and images circulated are of hail showers accumulating in the desert and do not show any snowfall.” The evidence above suggests that recent social…
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InaccurateGlobal COVID Vaccine Safety study identified already-known risks, doesn’t show that risks are greater than benefits
Claim:
Global COVID Vaccine Safety study shows that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous, inadequately tested; getting vaccinated is more dangerous than getting COVID-19
Source: Twitter, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-19 -
-0.6LowDaily Caller uncritically reports poorly supported conclusion of satellite temperature study
…warming rates. Santer et al (2001) Accounting for the effects of volcanoes and ENSO in comparisons of modeled and observed temperature trends, Journal of Geophysical Research Chen and Tung (2014)…