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Candace Owens repeats unsubstantiated claim about HPV vaccine causing infertility
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HPV vaccine Gardasil causes infertility
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Source: X/Twitter, Candace Owens, 2025-05-09 -
InaccurateAntarctica recently gained some ice; that doesn’t mark the end of ice loss, global warming or sea-level rise, contrary to viral claims
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Antarctica gained ice from 2021 to 2023 so global warming is over, sea-levels aren't rising, and ice loss has reversed in Antarctica.
Source: 2025-05-04 -
UnsupportedNo evidence for chiropractor Bryan Ardis’ claim that nicotine cures Parkinson’s and other diseases
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Nicotine cures Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, ulcerative colitis, and multiple sclerosis; nicotine is a treatment for autism
Source: TikTok, Human Garage, Bryan Ardis, 2025-03-10 -
IncorrectThere’s no doubt on CO2’s role in climate change, despite Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan’s claims
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Whether all that additional carbon dioxide is a function of human activity, that’s still debatable.
Source: Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, 2025-04-22 -
Lacks context84% of the world’s reefs recently experienced bleaching-level heat stress, but not all were ‘completely bleached’
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More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching.
Source: The Guardian, CBS, 2025-04-23 -
MisleadingCan solar panels warm their surroundings? Yes, but so can other materials
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Solar panels can heat up their surroundings and have unknown consequences on the surrounding environment.
Source: Twitter/X, Social media users, 2025-04-17 -
InaccurateJournalist Alex Berenson misrepresents German study on COVID-19 mRNA vaccination
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“mRNA Covid jabs change genetic structures in ways linked to cancer and autoimmune disorders”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, Michael Nevradakis, 2025-03-31 -
MisleadingInfluencer Gary Brecka spreads misinformation about water fluoridation in Instagram post
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“[F]luoride is a neurotoxin. Studies link it to lower IQ in kids, thyroid dysfunction, and weakened bone density”
Source: Instagram, Gary Brecka, 2025-03-28 -
UnsupportedRising cancers in young adults preceded pandemic, unrelated to COVID-19 or vaccines, contrary to Patrick Soon-Shiong’s claims in Tucker Carlson interview
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COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines “are likely causing a global epidemic of terrifyingly aggressive cancers”
Source: Tucker Carlson Network, Patrick Soon-Shiong, 2025-03-26 -
IncorrectWhat is peer-review? Why one ‘peer-reviewed’ Grok-written paper doesn’t disprove climate change
Claim:
The first-ever artificial intelligence-led peer-reviewed climate science paper has confirmed that climate change is a hoax.
Source: Science of Climate Change, David Legates, Willie Soon, Jonathan Cohler, Franklin Soon, 2025-03-21
