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Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier inaccurately claims that the novel coronavirus is man-made and contains genetic material from HIV
Claim:
this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus)
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Source: Zero Hedge, Gilmore Health News, Luc Montagnier, 2020-04-16 -
Scientists discuss the widely shared Huffington Post article “Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong”
…points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity. Disease Models and Mechanisms. Christopher Labos Cardiologist, Independent Expert This…
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UnsupportedClaims that flu cases are used to inflate COVID-19 case counts are misleading, based on inaccurate numbers
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“Flu cases down by 95%” between 2019 and 2020 for the weeks 40 to 41; flu is being diagnosed as COVID-19, leading to fewer flu cases being recorded
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-10-18 -
MisleadingSwiss study doesn’t show that Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is dangerous for the heart, John Campbell and The Gateway Pundit exaggerated the study’s conclusions
Claim:
“1 in 35 people showed signs of heart damage after taking the Moderna COVID19 vaccine”; it is a “kill shot”; taking “this kind of risk, it’s just complete madness”
Source: YouTube, Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, John Campbell, 2023-07-26 -
InaccurateEvidence shows that lockdowns implemented to tackle the spread of COVID-19 have saved lives, contrary to claims in the New York Post
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“COVID lockdowns don’t appear to have saved lives”; “ample scientific evidence points to the fact that lockdowns did not save lives”
Source: New York Post, Eileen AJ Connelly, Ryan Fazio, 2021-05-01 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines provide important benefits; SSRN preprint didn’t find COVID-19 vaccines to be “98 times worse” than the virus
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“Covid-19 Vaccines 98 Times Worse Than the Virus”
Source: Gateway Pundit, The Florida Standard, Jim Hoft, Jonas Vesterberg, 2022-09-12 -
European Union: Sanctioned Russian media entities and individuals’ content accessible on Facebook and other Meta services
…a number of individuals and organizations offering support to the Russian war effort. In addition to political and military decision-makers or military-industrial organizations, several Kremlin-controlled media entities and prominent propagandists…
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-1.3LowNew York Post article makes speculative, unsupported claim that mutation could enable the virus causing COVID-19 to evade handwashing and mask-wearing
…the New York Post article found it contained inaccurate and misleading statements, and was of low scientific credibility overall. Danielle Anderson, a virologist and assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School,…
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UnsupportedNo evidence that EVs cause infertility, and their magnetic fields are similar to those from household electronics
Claim:
Electric vehicles cause infertility. Being in an electric car will lower your testosterone.
Source: YouTube, Garry Lineham, Justin Frandson, 2025-02-07