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sciencefeedback_134_ret_b7_gn | sciencefeedback_134 | https://science.feedback.org/review/social-media-i-am-awakened-seasonal-illness-surge-conspiracy-chemicals-food-plandemic/ | The pandemic was planned; respiratory illness surge in New York and China isn’t airborne but due to chlorine and benzene in food and water | Alexander Cole | 2023-12-31 | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/respiratory-illness-surge-china-not-due-new-virus-cdc-director-tells-c-rcna127459 | WASHINGTON — The "upsurge" in respiratory illness in China is not from "a new or novel pathogen," the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reassured members of Congress on Thursday. [...] Chinese authorities have attributed the uptick to the lifting of many of the strictest pandemic restrictions l... | 2023-11-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_135 | sciencefeedback_135 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-continue-show-covid19-vaccines-dont-harm-fertility/ | New England Journal of Medicine “proves” 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; COVID-19 vaccines harm men’s and women’s fertility | Christiane Northrup | 2023-09-20 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-continue-show-covid19-vaccines-dont-harm-fertility/ | Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines harming fertility is a widespread myth that has damaged public trust in the vaccines. While the original vaccine clinical trials didn’t evaluate the effects of COVID-19 vaccines on fertility, scientific studies and safety surveillance data later on have shown that COVID-19 vaccine... | 2023-09-20 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_135_ret_b3_gn | sciencefeedback_135 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-continue-show-covid19-vaccines-dont-harm-fertility/ | New England Journal of Medicine “proves” 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; COVID-19 vaccines harm men’s and women’s fertility | Christiane Northrup | 2023-09-20 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/studies-continue-show-covid19-vaccines-dont-harm-fertility/ | FULL CLAIM: New England Journal of Medicine "proves" 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; Many women "will never be able to get pregnant because they had that shot"; "The sperm of inoculated men does not swim. The eggs of inoculated women do not grow into embryos" [...] Northrup’s speech supposedly provided evi... | 2023-10-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_135_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_135 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-continue-show-covid19-vaccines-dont-harm-fertility/ | New England Journal of Medicine “proves” 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; COVID-19 vaccines harm men’s and women’s fertility | Christiane Northrup | 2023-09-20 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-continue-show-covid19-vaccines-dont-harm-fertility/ | Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines harming fertility is a widespread myth that has damaged public trust in the vaccines. While the original vaccine clinical trials didn’t evaluate the effects of COVID-19 vaccines on fertility, scientific studies and safety surveillance data later on have shown that COVID-19 vaccine... | 2023-10-17 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_135_ret_bn_g3 | sciencefeedback_135 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-continue-show-covid19-vaccines-dont-harm-fertility/ | New England Journal of Medicine “proves” 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; COVID-19 vaccines harm men’s and women’s fertility | Christiane Northrup | 2023-09-20 | https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/what-doctors-wish-patients-knew-about-covid-19-vaccines-and-fertility | While COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing severe illness, hospitalization and death from SARS-CoV-2 infection, many people who are eligible have elected to not get vaccinated. This is often due to concerns about possible side effects. One concern emerged when a false report surfaced on social media claiming t... | 2022-04-29 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_135_ret_bn_g7 | sciencefeedback_135 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-continue-show-covid19-vaccines-dont-harm-fertility/ | New England Journal of Medicine “proves” 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; COVID-19 vaccines harm men’s and women’s fertility | Christiane Northrup | 2023-09-20 | https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/covid-19-vaccine-statistics-rare-side-effects-of-covid-19-vaccines | Can COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility? Infertility has not been a problem for men or women for any of the COVID-19 vaccines. One study noted vaccines do not affect conception by either partner. Prior COVID-19 infection among women also does not affect conception. However, recent COVID-19 infection among males does aff... | 2023-06-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_137_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_137 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claims-long-covid-doesnt-exist-misrepresent-study-queensland-health-researchers/ | Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist | David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory | 2024-03-14 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/claims-long-covid-doesnt-exist-misrepresent-study-queensland-health-researchers/ | FULL CLAIM: "No such thing as ‘long COVID,’ health agency says in shocking claim: ‘Unnecessary fear’"; "Top government health chief declares 'long COVID' doesn't really exist, study finds flu impairs more people in the long term"; "Australia: Queensland Health Researchers Claim ‘Long COVID’ Isn’t Real, Calls It ‘Unnece... | 2024-03-26 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_137_ret_b10_gn | sciencefeedback_137 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claims-long-covid-doesnt-exist-misrepresent-study-queensland-health-researchers/ | Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist | David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory | 2024-03-14 | https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/97576 | The Honourable Yvette D'Ath - New research by Queensland Health suggests vaccination could reduce incidence of long COVID - The study was completed when 90 per cent of the state’s population was vaccinated against COVID-19 - Patients surveyed 12 weeks post Omicron infection, in Queensland's highly vaccinated population... | 2023-04-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_139 | sciencefeedback_139 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-increased-risk-of-autism-observed-in-african-american-boys-associated-with-mmr-vaccine-claim-based-on-erroneous-study-retracted-in-2014/ | The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine | Brian Hooker | 2020-01-27 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-increased-risk-of-autism-observed-in-african-american-boys-associated-with-mmr-vaccine-claim-based-on-erroneous-study-retracted-in-2014/ | CDC data did not show an increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine. This claim is based on a study that was later retracted due to its methodological flaws which produced spurious results. Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that vaccines do not cause autism. | 2020-01-27 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_139_ret_b12_gn | sciencefeedback_139 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-increased-risk-of-autism-observed-in-african-american-boys-associated-with-mmr-vaccine-claim-based-on-erroneous-study-retracted-in-2014/ | The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine | Brian Hooker | 2020-01-27 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/the-u-s-national-childhood-vaccine-injury-act-does-not-stop-people-from-suing-vaccine-manufacturers/ | Furthermore, the multiple civil lawsuits that have been filed against vaccine manufacturers by anti-vaccine activists clearly prove the claim is false, as Vaxopedia points out. [...] "MMR vaccine increased autism rate by 236% in African-American boys compared to Caucasian boys" [...] "And, of course, there’s no biologi... | 2022-11-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_139_ret_b15_gn | sciencefeedback_139 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-increased-risk-of-autism-observed-in-african-american-boys-associated-with-mmr-vaccine-claim-based-on-erroneous-study-retracted-in-2014/ | The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine | Brian Hooker | 2020-01-27 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bad-medicine/ | On 24 August 2014 a CNN iReport claiming intentional suppression of data relating to 340% increased risk of autism among specific populations of African-American boys following MMR vaccinations went viral. The story seemed to disappear mysteriously, further fueling the notion that an intentional coverup was underway. [... | 2015-02-03 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_139_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_139 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-increased-risk-of-autism-observed-in-african-american-boys-associated-with-mmr-vaccine-claim-based-on-erroneous-study-retracted-in-2014/ | The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine | Brian Hooker | 2020-01-27 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-increased-risk-of-autism-observed-in-african-american-boys-associated-with-mmr-vaccine-claim-based-on-erroneous-study-retracted-in-2014/ | No increased risk of autism observed in African-American boys associated with MMR vaccine; claim based on erroneous study retracted in 2014 CDC data did not show an increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine. This claim is based on a study that was later retracted due to its metho... | 2020-01-27 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_139_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_139 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-increased-risk-of-autism-observed-in-african-american-boys-associated-with-mmr-vaccine-claim-based-on-erroneous-study-retracted-in-2014/ | The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine | Brian Hooker | 2020-01-27 | https://translationalneurodegeneration.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2047-9158-3-16 | Table 3 shows results for the entire cohort excluding African American children. As can be observed, there is no statistically significant effect for any of the subclasses in either gender or age cut-off for MMR uptake. This shows that the effect observed overall is due to the very strong "signal" seen exclusively in A... | 2014-08-27 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_141 | sciencefeedback_141 | https://science.feedback.org/review/peter-mccullough-misinterprets-study-covid19-vaccination-pregnancy-study-shows-vaccines-safe-for-pregnant-women/ | “No discernible benefit of covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy”; “higher rate of neonatal and all-cause readmissions among babies born to vaccinated mothers” | Peter McCullough | 2023-10-11 | https://science.feedback.org/review/peter-mccullough-misinterprets-study-covid19-vaccination-pregnancy-study-shows-vaccines-safe-for-pregnant-women/ | Getting COVID-19 while pregnant is associated with a higher risk of developing severe disease and pregnancy complications. Abundant data show that vaccination during pregnancy is safe for the mother and the unborn child and effectively reduces the risks of complications from the disease. | 2023-10-11 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_141_ret_b3_gn | sciencefeedback_141 | https://science.feedback.org/review/peter-mccullough-misinterprets-study-covid19-vaccination-pregnancy-study-shows-vaccines-safe-for-pregnant-women/ | “No discernible benefit of covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy”; “higher rate of neonatal and all-cause readmissions among babies born to vaccinated mothers” | Peter McCullough | 2023-10-11 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-022-02421-0 | A total of 15 studies were included. We found that maternal vaccination during pregnancy was related to the reduction rates of Preterm, SGA, Low Apgar score at 5 min (<7). In addition, there was no evidence of a higher risk of adverse neonatal outcomes after maternal vaccination of COVID-19 during pregnancy, including ... | 2023-01-03 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_141_ret_b6_gn | sciencefeedback_141 | https://science.feedback.org/review/peter-mccullough-misinterprets-study-covid19-vaccination-pregnancy-study-shows-vaccines-safe-for-pregnant-women/ | “No discernible benefit of covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy”; “higher rate of neonatal and all-cause readmissions among babies born to vaccinated mothers” | Peter McCullough | 2023-10-11 | https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2021-069741 | Covid-19 vaccination is the safest and most effective way for people who are pregnant to protect themselves and their babies against severe covid-19 disease. Available data do not support an increased risk of adverse outcomes following covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy, so vaccination should be recommended as the benef... | 2022-08-10 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_141_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_141 | https://science.feedback.org/review/peter-mccullough-misinterprets-study-covid19-vaccination-pregnancy-study-shows-vaccines-safe-for-pregnant-women/ | “No discernible benefit of covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy”; “higher rate of neonatal and all-cause readmissions among babies born to vaccinated mothers” | Peter McCullough | 2023-10-11 | https://www.factcheck.org/2023/11/scicheck-covid-19-vaccination-during-pregnancy-is-safe-has-multiple-benefits/ | Going against the now-extensive record on COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy, a recent Instagram post claimed that there is "No Discernable Benefit of COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy." The post was quoting a Substack newsletter from Dr. Peter McCullough, a prolific spreader of vaccine misinformation. The newsletter focu... | 2023-11-15 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_143 | sciencefeedback_143 | https://science.feedback.org/review/infectious-diseases-are-caused-by-microorganisms-other-factors-may-determine-an-individuals-susceptibility-to-infection-but-the-microorganism-is-still-the-cause/ | “…a virus is not the cause of an illness. It’s a necessary cause […] but it is not the cause.” | Lisa Feldman Barrett | 2021-04-16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/infectious-diseases-are-caused-by-microorganisms-other-factors-may-determine-an-individuals-susceptibility-to-infection-but-the-microorganism-is-still-the-cause/ | Factors like nutrition, genetics and age can influence an individual’s susceptibility to a microorganism, such as a virus or a bacteria. These factors make individuals more or less likely to develop infections after they were exposed to a microorganism. That being said, even individuals who are young and healthy can de... | 2021-04-16 | Half True | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_143_ret_b2_gn | sciencefeedback_143 | https://science.feedback.org/review/infectious-diseases-are-caused-by-microorganisms-other-factors-may-determine-an-individuals-susceptibility-to-infection-but-the-microorganism-is-still-the-cause/ | “…a virus is not the cause of an illness. It’s a necessary cause […] but it is not the cause.” | Lisa Feldman Barrett | 2021-04-16 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/infectious-diseases-are-caused-by-microorganisms-other-factors-may-determine-an-individuals-susceptibility-to-infection-but-the-microorganism-is-still-the-cause/ | FULL CLAIM: "Exposure to a virus is not the same as infection […] That means that a virus is not the cause of an illness. You can’t get a common cold without the virus. [...] On 6 April 2021, comedian Russel Brand posted a video on his Facebook page of him interviewing neuroscientist and psychologist Lisa Feldman Barre... | 2021-05-04 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_143_ret_b3_gn | sciencefeedback_143 | https://science.feedback.org/review/infectious-diseases-are-caused-by-microorganisms-other-factors-may-determine-an-individuals-susceptibility-to-infection-but-the-microorganism-is-still-the-cause/ | “…a virus is not the cause of an illness. It’s a necessary cause […] but it is not the cause.” | Lisa Feldman Barrett | 2021-04-16 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus | Examples of common human diseases caused by viruses include the common cold, influenza, chickenpox, and cold sores. Many serious diseases such as rabies, Ebola virus disease, AIDS (HIV), avian influenza, and SARS are caused by viruses. The relative ability of viruses to cause disease is described in terms of virulence.... | 2024-10-09 | Half True | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_143_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_143 | https://science.feedback.org/review/infectious-diseases-are-caused-by-microorganisms-other-factors-may-determine-an-individuals-susceptibility-to-infection-but-the-microorganism-is-still-the-cause/ | “…a virus is not the cause of an illness. It’s a necessary cause […] but it is not the cause.” | Lisa Feldman Barrett | 2021-04-16 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20370/ | Just like other infectious agents, viruses cause disease by disrupting normal cell function. They do this in a variety of ways. Some viruses make repressor proteins that stop the synthesis of the host cell's proteins, RNA, and DNA. Viral activity may weaken cell membranes and lysosomal membranes, leading to cell autoly... | 1998-04-17 | Half True | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_147 | sciencefeedback_147 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ | Each of these ingredients [thimerosal, ovalbumin, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate] is a known neurotoxin | Erin Elizabeth | 2019-07-31 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ | This article incorrectly claims that the flu vaccine contains ingredients that are neurotoxic. The claim that the flu vaccine “contains 25,000 times more mercury than is legally allowed in drinking water” is based on an unreliable source. | 2019-07-31 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_147_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_147 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ | Each of these ingredients [thimerosal, ovalbumin, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate] is a known neurotoxin | Erin Elizabeth | 2019-07-31 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ | This article published in Health Nut News, shared more than 120,000 times, was originally published on the website Complete Health and Happiness. The article discusses the purported dangers of ingredients in the flu vaccine. It claims that the flu vaccine contains several "contaminants", specifically thimerosal, ovalbu... | 2020-02-19 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_147_ret_b14_gn | sciencefeedback_147 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ | Each of these ingredients [thimerosal, ovalbumin, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate] is a known neurotoxin | Erin Elizabeth | 2019-07-31 | https://www.britannica.com/science/neurotoxin | neurotoxin, substance that alters the structure or function of the nervous system. More than 1,000 chemicals are known to have neurotoxic effects in animals. The substances include a wide range of natural and human-made chemical compounds, from snake venom and pesticides to ethyl alcohol, heroin, and cocaine. [...] Neu... | 2017-03-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_147_ret_b7_gn | sciencefeedback_147 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ | Each of these ingredients [thimerosal, ovalbumin, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate] is a known neurotoxin | Erin Elizabeth | 2019-07-31 | https://immunizationinfo.com/fluzone-vaccine/ | The ingredients include egg protein, octylphenol ethoxylate (Triton X-100) ≤150 mcg, sodium phosphate-buffered isotonic sodium chloride solution, thimerosal (multi-dose vials), formaldehyde (≤100 mcg), and gelatin (≤0.05). [...] The other ingredients include egg protein (ovalbumin), formaldehyde (≤100 mcg), Octylphenol... | 2018-06-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_147_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_147 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ | Each of these ingredients [thimerosal, ovalbumin, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate] is a known neurotoxin | Erin Elizabeth | 2019-07-31 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-ingredients-in-flu-vaccine-are-known-neurotoxins-found-to-be-incorrect-erin-elizabeth-health-nut-news/ | Incorrect: Neither ovalbumin (the main protein in egg white) nor sodium deoxycholate is neurotoxic, as the article claims. Both substances are generally safe. [...] This article published in Health Nut News, shared more than 120,000 times, was originally published on the website Complete Health and Happiness. The artic... | 2019-07-31 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_150_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_150 | https://science.feedback.org/review/addressing-false-claims-vitamin-k-shots-toxic-aluminum-hepatitis-b-vaccines-toxic-ingredients/ | Vitamin K shots are dangerous because of toxic levels of aluminum; Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients | Social media users | 2023-12-07 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/addressing-false-claims-vitamin-k-shots-toxic-aluminum-hepatitis-b-vaccines-toxic-ingredients/ | FULL CLAIM: Vitamin K shots are dangerous because of toxic levels of aluminum; Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients; Tylenol causes autism; hospitals aren’t a safe place to give birth [...] The claim that vitamin K shots are dangerous to neonates because they contain toxic levels of aluminum has appeared befo... | 2023-12-13 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_150_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_150 | https://science.feedback.org/review/addressing-false-claims-vitamin-k-shots-toxic-aluminum-hepatitis-b-vaccines-toxic-ingredients/ | Vitamin K shots are dangerous because of toxic levels of aluminum; Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients | Social media users | 2023-12-07 | https://science.feedback.org/review/addressing-false-claims-vitamin-k-shots-toxic-aluminum-hepatitis-b-vaccines-toxic-ingredients/ | Addressing false claims that Vitamin K shots have toxic levels of aluminum, Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients, and more [...] The claim that vitamin K shots are dangerous to neonates because they contain toxic levels of aluminum has appeared before, such as in this post by Children’s Health Defense, an ant... | 2023-12-13 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_150_ret_bn_g9 | sciencefeedback_150 | https://science.feedback.org/review/addressing-false-claims-vitamin-k-shots-toxic-aluminum-hepatitis-b-vaccines-toxic-ingredients/ | Vitamin K shots are dangerous because of toxic levels of aluminum; Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients | Social media users | 2023-12-07 | https://keepkidshealthy.com/2017/07/11/that-black-box-warning-on-vitamin-k-shots/ | Mostly because someone on the Internet told them to be worried about them, even though vitamin K shots are safe, are free of mercury and any other toxins you might really need to be concerned about, and the dose of synthetic vitamin K your baby gets in the shot will not cause an overdose. Or they might be worried that ... | 2017-07-11 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_155 | sciencefeedback_155 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-suggest-nutritional-deficiencies-increase-risk-alzheimers-but-arent-sole-cause-social-media-post-claims/ | Alzheimer’s disease is a “physician-caused disease” that arises due to nutritional deficiencies | Joel Wallach | 2023-04-26 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-suggest-nutritional-deficiencies-increase-risk-alzheimers-but-arent-sole-cause-social-media-post-claims/ | Alzheimer’s disease most commonly occurs in individuals aged 65 and above and research so far suggests that the disease is caused by the abnormal buildup of protein in amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. This buildup causes neurons to lose their connections, leading to impaired memory and cognitiv... | 2023-04-26 | False | true | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_155_ret_b7_gn | sciencefeedback_155 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-suggest-nutritional-deficiencies-increase-risk-alzheimers-but-arent-sole-cause-social-media-post-claims/ | Alzheimer’s disease is a “physician-caused disease” that arises due to nutritional deficiencies | Joel Wallach | 2023-04-26 | https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/types-dementia/alzheimers-disease?-- | Alzheimer’s disease is a physical illness which damages a person’s brain. This eventually causes dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. [...] The term 'Alzheimer's disease' – or Alzheimer’s – can be used to describe the physical disease that damages the brain, as well as the type of dementi... | 2023-02-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_155_ret_bn_g14 | sciencefeedback_155 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-suggest-nutritional-deficiencies-increase-risk-alzheimers-but-arent-sole-cause-social-media-post-claims/ | Alzheimer’s disease is a “physician-caused disease” that arises due to nutritional deficiencies | Joel Wallach | 2023-04-26 | https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/dementias | Nutritional deficiencies of vitamin B1 (thiamine), caused by chronic alcoholism, and of vitamin B12 can be reversed with treatment. People who have abused substances such as alcohol and recreational drugs sometimes display signs of dementia even after the substance abuse has stopped. | 2024-08-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_155_ret_bn_g18 | sciencefeedback_155 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-suggest-nutritional-deficiencies-increase-risk-alzheimers-but-arent-sole-cause-social-media-post-claims/ | Alzheimer’s disease is a “physician-caused disease” that arises due to nutritional deficiencies | Joel Wallach | 2023-04-26 | https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/life-stages-populations/mens-health/top-10-causes-death.html | Additionally, it is important to determine the actual cause of the cognitive symptoms, as they may not be caused by Alzheimer’s disease and many causes, such as depression, drug interaction, thyroid problems, and vitamin deficiencies, are reversible if detected early and treated appropriately. | 2021-08-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_155_ret_bn_g3 | sciencefeedback_155 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-suggest-nutritional-deficiencies-increase-risk-alzheimers-but-arent-sole-cause-social-media-post-claims/ | Alzheimer’s disease is a “physician-caused disease” that arises due to nutritional deficiencies | Joel Wallach | 2023-04-26 | https://science.feedback.org/review/studies-suggest-nutritional-deficiencies-increase-risk-alzheimers-but-arent-sole-cause-social-media-post-claims/ | Incorrect: Alzheimer’s disease is not a physician-caused disease. To date, the exact cause of Alzheimer’s is unknown, but it is thought to arise from a combination of age-related, genetic, and environmental factors. [...] Furthermore, it’s also unclear whether it is actually nutritional deficiencies that contribute to ... | 2023-05-16 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_158 | sciencefeedback_158 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-covid19-vaccines-can-sexually-transmitted-change-peoples-blood/ | COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted to unvaccinated people; vaccines cause blood discoloration and weaken immune system | Aaron Lewis | 2023-06-10 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-covid19-vaccines-can-sexually-transmitted-change-peoples-blood/ | Available COVID-19 vaccines only use protein fragments of the SARS-CoV-2 virus or genetic information to produce these fragments instead of a full virus. Thus, COVID-19 vaccines cannot replicate in the body nor can they pass from one person to another. | 2023-06-10 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_158_ret_b4_gn | sciencefeedback_158 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-covid19-vaccines-can-sexually-transmitted-change-peoples-blood/ | COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted to unvaccinated people; vaccines cause blood discoloration and weaken immune system | Aaron Lewis | 2023-06-10 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/no-evidence-covid19-vaccines-can-sexually-transmitted-change-peoples-blood/ | Factually inaccurate: There is no available scientific evidence supporting the claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause blood discoloration or weaken the immune system. [...] A video from naturopath Aaron Lewis circulated on social media in September 2023 claiming that COVID-19 vaccines could be sexually transmitted from a ... | 2023-10-06 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_158_ret_b5_gn | sciencefeedback_158 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-covid19-vaccines-can-sexually-transmitted-change-peoples-blood/ | COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted to unvaccinated people; vaccines cause blood discoloration and weaken immune system | Aaron Lewis | 2023-06-10 | https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/scicheck-covid-19-vaccines-spike-protein-only-get-into-those-who-receive-it-no-shedding/ | COVID-19 vaccines do not contain a live virus, so there isn’t a biological path for a vaccinated person to "shed" the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to those around them. Nor is there any evidence the vaccines cause reproductive problems. That means there’s no basis for social media claims that "shedding" causes reproductive... | 2021-05-15 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_158_ret_bn_g12 | sciencefeedback_158 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-covid19-vaccines-can-sexually-transmitted-change-peoples-blood/ | COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted to unvaccinated people; vaccines cause blood discoloration and weaken immune system | Aaron Lewis | 2023-06-10 | https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/not-sure-about-covid-19-vaccine-get-facts-then-decide | There are also reports of people who have been fully vaccinated getting sick with COVID-19. This is expected – no vaccine is 100% effective against all forms of the illness it's designed to protect against. People who had weakened immune systems before they got vaccinated may be especially prone to a post-vaccination c... | 2020-12-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_16 | sciencefeedback_16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/pyramid-shaped-peaks-antarctica-naturally-carved-by-glaciers-not-constructed-by-ancient-civilization/ | Ancient civilizations once inhabited Antarctica, as shown by the pyramids there, but the continent’s position and climate rapidly changed due to ‘tectonics and pole shift’. | Billy Carson | 2024-03-20 | https://science.feedback.org/review/pyramid-shaped-peaks-antarctica-naturally-carved-by-glaciers-not-constructed-by-ancient-civilization/ | The rocky pyramid-shaped feature in Antarctica is a natural landform called a ‘horn’ or ‘pyramidal peak’. These peaks form when three or four intersecting glaciers carve out mountain faces in different directions, thus making a horn or pyramidal shape. They are common in Antarctica and found in many other places on Ear... | 2024-03-20 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_16_ret_b2_gn | sciencefeedback_16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/pyramid-shaped-peaks-antarctica-naturally-carved-by-glaciers-not-constructed-by-ancient-civilization/ | Ancient civilizations once inhabited Antarctica, as shown by the pyramids there, but the continent’s position and climate rapidly changed due to ‘tectonics and pole shift’. | Billy Carson | 2024-03-20 | https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-most-interesting-archeological-finds-discovered-in-antarctica | Some of the most intriguing discoveries in Antarctica aren’t artifacts from ancient civilizations, but from our own, dating to a time as recently as a century ago, sometimes less. The sailors and explorers of those times were plumbing the depths of a harsh and largely unknown country, using the best knowledge and equip... | 2023-11-03 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_16_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/pyramid-shaped-peaks-antarctica-naturally-carved-by-glaciers-not-constructed-by-ancient-civilization/ | Ancient civilizations once inhabited Antarctica, as shown by the pyramids there, but the continent’s position and climate rapidly changed due to ‘tectonics and pole shift’. | Billy Carson | 2024-03-20 | https://science.feedback.org/review/pyramid-shaped-peaks-antarctica-naturally-carved-by-glaciers-not-constructed-by-ancient-civilization/ | Factually inaccurate: There is no evidence of ancient civilizations or pyramids in Antarctica. The pyramid-shaped landform shown in recent social media videos is called a ‘horn’ or ‘pyramidal peak’ and forms naturally as glaciers carve (i.e., erode) different rock faces. There is also no evidence for a rapid shift in t... | 2024-07-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_16_ret_bn_g14 | sciencefeedback_16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/pyramid-shaped-peaks-antarctica-naturally-carved-by-glaciers-not-constructed-by-ancient-civilization/ | Ancient civilizations once inhabited Antarctica, as shown by the pyramids there, but the continent’s position and climate rapidly changed due to ‘tectonics and pole shift’. | Billy Carson | 2024-03-20 | https://science.feedback.org/outlet/youtube/ | Pyramid-shaped peaks in Antarctica are naturally carved by glaciers, not constructed by an ancient civilization | 2024-08-15 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_163 | sciencefeedback_163 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaccines-do-not-cause-neurological-damage-aluminum-levels-in-vaccines-are-safe-collective-evolution/ | Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism | Arjun Walia, Facebook users | 2020-02-19 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaccines-do-not-cause-neurological-damage-aluminum-levels-in-vaccines-are-safe-collective-evolution/ | Scientific evidence shows that vaccines are safe and not associated with autism. The amount of aluminum present in vaccines is very low, in fact much lower than the amount of aluminum in the diet of infants. Furthermore, the biologically active form of aluminum cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, hence it cannot caus... | 2020-02-19 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_163_ret_b16_gn | sciencefeedback_163 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaccines-do-not-cause-neurological-damage-aluminum-levels-in-vaccines-are-safe-collective-evolution/ | Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism | Arjun Walia, Facebook users | 2020-02-19 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/vaccines-do-not-cause-neurological-damage-aluminum-levels-in-vaccines-are-safe-collective-evolution/ | FULL CLAIM: Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism Several Facebook posts containing screenshots of Google search results purporting to show evidence linking aluminum in vaccines with neurological damage and autism were published in early March 2020. An article published by Collective Evolution in m... | 2020-05-30 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_163_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_163 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaccines-do-not-cause-neurological-damage-aluminum-levels-in-vaccines-are-safe-collective-evolution/ | Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism | Arjun Walia, Facebook users | 2020-02-19 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22099159/ | Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are serious multisystem developmental disorders and an urgent global public health concern. Dysfunctional immunity and impaired brain function are core deficits in ASD. Aluminum (Al), the most commonly used vaccine adjuvant, is a demonstrated neurotoxin and a strong immune stimulator. He... | 2017-12-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_163_ret_bn_g3 | sciencefeedback_163 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaccines-do-not-cause-neurological-damage-aluminum-levels-in-vaccines-are-safe-collective-evolution/ | Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism | Arjun Walia, Facebook users | 2020-02-19 | https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4614-4788-7_89 | Impaired brain function, excessive inflammation, and autoimmune manifestations are common in autism. Aluminum (Al), the most commonly used vaccine adjuvant, is a demonstrated neurotoxin and a strong immune stimulator. Hence, adjuvant Al has the necessary properties to induce neuroimmune disorders. Because peripheral im... | 2017-07-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_163_ret_bn_g8 | sciencefeedback_163 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaccines-do-not-cause-neurological-damage-aluminum-levels-in-vaccines-are-safe-collective-evolution/ | Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism | Arjun Walia, Facebook users | 2020-02-19 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaccines-do-not-cause-neurological-damage-aluminum-levels-in-vaccines-are-safe-collective-evolution/ | Vaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe Scientific evidence shows that vaccines are safe and not associated with autism. The amount of aluminum present in vaccines is very low, in fact much lower than the amount of aluminum in the diet of infants. Furthermore, the biologically ac... | 2020-03-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_164 | sciencefeedback_164 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-long-term-survival-of-polar-bears-is-threatened-by-loss-of-sea-ice-due-to-global-warming-new-study-confirms-henry-fountain/ | "Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction" | Henry Fountain | 2020-07-27 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-long-term-survival-of-polar-bears-is-threatened-by-loss-of-sea-ice-due-to-global-warming-new-study-confirms-henry-fountain/ | Sea-ice loss due to global warming is the most important threat to long-term survival and reproduction of polar bears. Under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, all but a few polar bear subpopulations are at risk of extinction by 2100. In the moderate greenhouse gas emissions scenario, some polar bear subpopulati... | 2020-07-27 | True | true | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_164_ret_bn_g12 | sciencefeedback_164 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-long-term-survival-of-polar-bears-is-threatened-by-loss-of-sea-ice-due-to-global-warming-new-study-confirms-henry-fountain/ | "Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction" | Henry Fountain | 2020-07-27 | https://www.climatecentral.org/news/congress-targets-species-act-climate-benefits-21224 | Often photographed clinging to Arctic ice floes as its habitat melts away into warming waters, the polar bear is the poster child for U.S. efforts to save wildlife on the brink of extinction using the Endangered Species Act. [...] When the George W. Bush administration listed the polar bear as threatened in 2008, it he... | 2017-03-06 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_164_ret_bn_g16 | sciencefeedback_164 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-long-term-survival-of-polar-bears-is-threatened-by-loss-of-sea-ice-due-to-global-warming-new-study-confirms-henry-fountain/ | "Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction" | Henry Fountain | 2020-07-27 | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/7-billion-10-28-2011.html | Polar bear: A polar bear is fit to swim 100 miles for food, in search of mates or, more recently, just some ice to stand on. With five inches of blubber keeping this enormous bear prepared for subzero temperatures, the largest member of the bear family has adapted to remarkable Arctic conditions. The fat stored in a po... | 2011-10-28 | True | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_164_ret_bn_g8 | sciencefeedback_164 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-long-term-survival-of-polar-bears-is-threatened-by-loss-of-sea-ice-due-to-global-warming-new-study-confirms-henry-fountain/ | "Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction" | Henry Fountain | 2020-07-27 | https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/07/21/20/global-warming-is-driving-polar-bears-toward-extinction | Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction | ABS-CBN News | 2020-07-20 | True | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_165_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_165 | https://science.feedback.org/review/childhood-vaccine-ingredients-safe-amount-present-vaccines-cells-animal-products-viruses-arent-part-ingredients/ | Childhood vaccines contain “mixed up toxins” including formaldehyde, aluminum, aborted fetal DNA, fetal bovine serum, monkey kidney cells, mercury, pig circoviruses | Social media user | 2024-03-03 | https://www.factcheck.org/2023/10/scicheck-flu-vaccine-ingredients-are-safe-contrary-to-a-misleading-meme/ | "There is no vaccine that includes everything on this list," Dr. Kawsar R. Talaat, associate professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told us in a phone interview. "I think that they have gathered these ingredients and use different names for them in order to scare peopl... | 2023-10-12 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_165_ret_bn_g17 | sciencefeedback_165 | https://science.feedback.org/review/childhood-vaccine-ingredients-safe-amount-present-vaccines-cells-animal-products-viruses-arent-part-ingredients/ | Childhood vaccines contain “mixed up toxins” including formaldehyde, aluminum, aborted fetal DNA, fetal bovine serum, monkey kidney cells, mercury, pig circoviruses | Social media user | 2024-03-03 | https://www.idpservice.org/removing-children-from-school | ◾African Green Monkey Kidney Cells - Can carry the SV-40 cancer-causing virus that has already tainted about 30 million Americans. [...] ◾DNA from porcine (pig) Circovirus type-1 ◾Human embryonic lung cell cultures (from aborted fetuses) ✳You can view all of these ingredients on the CDCs website. I encourage everyone t... | 1999-02-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_165_ret_bn_g2 | sciencefeedback_165 | https://science.feedback.org/review/childhood-vaccine-ingredients-safe-amount-present-vaccines-cells-animal-products-viruses-arent-part-ingredients/ | Childhood vaccines contain “mixed up toxins” including formaldehyde, aluminum, aborted fetal DNA, fetal bovine serum, monkey kidney cells, mercury, pig circoviruses | Social media user | 2024-03-03 | https://science.feedback.org/reviewed-content-author/social-media-user/ | Misleading Health Posted on: 2024-05-07 Vaccines don’t contain cells or tissues of aborted fetuses Claim: Some vaccines "incorporate aborted fetal tissue" Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2024-04-23 [...] Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2024-03-07 Childhood vaccine ingredients are safe in the amount present in vaccine... | 2024-09-19 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_17 | sciencefeedback_17 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sodium-chloride-corn-gluten-meal-arent-hazardous-humans-even-though-used-as-mouse-poison/ | Salt and corn gluten meal are used to kill mice, they are hazardous to humans | Michelle Jorgensen | 2024-06-29 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sodium-chloride-corn-gluten-meal-arent-hazardous-humans-even-though-used-as-mouse-poison/ | Some rodenticides contain sodium chloride—table salt—and corn gluten meal. This combination forms a thick plug that physically obstructs the airway of rodents. Because rodents are anatomically unable to vomit, this leads to suffocation and death. These rodenticides aren’t hazardous to other animals and humans, who are ... | 2024-06-29 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_17_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_17 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sodium-chloride-corn-gluten-meal-arent-hazardous-humans-even-though-used-as-mouse-poison/ | Salt and corn gluten meal are used to kill mice, they are hazardous to humans | Michelle Jorgensen | 2024-06-29 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/sodium-chloride-corn-gluten-meal-arent-hazardous-humans-even-though-used-as-mouse-poison/ | FULL CLAIM: Salt and corn gluten meal are used to kill mice, they are hazardous to humans; "ALL of the ingredients in this mouse poison are found in our every day food. If it’s killing mice…what is it doing to your body?" In late June 2024, dentist and wellness YouTuber Michelle Jorgensen claimed in a Facebook reel tha... | 2024-07-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_17_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_17 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sodium-chloride-corn-gluten-meal-arent-hazardous-humans-even-though-used-as-mouse-poison/ | Salt and corn gluten meal are used to kill mice, they are hazardous to humans | Michelle Jorgensen | 2024-06-29 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sodium-chloride-corn-gluten-meal-arent-hazardous-humans-even-though-used-as-mouse-poison/ | Sodium chloride and corn gluten meal aren’t hazardous to humans, even though they are used as mouse poison [...] Misleading: The reel cited the fact that salt and corn gluten meal are both present in mouse poison and some processed food to imply that this food is hazardous to humans. However, this claim overlooks the f... | 2024-07-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_17_ret_bn_g11 | sciencefeedback_17 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sodium-chloride-corn-gluten-meal-arent-hazardous-humans-even-though-used-as-mouse-poison/ | Salt and corn gluten meal are used to kill mice, they are hazardous to humans | Michelle Jorgensen | 2024-06-29 | https://ask2.extension.org/kb/faq.php?id=725929 | There are some products sold that claim to be safe for people and wildlife, but that kill rodents like rats and mice. One of these is corn gluten mea... [...] There are some products sold that claim to be safe for people and wildlife, but that kill rodents like rats and mice. One of these is corn gluten meal. But I am ... | 2020-09-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_171_ret_b2_gn | sciencefeedback_171 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-main-cause-of-death-in-covid-19-patients-is-respiratory-insufficiency-arising-from-viral-pneumonia-not-clotting-disorder-as-claimed-in-viral-social-media-posts | "Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists [have] shown that [COVID-19] is not pneumonia but it is disseminated intravascular coagulation" | Chinonyerem Emmanuella, Facebook users | 2020-05-01 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/05/fact-check-disseminated-intravascular-coagulation-is-not-actual-covid19-cause-of-death-world-not-attacking-coronavirus-wrong.html | Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists has shown that it is not pneumonia but it is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (Thrombosis) which ought to be fought with antibiotics, antivirals, anti-inflammatories and anticoagulants. [...] Hold on to your hats folks, read this and spread the word!This is the text... | 2021-04-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_171_ret_b3_gn | sciencefeedback_171 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-main-cause-of-death-in-covid-19-patients-is-respiratory-insufficiency-arising-from-viral-pneumonia-not-clotting-disorder-as-claimed-in-viral-social-media-posts | "Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists [have] shown that [COVID-19] is not pneumonia but it is disseminated intravascular coagulation" | Chinonyerem Emmanuella, Facebook users | 2020-05-01 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/the-main-cause-of-death-in-covid-19-patients-is-respiratory-insufficiency-arising-from-viral-pneumonia-not-clotting-disorder-as-claimed-in-viral-social-media-posts/ | FULL CLAIM: "It is now clear that the whole world has been attacking the so-called coronavirus pandemic wrongly due to a serious pathophysiological diagnosis error. ... Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists [have] shown that it is not pneumonia but it is disseminated intravascular coagulation (thrombosis) whi... | 2020-05-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_171_ret_b6_gn | sciencefeedback_171 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-main-cause-of-death-in-covid-19-patients-is-respiratory-insufficiency-arising-from-viral-pneumonia-not-clotting-disorder-as-claimed-in-viral-social-media-posts | "Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists [have] shown that [COVID-19] is not pneumonia but it is disseminated intravascular coagulation" | Chinonyerem Emmanuella, Facebook users | 2020-05-01 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32350596/ | The autopsy debate during the COVID-19 emergency: the Italian experience - PMID: 32350596 - PMCID: PMC7190281 - DOI: 10.1007/s00428-020-02828-2 The autopsy debate during the COVID-19 emergency: the Italian experience [...] References - - Rapporto ISS COVID-19 n. 6/2020 - Procedura per l’esecuzione di riscontri diagnost... | 2020-04-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_171_ret_bn_g8 | sciencefeedback_171 | https://science.feedback.org/review/the-main-cause-of-death-in-covid-19-patients-is-respiratory-insufficiency-arising-from-viral-pneumonia-not-clotting-disorder-as-claimed-in-viral-social-media-posts | "Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists [have] shown that [COVID-19] is not pneumonia but it is disseminated intravascular coagulation" | Chinonyerem Emmanuella, Facebook users | 2020-05-01 | https://thejh.org/index.php/jh/article/view/636/458 | Tang et al [7] described the outcome of 183 patients admitted to the Tongji Hospital in Wuhan with RNA detection confirmed 2019-nCoV pneumonia. The authors observed that disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a frequent occurrence in worsening of COVID-19 pneumonia. Coagulation abnormalities and marked increas... | 2020-04-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_173 | sciencefeedback_173 | https://science.feedback.org/review/video-blank-covid19-vaccine-insert-falsely-implies-no-safety-data-vaccines/ | Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines | Social media users | 2023-08-03 | https://science.feedback.org/review/video-blank-covid19-vaccine-insert-falsely-implies-no-safety-data-vaccines/ | COVID-19 vaccines went through clinical trials to determine their effectiveness and safety before they were authorized for use. The Nuremberg Code is a set of ten principles defining legitimate medical research. However, the Code doesn’t apply to medical interventions that were already tested in clinical trials and sho... | 2023-08-03 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_173_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_173 | https://science.feedback.org/review/video-blank-covid19-vaccine-insert-falsely-implies-no-safety-data-vaccines/ | Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines | Social media users | 2023-08-03 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/video-blank-covid19-vaccine-insert-falsely-implies-no-safety-data-vaccines/ | A Facebook reel posted on 3 August 2023 showed a person speaking to a CVS pharmacist, asking for COVID-19 vaccine inserts. Upon finding a blank sheet of paper except for text indicating the paper was left "intentionally blank", the person asked "How is it informed consent when all of the […] placebo safety studies are ... | 2023-08-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_173_ret_b4_gn | sciencefeedback_173 | https://science.feedback.org/review/video-blank-covid19-vaccine-insert-falsely-implies-no-safety-data-vaccines/ | Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines | Social media users | 2023-08-03 | https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-vaccines-safety | There are strict precautions in place to help ensure the safety of all COVID-19 vaccines. Before receiving validation from WHO and national regulatory agencies for emergency use, COVID-19 vaccines must undergo rigorous testing in clinical trials to prove that they meet internationally agreed benchmarks for safety and e... | 2022-01-24 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_173_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_173 | https://science.feedback.org/review/video-blank-covid19-vaccine-insert-falsely-implies-no-safety-data-vaccines/ | Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines | Social media users | 2023-08-03 | https://science.feedback.org/review/video-blank-covid19-vaccine-insert-falsely-implies-no-safety-data-vaccines/ | Video about blank COVID-19 vaccine insert falsely implies there are no safety data for COVID-19 vaccines [...] Inaccurate to claim there’s no safety and effectiveness studies on COVID-19 vaccines [...] Earlier fact-checks by Reuters and AFP reported that blank COVID-19 vaccine inserts aren’t evidence that there aren’t ... | 2023-08-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_174 | sciencefeedback_174 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-of-no-us-warming-since-2005-is-directly-contradicted-by-the-data-it-is-based-on/ | the U.S. Climate Reference Network[...] finds there has been no warming for the past 14 years at least | James Taylor, John Hinderaker | 2019-06-09 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-of-no-us-warming-since-2005-is-directly-contradicted-by-the-data-it-is-based-on/ | This article highlights a particular dataset of surface temperature stations in the United States that it says differs from standard datasets, but in reality they match quite closely. Most importantly, the data presented in the article do exhibit a warming trend, making the article's claim simply false. | 2019-06-09 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_174_ret_b10_gn | sciencefeedback_174 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-of-no-us-warming-since-2005-is-directly-contradicted-by-the-data-it-is-based-on/ | the U.S. Climate Reference Network[...] finds there has been no warming for the past 14 years at least | James Taylor, John Hinderaker | 2019-06-09 | https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/why-did-earths-surface-temperature-stop-rising-past-decade | Using the data that were available at the time (through 2012), the last climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that there had been no statistically significant increase in global surface temperature from 1998-2012. [...] The most likely explanation for the lack of significant warmin... | 2018-09-01 | False | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_174_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_174 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-of-no-us-warming-since-2005-is-directly-contradicted-by-the-data-it-is-based-on/ | the U.S. Climate Reference Network[...] finds there has been no warming for the past 14 years at least | James Taylor, John Hinderaker | 2019-06-09 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-of-no-us-warming-since-2005-is-directly-contradicted-by-the-data-it-is-based-on/ | Factually Inaccurate: It is simply false to claim that the data show no warming over that time period. There is a warming trend. Flawed Reasoning: Even if the US experienced a flat temperature change for 14 years, this would not prove that global warming isn't occurring. The US only covers a small portion of the planet... | 2019-09-06 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_174_ret_bn_g9 | sciencefeedback_174 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-of-no-us-warming-since-2005-is-directly-contradicted-by-the-data-it-is-based-on/ | the U.S. Climate Reference Network[...] finds there has been no warming for the past 14 years at least | James Taylor, John Hinderaker | 2019-06-09 | http://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-incoming-sunlight | On the whole, these and other studies find consistent results. While the Sun's influence is detectable in Earth's temperature records, the global-scale warming influence of human-produced greenhouse gases is likely to be far stronger than even a very strong Grand Solar Minimum. [...] For the past million years at least... | 2009-09-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_175_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_175 | https://science.feedback.org/review/stephane-bancel-ceo-moderna-didnt-say-moderna-was-producing-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-2019/ | Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic | Instagram users | 2023-02-09 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moderna-ceo-davos-covid-vaccine/ | It is neither a "breaking" revelation nor an "admission" that Moderna was working on a vaccine for the newly discovered coronavirus variant (then called 2019-nCoV and later renamed SARS-CoV-2) in January 2020; both Moderna and the federal government issued myriad press releases at the time. Further, mRNA vaccines like ... | 2023-01-20 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_175_ret_b1_gn | sciencefeedback_175 | https://science.feedback.org/review/stephane-bancel-ceo-moderna-didnt-say-moderna-was-producing-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-2019/ | Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic | Instagram users | 2023-02-09 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/stephane-bancel-ceo-moderna-didnt-say-moderna-was-producing-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-2019/ | FULL CLAIM: Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic; its CEO, Stéphane Bancel, predicted the pandemic [...] Another iteration of that type of claim is that Stéphane Bancel, CEO of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine company Moderna, declared that Moderna was already producing 100,000 ... | 2023-09-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_175_ret_b3_gn | sciencefeedback_175 | https://science.feedback.org/review/stephane-bancel-ceo-moderna-didnt-say-moderna-was-producing-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-2019/ | Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic | Instagram users | 2023-02-09 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/17/instagram-posts/moderna-ceo-didnt-admit-company-produced-100000-co/ | An article published on the website News Punch on Feb. 10 said, "Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel has been caught admitting to his friends at the World Economic Forum that his company produced 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine doses in 2019 – before the pandemic started." [...] An article and Instagram posts claim Moderna C... | 2023-02-12 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_175_ret_bn_g15 | sciencefeedback_175 | https://science.feedback.org/review/stephane-bancel-ceo-moderna-didnt-say-moderna-was-producing-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-2019/ | Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic | Instagram users | 2023-02-09 | https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/vaccine-development | The VRC worked with a company called Moderna to use this information to quickly customize their prototype approach to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. By early February, a COVID-19 vaccine candidate had been designed and manufactured. This vaccine is called mRNA-1273. By March 16, 2020, this vaccine had entered the first ... | 2020-12-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_18 | sciencefeedback_18 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-correctly-claims-babies-under-six-months-shouldnt-drink-water/ | Babies under six months shouldn’t drink water as it can result in health risks | Social media user | 2024-01-07 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-correctly-claims-babies-under-six-months-shouldnt-drink-water/ | Breastfeeding is recommended by numerous health agencies for providing the necessary nutrition and antibodies to a growing infant. Water isn’t necessary for babies to drink, and giving it to them can lead to overhydration and health effects such as nutrition deficiency, electrolyte imbalances, and in severe cases, hypo... | 2024-01-07 | True | true | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_18_ret_b10_gn | sciencefeedback_18 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-correctly-claims-babies-under-six-months-shouldnt-drink-water/ | Babies under six months shouldn’t drink water as it can result in health risks | Social media user | 2024-01-07 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/facebook-reel-correctly-claims-babies-under-six-months-shouldnt-drink-water/ | FULL CLAIM: Giving water to babies under six months can result in health risks including water intoxication, electrolyte imbalance, reduced nutrient intake, water contamination, and hyponatremia A Facebook reel posted on 13 June 2024 claimed that giving water to babies under the age of six months can result in health r... | 2024-07-01 | True | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_18_ret_b14_gn | sciencefeedback_18 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-correctly-claims-babies-under-six-months-shouldnt-drink-water/ | Babies under six months shouldn’t drink water as it can result in health risks | Social media user | 2024-01-07 | https://www.parents.com/when-can-babies-drink-water-7489348 | While water is necessary for adults, it's not so with infants. They get meet their fluids needs in other ways. David Berger, M.D. founder and owner of Wholistic Pediatrics & Family Care, and founder of Wholistic ReLeaf, says that drinking water even at 6 months of age, is not entirely necessary. "Babies get all of the ... | 2023-05-11 | True | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_18_ret_b2_g6 | sciencefeedback_18 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-correctly-claims-babies-under-six-months-shouldnt-drink-water/ | Babies under six months shouldn’t drink water as it can result in health risks | Social media user | 2024-01-07 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/03/01/fact-check-drinking-water-unsafe-babies-under-6-months-old/11375902002/ | Fact check: Giving water to babies is unsafe before 6 months, can lead to brain damage, death [...] "BABIES CANT HAVE WATER BEFORE 6 MONTHS," reads the post. "Please educate yourself before you harm your baby. Water dilutes the sodium levels in babies and can cause seizures, coma, brain damage or death." [...] Pediatri... | 2023-03-01 | True | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_18_ret_bn_g2 | sciencefeedback_18 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-correctly-claims-babies-under-six-months-shouldnt-drink-water/ | Babies under six months shouldn’t drink water as it can result in health risks | Social media user | 2024-01-07 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-correctly-claims-babies-under-six-months-shouldnt-drink-water/ | Facebook reel correctly claims that babies under six months shouldn’t drink water [...] Correct: Babies under the age of six months receive adequate hydration and nutrition through breast milk or formula. They don’t need to drink water, and doing so can in fact lead to health complications such as electrolyte and nutri... | 2024-07-01 | True | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_180 | sciencefeedback_180 | https://science.feedback.org/review/on-fox-news-patrick-michaels-falsely-claims-humans-are-only-responsible-for-half-of-global-warming/ | So that means that probably about half, maybe half of that nine-tenths of the degree [of total warming] might be caused by greenhouse gases | Patrick Michaels | 2019-09-07 | https://science.feedback.org/review/on-fox-news-patrick-michaels-falsely-claims-humans-are-only-responsible-for-half-of-global-warming/ | Multiple factors—some human-caused and some natural—combine to influence global temperatures. However, human activities were already causing warming in the first half of the 20th century, and are responsible for approximately 100% of the more-rapid warming taking place after 1950. Thus, humans are responsible for most ... | 2019-09-07 | False | true | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_180_ret_bn_g12 | sciencefeedback_180 | https://science.feedback.org/review/on-fox-news-patrick-michaels-falsely-claims-humans-are-only-responsible-for-half-of-global-warming/ | So that means that probably about half, maybe half of that nine-tenths of the degree [of total warming] might be caused by greenhouse gases | Patrick Michaels | 2019-09-07 | https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions | Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions [...] Greenhouse gases trap heat and make the planet warmer. Human activities are responsible for almost all of the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 150 years.1 The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities in the United States is fr... | 2024-07-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_180_ret_bn_g8 | sciencefeedback_180 | https://science.feedback.org/review/on-fox-news-patrick-michaels-falsely-claims-humans-are-only-responsible-for-half-of-global-warming/ | So that means that probably about half, maybe half of that nine-tenths of the degree [of total warming] might be caused by greenhouse gases | Patrick Michaels | 2019-09-07 | https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GlobalWarming | How does this warming compare to previous changes in Earth’s climate? How can we be certain that human-released greenhouse gases are causing the warming? How much more will the Earth warm? How will Earth respond? Answering these questions is perhaps the most significant scientific challenge of our time. [...] Greenhous... | 2010-06-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_180_ret_bn_g9 | sciencefeedback_180 | https://science.feedback.org/review/on-fox-news-patrick-michaels-falsely-claims-humans-are-only-responsible-for-half-of-global-warming/ | So that means that probably about half, maybe half of that nine-tenths of the degree [of total warming] might be caused by greenhouse gases | Patrick Michaels | 2019-09-07 | https://science.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/steamy-relationships-how-atmospheric-water-vapor-amplifies-earths-greenhouse-effect/ | Water vapor is Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas. It’s responsible for about half of Earth’s greenhouse effect — the process that occurs when gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap the Sun’s heat. Greenhouse gases keep our planet livable. Without them, Earth’s surface temperature would be about 59 degrees Fahrenheit (33 d... | 2022-02-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_182 | sciencefeedback_182 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sea-level-rise-much-1-2-meters-3-3-6-6-feet-year-2100/ | Sea level rise could reach six or seven feet by the year 2100. | Justin Gillis | 2016-06-09 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sea-level-rise-much-1-2-meters-3-3-6-6-feet-year-2100/ | Continuing greenhouse gas emissions growth could result in a sea level rise of 0.5 meters (20 inches) to as much as 1 or 2 meters (3.3-6.6 feet) by the year 2100. | 2016-06-09 | True | true | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_182_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_182 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sea-level-rise-much-1-2-meters-3-3-6-6-feet-year-2100/ | Sea level rise could reach six or seven feet by the year 2100. | Justin Gillis | 2016-06-09 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sea-level-rise-much-1-2-meters-3-3-6-6-feet-year-2100/ | Sea level could rise by as much as 1 or 2 meters (3.3-6.6 feet) by the year 2100 Continuing greenhouse gas emissions growth could result in a sea level rise of 0.5 meters (20 inches) to as much as 1 or 2 meters (3.3-6.6 feet) by the year 2100. [...] Yes, I couldn’t agree more. I actually wrote a paper regarding a surve... | 2016-09-06 | True | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_182_ret_bn_g15 | sciencefeedback_182 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sea-level-rise-much-1-2-meters-3-3-6-6-feet-year-2100/ | Sea level rise could reach six or seven feet by the year 2100. | Justin Gillis | 2016-06-09 | https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/topics/sea-level-rise | Global mean sea level rose rapidly following the last ice age approximately 20,000 years ago. However, the rate of sea level rise slowed and has been nearly stable over the last few thousand years. Since around 1900, global average sea level has risen by about 7-8 inches (Hayhoe et al. 2018, NCA4) and the rate of sea l... | 2015-07-09 | True | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_182_ret_bn_g16 | sciencefeedback_182 | https://science.feedback.org/review/sea-level-rise-much-1-2-meters-3-3-6-6-feet-year-2100/ | Sea level rise could reach six or seven feet by the year 2100. | Justin Gillis | 2016-06-09 | https://e360.yale.edu/features/how_high_will_seas_rise_get_ready_for_seven_feet | The message for the world’s leaders and decision makers is that sea level rise is real and is only going to get worse. Indeed, we make the case in our recent book, The Rising Sea, that governments and coastal managers should assume the inevitability of a seven-foot rise in sea level. This number is not a prediction. Bu... | 2010-01-14 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_184 | sciencefeedback_184 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid19-vaccines-dont-cause-leprosy-arent-responsible-leprosy-cases-florida/ | COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy | Social media user | 2024-01-04 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid19-vaccines-dont-cause-leprosy-arent-responsible-leprosy-cases-florida/ | Leprosy is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae. Most of the population is already immune to this infection due to natural immunity. It is a slowly progressing disease, with a low risk of transmission, that is curable with a six to twelve months multidrug therapies. | 2024-01-04 | False | true | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_184_ret_b16_gn | sciencefeedback_184 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid19-vaccines-dont-cause-leprosy-arent-responsible-leprosy-cases-florida/ | COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy | Social media user | 2024-01-04 | https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-people-connecting-leprosy-florida-214435410.html | Many of the people posting about this shared an article from The Epoch Times, which The New York Times has called a "leading purveyor of right-wing misinformation." The headline on the article read, "Growing number of leprosy cases reported after COVID-19 vaccination," and the newspaper reported that researchers in the... | 2023-08-17 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_184_ret_b6_gn | sciencefeedback_184 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid19-vaccines-dont-cause-leprosy-arent-responsible-leprosy-cases-florida/ | COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy | Social media user | 2024-01-04 | https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011493&type=printable | COVID-19 vaccination and leprosy–A UK hospital-based retrospective cohort study 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011493 2023-08-16 false 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011493 www.plosntds.org 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011493 2023-08-16 false www.plosntds.org endstream endobj 2 0 obj <> | 2023-08-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_184_ret_bn_g4 | sciencefeedback_184 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid19-vaccines-dont-cause-leprosy-arent-responsible-leprosy-cases-florida/ | COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy | Social media user | 2024-01-04 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid19-vaccines-dont-cause-leprosy-arent-responsible-leprosy-cases-florida/ | Incorrect: The increase in reported leprosy cases started before COVID-19 vaccines became available to the public. Thus, vaccination couldn’t have caused them. Inadequate support: Studies reporting a leprosy reaction in people recently vaccinated against COVID-19 don’t show that vaccines cause leprosy. In fact, leprosy... | 2024-01-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_184_ret_bn_g6 | sciencefeedback_184 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid19-vaccines-dont-cause-leprosy-arent-responsible-leprosy-cases-florida/ | COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy | Social media user | 2024-01-04 | https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-florida-leprosy-cases-cdc-covid-vaccines-352032756100 | AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The report being referenced, published in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal, relied on data about leprosy cases that predated the COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccines can’t give people leprosy, a bacterial infection formally known as Hansen’s disease. Some researchers have explored whe... | 2023-08-17 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_187 | sciencefeedback_187 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-2008-study-co-authored-by-anthony-fauci-did-not-find-that-masks-caused-bacterial-pneumonia-contrary-to-viral-social-media-claim/ | “Most of the victims of the Spanish flu didn’t die from the Spanish flu. They died from bacterial pneumonia. And the bacterial pneumonia was caused by [...] wearing masks” | Anonymous | 2020-06-11 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-2008-study-co-authored-by-anthony-fauci-did-not-find-that-masks-caused-bacterial-pneumonia-contrary-to-viral-social-media-claim/ | Scientific studies have associated flu with a higher risk of secondary infection with other viruses and bacteria. Face masks are effective at reducing the spread of viral respiratory infections like COVID-19 and the flu. Face masks are safe to use and not associated with an increased risk of bacterial pneumonia or othe... | 2020-06-11 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_187_ret_b16_gn | sciencefeedback_187 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-2008-study-co-authored-by-anthony-fauci-did-not-find-that-masks-caused-bacterial-pneumonia-contrary-to-viral-social-media-claim/ | “Most of the victims of the Spanish flu didn’t die from the Spanish flu. They died from bacterial pneumonia. And the bacterial pneumonia was caused by [...] wearing masks” | Anonymous | 2020-06-11 | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/140428-1918-flu-avian-swine-science-health-science | Scientists announced Monday that they may have solved one of history's biggest biomedical mysteries—why the deadly 1918 "Spanish flu" pandemic, which killed perhaps 50 million people worldwide, largely targeted healthy young adults. (Related: "How Flu Viruses Attack.") [...] Instead, people aged 18 to 29 died in droves... | 2014-04-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_187_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_187 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-2008-study-co-authored-by-anthony-fauci-did-not-find-that-masks-caused-bacterial-pneumonia-contrary-to-viral-social-media-claim/ | “Most of the victims of the Spanish flu didn’t die from the Spanish flu. They died from bacterial pneumonia. And the bacterial pneumonia was caused by [...] wearing masks” | Anonymous | 2020-06-11 | https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/bacterial-pneumonia-caused-most-deaths-1918-influenza-pandemic | Bacterial Pneumonia Caused Most Deaths in 1918 Influenza Pandemic [...] The majority of deaths during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 were not caused by the influenza virus acting alone, report researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Hea... | 2015-09-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_187_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_187 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-2008-study-co-authored-by-anthony-fauci-did-not-find-that-masks-caused-bacterial-pneumonia-contrary-to-viral-social-media-claim/ | “Most of the victims of the Spanish flu didn’t die from the Spanish flu. They died from bacterial pneumonia. And the bacterial pneumonia was caused by [...] wearing masks” | Anonymous | 2020-06-11 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/12/fact-check-fauci-did-not-say-masks-contributed-spanish-flu-deaths/6061925002/ | The claim: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci found Spanish flu victims died from pneumonia caused by mask-wearing. [...] "And the bacterial pneumonia was caused by... wait for it, wait for it... wearing masks." [...] We rate this claim FALSE because it is not supported by our research. Dr. Anthony Fauci and coll... | 2020-11-12 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_199 | sciencefeedback_199 | https://science.feedback.org/review/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation/ | Abortion is never medically necessary | Lila Rose | 2019-08-30 | https://science.feedback.org/review/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation/ | Certain life-threatening conditions during pregnancy can make abortion medically necessary in order to save the mother’s life. Preserving both the life of the mother and child by inducing early delivery, as the video suggests, is only possible if the fetus’ gestational age is advanced enough that it stands a chance of ... | 2019-08-30 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_199_ret_b15_gn | sciencefeedback_199 | https://science.feedback.org/review/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation/ | Abortion is never medically necessary | Lila Rose | 2019-08-30 | https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/numerous-project-2025-groups-have-falsely-claimed-abortions-are-never-medically | American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists has repeatedly and falsely stated on social media that "abortion is never medically necessary." It also filed an amicus curiae in the Dobbs case repeatedly stating that abortion is "never medically necessary." Additionally, AAPLOG’s Donna Harrison co-auth... | 2024-08-13 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_199_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_199 | https://science.feedback.org/review/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation/ | Abortion is never medically necessary | Lila Rose | 2019-08-30 | https://prolifereplies.liveaction.org/medically-necessary/ | "Abortion can be medically necessary in the case of the life or health of the mother." Have you heard this argument before? It seems rational and compassionate, but the truth is that abortion is never medically necessary, even in cases to save the mother’s life. Neonatologist Dr. Kendra Kolb walks us through the differ... | 2018-11-01 | False | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_199_ret_bn_g8 | sciencefeedback_199 | https://science.feedback.org/review/lila-rose-claim-that-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-is-inaccurate-it-is-necessary-in-certain-cases-to-preserve-mothers-life-young-america-foundation/ | Abortion is never medically necessary | Lila Rose | 2019-08-30 | https://www.preciouslife.com/news/690/us-30000-doctors-say-abortion-is-never-medically-necessary-to-save-a-mothers-life/ | US: 30,000 Doctors say abortion is never medically necessary to save a mother's life Medical leaders representing more than 30,000 American doctors said intentionally killing an unborn baby in an abortion is never necessary to save a mother’s life. In a letter published at The Public Discourse, leaders of the American ... | 2019-02-01 | False | false | true | supports |
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