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sciencefeedback_356_ret_bn_g5 | sciencefeedback_356 | https://science.feedback.org/review/health-authorities-encourage-the-general-public-to-wear-face-masks-to-reduce-covid-19-transmission/ | Health authorities like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discourage people from wearing face masks | Facebook users | 2020-04-08 | https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/modes-of-transmission-of-virus-causing-covid-19-implications-for-ipc-precaution-recommendations | At the same time, other countries and organizations, including the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, recommend airborne precautions for any situation involving the care of COVID-19 patients, and consider the use of medical masks as an acceptable option in case of shortages of respirators (N95, FFP2 or FFP3).18-19 Current WHO recommendations emphasize the importance of rational and appropriate use of all PPE,20 not only masks, which requires correct and rigorous behavior from health care workers, particularly in doffing procedures and hand hygiene practices.21 WHO also recommends staff training on these recommendations,22 as well as the adequate procurement and availability of the necessary PPE and other supplies and facilities. Finally, WHO continues to emphasize the utmost importance of frequent hand hygiene, respiratory etiquette, and environmental cleaning and disinfection, as well as the importance of maintaining physical distances and avoidance of close, unprotected contact with people with fever or respiratory symptoms. [...] Rational use of PPE for COVID-19. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331498/WHO-2019-nCoV-IPCPPE_use-2020.2-eng.pdf | 2020-03-29 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_356_ret_bn_g6 | sciencefeedback_356 | https://science.feedback.org/review/health-authorities-encourage-the-general-public-to-wear-face-masks-to-reduce-covid-19-transmission/ | Health authorities like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discourage people from wearing face masks | Facebook users | 2020-04-08 | https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449 | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends wearing masks if you choose to, and in specific places and situations. [...] - Don't put masks on anyone who has trouble breathing or is unconscious or otherwise unable to remove the mask without help. [...] Experts do not recommend using face shields instead of masks. It's not clear how much protection shields provide. But wearing a face mask may not be possible in every situation. If you must use a face shield instead of a mask, choose one that wraps around the sides of your face and extends below your chin. | 2023-11-04 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_357 | sciencefeedback_357 | https://science.feedback.org/review/measles-outbreak-due-to-unvaccinated-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants-alex-jones-infowars-natural-news/ | The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration | Alex Jones | 2019-01-05 | https://science.feedback.org/review/measles-outbreak-due-to-unvaccinated-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants-alex-jones-infowars-natural-news/ | The US measles outbreak is due to unvaccinated American citizens who became infected when travelling to countries where measles is endemic or where outbreaks are currently occurring. These are not the countries from which migrants to the US are currently coming from. | 2019-01-05 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_357_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_357 | https://science.feedback.org/review/measles-outbreak-due-to-unvaccinated-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants-alex-jones-infowars-natural-news/ | The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration | Alex Jones | 2019-01-05 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/immigrants-measles/ | Dubious websites and citation-free social media posts have attempted to suggest that these measles outbreaks are the result of immigrants who illegally crossed into the U.S. via the Southern border — a common but almost-always-false trope employed by those who oppose more open immigration policies. For example, pro-conspiracy, anti-vaccine website Natural News claimed on 28 April 2019 that, "It’s the disease-ridden illegal aliens that are bringing infectious diseases into America" in a story titled in part, "The Measles Outbreak is a Massive False Flag." That report cited a story from Alex Jones' Infowars that misrepresented a Fox News segment about a measles outbreak in New York. [...] No factual basis exists to support the claim that illegal immigrants are the cause of the increase in U.S. measles outbreaks. But multiple pieces of evidence do support the claim that unvaccinated people who have traveled to areas with high rates of measles and then returned to the U.S. are the cause of the uptick. As of 30 April 2019, measles outbreaks — defined by the CDC as three or more simultaneous cases in the same area — were identified in nine geographic areas: [...] This New York measles outbreak, comprising 423 of the 704 individual infections, represents the vast majority of cases that are part of this troubling resurgence of measles in 2019. It was caused not by illegal immigration across the Southern border, but by unvaccinated American citizens traveling abroad in Israel — a country that is currently having its own measles epidemic. Similarly, the outbreaks in California have been tied to four cases of people traveling abroad and returning to the United States: | 2019-04-30 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_357_ret_b1_g2 | sciencefeedback_357 | https://science.feedback.org/review/measles-outbreak-due-to-unvaccinated-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants-alex-jones-infowars-natural-news/ | The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration | Alex Jones | 2019-01-05 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/02/06/is-there-a-link-between-the-measles-outbreak-and-illegal-immigration/ | One of our colleagues noticed that virtually every Washington Post article concerning the measles outbreak is followed by comments that link the outbreak to illegal immigration. As it turned out, a number of prominent politicians have suggested that there might be a link — or that a link cannot be ruled out. (LePage did not mention measles, but suggested there could be in "uptick" in other diseases.) [...] We should note that CDC’s Schuchat said that in 2014, "79 percent of the unvaccinated cases of measles in the U.S. were unvaccinated due to personal belief exceptions." So even if one could trace the source to an illegal immigrant, the main source of the problem is a failure to get vaccinated in the first place. [...] Unlike Limbaugh, Brooks and Carson did not draw a direct link between illegal immigration and the measles outbreak; they merely suggested it is a possibility. But it’s a tricky balance, given that thus far the CDC has not traced this most recent outbreak — or previous ones — to illegal immigration. One cannot have 100 percent certainty in life, and so that always leaves open the possibility of a link. | 2015-02-06 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_357_ret_b7_gn | sciencefeedback_357 | https://science.feedback.org/review/measles-outbreak-due-to-unvaccinated-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants-alex-jones-infowars-natural-news/ | The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration | Alex Jones | 2019-01-05 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/feb/05/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-blames-measles-outbreak-immigrant-childre/ | Other conservative voices have linked measles to illegal immigrants. The conservative website The Blaze wrote about Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., who said the disease was brought into the country by "illegal aliens." [...] There is no data that links this or any other outbreak of measles to those immigrants, who are vaccinated at about the same rate as Americans. [...] The Blaze, GOP Congressman on Why He Thinks Illegal Immigrants Might be to Blame for Measles Outbreak, Feb. 4, 2015 | 2015-02-03 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_357_ret_bn_g3 | sciencefeedback_357 | https://science.feedback.org/review/measles-outbreak-due-to-unvaccinated-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants-alex-jones-infowars-natural-news/ | The measles outbreak is directly caused by illegal immigration | Alex Jones | 2019-01-05 | https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/measles-misinformation-gets-an-immigration-twist/ | A Facebook meme incorrectly blames the measles outbreak in the U.S. on immigrants from South America. The virus, however, was eliminated there in 2016. The recent uptick in measles cases is due to travelers returning from countries with outbreaks. The outbreak of measles in the U.S. and around the world is due largely to inadequate vaccination rates in some communities, not illegal immigration, as one popular meme on Facebook claims. The meme shows a picture of a baby who appears to be infected with measles and says: "Thanks to a highly effective vaccination program the Measles virus was eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. Thanks to the immigrants who illegally cross the U.S. Mexican border, and the Democrats who refuse to stop them, the Measles virus has been declared a public health emergency in 2019." | 2024-01-16 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_36 | sciencefeedback_36 | https://science.feedback.org/review/colorful-auroras-seen-may-2024-caused-by-mass-ejections-from-sun-not-haarp-experiments/ | May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments | Social media Users | 2024-05-16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/colorful-auroras-seen-may-2024-caused-by-mass-ejections-from-sun-not-haarp-experiments/ | The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a research facility that uses a high-power, high-frequency transmitter to study the physical properties and behavior of the highest point of the atmosphere, the ionosphere. Radio transmissions from HAARP only cause small effects in the ionosphere that last for a brief span of a few seconds. HAARP is incapable of causing the magnitude of aurora effects witnessed in May 2024; evidence shows these effects were caused by mass ejections of magnetized plasma from the Sun. | 2024-05-16 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_36_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_36 | https://science.feedback.org/review/colorful-auroras-seen-may-2024-caused-by-mass-ejections-from-sun-not-haarp-experiments/ | May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments | Social media Users | 2024-05-16 | https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/colorful-auroras-seen-may-2024-caused-by-mass-ejections-from-sun-not-haarp-experiments/ | In summary, there is conclusive evidence that the aurora observed around the globe on 10-11 May 2024 was caused by a solar storm that began erupting from the Sun on 8 May 2024. The claims attributing the auroras to HAARP experiments that coincided with this event are simply incorrect. As explained above, not only is HAARP incapable of producing the observed auroras from its limited power output, but the experiments – which were scheduled over a month in advance – were conducted to study space debris, unrelated to auroral effects. | 2024-05-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_36_ret_b15_gn | sciencefeedback_36 | https://science.feedback.org/review/colorful-auroras-seen-may-2024-caused-by-mass-ejections-from-sun-not-haarp-experiments/ | May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments | Social media Users | 2024-05-16 | https://www.gi.alaska.edu/news/haarp-artificial-airglow-may-be-widely-visible-alaska | Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a four-day research campaign that starts Saturday. [...] HAARP creates airglow by exciting electrons in Earth’s ionosphere, similar to how solar energy creates natural aurora, with on and off pulses of high-frequency radio transmissions. HAARP’s Ionospheric Research Instrument, a phased array of 180 high-frequency antennas spread across 33 acres, can radiate 3.6 megawatts into the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. [...] HAARP will create an airglow at a specific point in the sky. The angle of visibility for anyone wanting to look for it will depend on a person’s distance from HAARP. | 2023-11-02 | False | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_36_ret_bn_g3 | sciencefeedback_36 | https://science.feedback.org/review/colorful-auroras-seen-may-2024-caused-by-mass-ejections-from-sun-not-haarp-experiments/ | May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments | Social media Users | 2024-05-16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/colorful-auroras-seen-may-2024-caused-by-mass-ejections-from-sun-not-haarp-experiments/ | The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a research facility that uses a high-power, high-frequency transmitter to study the physical properties and behavior of the highest point of the atmosphere, the ionosphere. Radio transmissions from HAARP only cause small effects in the ionosphere that last for a brief span of a few seconds. HAARP is incapable of causing the magnitude of aurora effects witnessed in May 2024; evidence shows these effects were caused by mass ejections of magnetized plasma from the Sun. [...] In summary, there is conclusive evidence that the aurora observed around the globe on 10-11 May 2024 was caused by a solar storm that began erupting from the Sun on 8 May 2024. The claims attributing the auroras to HAARP experiments that coincided with this event are simply incorrect. As explained above, not only is HAARP incapable of producing the observed auroras from its limited power output, but the experiments – which were scheduled over a month in advance – were conducted to study space debris, unrelated to auroral effects. | 2024-05-16 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_362 | sciencefeedback_362 | https://science.feedback.org/review/extreme-weather-events-clearly-becoming-common-contrast-lord-lawsons-claim/ | The IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is sort of the voice of the consensus, concedes that there has been no increase in extreme weather events. | Nigel Lawson | 2017-10-08 | https://science.feedback.org/review/extreme-weather-events-clearly-becoming-common-contrast-lord-lawsons-claim/ | Globally, there has been a clear increase in certain weather extremes including heat waves and intense rainfall events. | 2017-10-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_362_ret_b8_gn | sciencefeedback_362 | https://science.feedback.org/review/extreme-weather-events-clearly-becoming-common-contrast-lord-lawsons-claim/ | The IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is sort of the voice of the consensus, concedes that there has been no increase in extreme weather events. | Nigel Lawson | 2017-10-08 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities.[1] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) set up the IPCC in 1988. The United Nations endorsed the creation of the IPCC later that year.[2] It has a secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by the WMO. It has 195 member states who govern the IPCC.[3] The member states elect a bureau of scientists to serve through an assessment cycle. A cycle is usually six to seven years. The bureau selects experts in their fields to prepare IPCC reports.[4] There is a formal nomination process by governments and observer organizations to find these experts. The IPCC has three working groups and a task force, which carry out its scientific work.[4] [...] - ^ "What is the IPCC?". Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2022. | 2024-10-04 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_362_ret_bn_g18 | sciencefeedback_362 | https://science.feedback.org/review/extreme-weather-events-clearly-becoming-common-contrast-lord-lawsons-claim/ | The IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is sort of the voice of the consensus, concedes that there has been no increase in extreme weather events. | Nigel Lawson | 2017-10-08 | https://www.desmog.com/nigel-lawson/ | Broadcast regulator Ofcom upheld a complaint by prominent scientist Brian Cox and Jim Al-Khalili and the UK‘s Green Party about an interview on the BBC‘s flagship cultural affairs radio show, the Today programme. On the programme, Lawson said "all the experts say there hasn’t been" an increase in extreme weather events, and that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "concedes" this, and that, according to official figures, "during this past 10 years […] average world temperature has slightly declined," the Guardian reported.22Mark Sweney. "BBC Radio 4 broke accuracy rules in Nigel Lawson climate change interview," The Guardian, April 9, 2018. Archived April 14, 2018. Archive URL: https://archive.li/xeMeB [...] Lawson: For example, he said that, er, there had been a growing increase, which had been continuing, in the extreme weather events. There hasn’t been. All the experts say there haven’t been. Extreme weather events have always happened. They come and go. And some kinds of extreme weather events of a particular time increase, whereas others, like tropical storms, diminish… | 2023-04-04 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_364 | sciencefeedback_364 | https://science.feedback.org/review/uncertainties-about-future-climate-change-1970s-does-not-invalidate-today-evidence-reality-global-warming/ | Scientists predicted global cooling and were wrong, so they are wrong about global warming | Facebook users | 2023-12-19 | https://science.feedback.org/review/uncertainties-about-future-climate-change-1970s-does-not-invalidate-today-evidence-reality-global-warming/ | Some climate scientists in the 1970’s were concerned about the cooling effect of atmospheric aerosols and explored the hypothesis that it might lead to a cooling of the Earth. However, the majority of scientists at that time were actually forecasting global warming for the future. In fact, scientists have warned that elevated greenhouse gasses would cause global warming since the 19th century. Overwhelming observational evidence has resulted in the scientific consensus that global warming is real and human activities, primarily through the emissions of greenhouse gasses, is the main driver. | 2023-12-19 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_364_ret_b11_gn | sciencefeedback_364 | https://science.feedback.org/review/uncertainties-about-future-climate-change-1970s-does-not-invalidate-today-evidence-reality-global-warming/ | Scientists predicted global cooling and were wrong, so they are wrong about global warming | Facebook users | 2023-12-19 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science | Scientists increasingly predict warming, 1970s [edit]In the early 1970s, evidence that aerosols were increasing worldwide and that the global temperature series showed cooling encouraged Reid Bryson and some others to warn of the possibility of severe cooling. The questions and concerns put forth by Bryson and others launched a new wave of research into the factors of such global cooling.[59] Meanwhile, the new evidence that the timing of ice ages was set by predictable orbital cycles suggested that the climate would gradually cool, over thousands of years. [...] Such media coverage heralding the coming of a new ice age resulted in beliefs that this was the consensus among scientists, despite this not being reflected by the scientific literature. As it became apparent that scientific opinion was in favor of global warming, the public began to express doubt over how trustworthy the science was.[59] The argument that scientists were wrong about global cooling, so therefore may be wrong about global warming has been called "the "Ice Age Fallacy" by Time author Bryan Walsh.[79] | 2024-09-02 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_364_ret_b5_gn | sciencefeedback_364 | https://science.feedback.org/review/uncertainties-about-future-climate-change-1970s-does-not-invalidate-today-evidence-reality-global-warming/ | Scientists predicted global cooling and were wrong, so they are wrong about global warming | Facebook users | 2023-12-19 | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cooling-climate-consensus-1970s-never-was | The reasons to disbelieve that humans are causing global warming are many and varied, skeptics say. For example: Natural factors such as long-term variations in solar radiation are causing the rise in worldwide average temperature. The urban heat island effect is skewing modern weather data, so the warming observed in recent decades isn’t real. And besides, not long ago experts all believed the Earth was cooling, not warming. Actually, research has shown that many such ideas are bogus. While changes in solar output have slightly increased global average temperature since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the planet-warming effect of man-made greenhouse gases is about 20 times larger ("Heated dispute" letter, SN: 10/27/07, p. 271). And although cities are warmer than neighboring rural areas, that phenomenon doesn’t mask recent warming trends in long-established cities ("Don’t blame the cities," SN Online: 9/5/08). Now, new research also skewers the global warming skeptics’ claim that, in the 1970s, scientists believed that an ice age was imminent. Researchers of the day had discovered that Earth had been cooling since the 1940s. Some believed that continued increases in the amount of planet-cooling aerosols kicked up or emitted by human activity — dust and smog, for example — could easily tip the planet into an ever-deepening cycle of cooling, skeptics have repeatedly pointed out. That wave of concern was obviously a false alarm, the skeptics note, so maybe today’s scientists are equally mistaken about global warming. | 2023-06-12 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_364_ret_bn_g18 | sciencefeedback_364 | https://science.feedback.org/review/uncertainties-about-future-climate-change-1970s-does-not-invalidate-today-evidence-reality-global-warming/ | Scientists predicted global cooling and were wrong, so they are wrong about global warming | Facebook users | 2023-12-19 | https://skepticalscience.com/what-1970s-science-said-about-global-cooling.html | A persistent argument designed to discredit the field of climate science is that scientists predicted an ice age in the 1970s. So popular in fact that it ranks an impressive #7 in the most cited skeptic arguments. The logic goes that climate scientists got it completely wrong predicting global cooling in the 1970s (it started warming instead). Hence climate science can't be trusted about current global warming predictions. Setting aside the logical flaws of such an ad hominem argument, was there any consensus among 70s climate scientists predicting global cooling? [...] The paper surveys climate studies from 1965 to 1979 (and in a refreshing change to other similar surveys, lists all the papers). They find very few papers (7 in total) predict global cooling. This isn't surprising. What surprises is that even in the 1970s, on the back of 3 decades of cooling, more papers (42 in total) predict global warming due to CO2 than cooling. Figure 1: Number of papers classified as predicting future global cooling (blue) or warming (red). In no year were there more global cooling papers than global warming papers. | 2008-02-26 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_364_ret_bn_g3 | sciencefeedback_364 | https://science.feedback.org/review/uncertainties-about-future-climate-change-1970s-does-not-invalidate-today-evidence-reality-global-warming/ | Scientists predicted global cooling and were wrong, so they are wrong about global warming | Facebook users | 2023-12-19 | https://science.feedback.org/review/uncertainties-about-future-climate-change-1970s-does-not-invalidate-today-evidence-reality-global-warming/ | In this post on Facebook from 9 December 2023, it is claimed that global warming is a paranoia that climatologists created after their predictions of extreme global cooling leading to a new ice-age did not materialize. The caption of the Facebook Reel lists various statements labeled as "facts", including the inaccurate claims that "Science is wrong on Global Warming" because "Science was wrong on Global Cooling". This post has been shared hundreds of times and reached thousands of viewers who may not know that global cooling was not a mainstream climate theory in the 1970’s. As we explained above, there were more scientists at that time projecting and modeling future global warming. In addition, the claim that "Science is wrong on Global Warming" is inaccurate because the reality of global warming has been unequivocal for years, verified by overwhelming observational evidence resulting in the scientific consensus. Hypotheses that were investigated in the past by scientists, like the one on global cooling, do not invalidate today’s proven scientific concepts that accurately represent observed reality, like current global warming. | 2023-12-19 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_367 | sciencefeedback_367 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-persons-response-to-vaccination-is-not-associated-with-birthmarks-or-the-presence-of-mutations-in-a-gene-involved-with-vitamin-b9-production/ | Birthmarks are indicators of the MTHFR gene; “When people have MTHFR their chances of vaccine reactions increase because they cannot detox the toxins from the vaccines” | Facebook users | 2018-11-03 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-persons-response-to-vaccination-is-not-associated-with-birthmarks-or-the-presence-of-mutations-in-a-gene-involved-with-vitamin-b9-production/ | Every person has a gene that produces an enzyme called methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR gene), which converts folic acid into its active form folate, also called vitamin B9. This gene helps repair DNA and remove free radicals. People with some rare mutations in the gene may have an increased risk of developing skeletal and neurological problems or blood clots, due to a reduction in MTHFR enzyme activity. However, most of the common MTHFR mutations either do not affect enzyme activity or only require individuals with the mutation to supplement their diets with folic acid. No scientific evidence supports the claim that mutations in the MTHFR gene are associated with either birthmarks or a higher risk of adverse reactions to vaccines. | 2018-11-03 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_367_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_367 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-persons-response-to-vaccination-is-not-associated-with-birthmarks-or-the-presence-of-mutations-in-a-gene-involved-with-vitamin-b9-production/ | Birthmarks are indicators of the MTHFR gene; “When people have MTHFR their chances of vaccine reactions increase because they cannot detox the toxins from the vaccines” | Facebook users | 2018-11-03 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/28/fact-check-mthfr-gene-physical-marks-vaccine-response/5703582002/ | The claim: MTHFR gene has telltale signs, and those with it cannot 'detox the toxins from the vaccines' [...] "When people have MTHFR their chances of vaccine reactions increase because they cannot detox the toxins from the vaccines," reads the post, which originally was shared in 2018 but recently resurfaced. "When you give Tylenol it decreases the glutathione levels in the body which is essential to detoxification. So imagine what happens when you give someone who already has problems detoxing a medication that inhibits detoxification ..." [...] - Reuters, Sept. 3, 2020, "Fact check: These birthmarks are not indicators of a MTHFR gene mutation and other false claims" | 2020-09-28 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_367_ret_bn_g4 | sciencefeedback_367 | https://science.feedback.org/review/a-persons-response-to-vaccination-is-not-associated-with-birthmarks-or-the-presence-of-mutations-in-a-gene-involved-with-vitamin-b9-production/ | Birthmarks are indicators of the MTHFR gene; “When people have MTHFR their chances of vaccine reactions increase because they cannot detox the toxins from the vaccines” | Facebook users | 2018-11-03 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/12/fact-check-mthfr-gene-variants-rarely-causes-disease-not-harmful-for-those-receiving-vaccines.html | Do variants of the MTHFR gene cause disease and increase the likelihood of vaccine reactions? No, that's not true: In rare circumstances, a MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) gene variant causes neural tube defects in newborn babies. Other times, it can cause elevelated levels of homocysteine, which can lead to blood clots. Otherwise, there are no scientific studies linking MTHFR gene variants, often called mutations, to any diseases or vaccine reaction. And certainly no relation has been found to the skin conditions shown in the photos, which are relatively common and benign. [...] These are indicators of the MTHFR gene.The MTHFR gene is involved in a process called "methylation." Methylation determines how genes are expressed, how enzymes function, and how your body clears toxins. Our body needs to be able to detox properly with the amount of toxins we come in contact everyday.If this "methylation system" isn't working right ... you could experience depression, fibromyalgia, migraines, autism, birth defects, low energy, infertility, elevated levels of homocysteine, gotta sleep right now fatigue, IBS, ADD/ADHD, migraines, thyroid disfunction, metabolism disorders, autoimmune diseases, and even cancer...When people have MTHFR their chances of vaccine reactions increase because they cannot detox the toxins from the vaccines. [...] Nor are there any studies substantiating any connections between MTHFR gene variants and adverse health effects in relation to vaccinations. Here's what we know: | 2021-04-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_37 | sciencefeedback_37 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-fungi-sole-cause-cancer-misinterprets-data-makes-baseless-assumptions/ | Fungi are the cause of cancer | Doug Kaufmann | 2024-04-30 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-fungi-sole-cause-cancer-misinterprets-data-makes-baseless-assumptions/ | There’s no scientific evidence showing all cancers are caused by fungi. Cancer is the name for a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and proliferation. This occurs due to mutations that impair normal cellular “brakes” on cell growth and division. Risk factors differ from one type of cancer to another. Some cancers are associated with infectious agents like viruses, while other cancers are associated with exposure to certain chemicals. | 2024-04-30 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_37_ret_b16_gn | sciencefeedback_37 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-fungi-sole-cause-cancer-misinterprets-data-makes-baseless-assumptions/ | Fungi are the cause of cancer | Doug Kaufmann | 2024-04-30 | https://drhoffman.com/article/is-cancer-really-just-a-fungal-infection/ | Seeing this, I harkened back to work of Dr. Tullio Simoncini, who was trendy in alternative cancer therapy circles twenty years ago. In 2005, he wrote a book entitled CANCER IS A FUNGUS A Revolution in Tumor Therapy, which enjoyed widespread popularity. According to Wikipedia, Simoncini "was known for the claim that cancer is caused by the fungus Candida albicans, and has argued that cancer is a form of Candida overgrowth." He advocated for intravenous bicarbonate therapy for cancers and treated patients accordingly. [...] Spoiler alert: I agree. Cancer is not a fungal infection. It would be nice if an inexpensive substance like sodium bicarbonate would provide the key to eradicating cancer. But like many facile theories about cancer, it fails the reality test. However, as with some seemingly wacky ideas, there’s a kernel of truth, and a potential for therapeutic applications, in the cancer-fungus connection. Or, in other words, "absence of proof doesn’t necessarily mean proof of absence" of the role fungus may play in cancer. | 2022-11-24 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_37_ret_bn_g6 | sciencefeedback_37 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-fungi-sole-cause-cancer-misinterprets-data-makes-baseless-assumptions/ | Fungi are the cause of cancer | Doug Kaufmann | 2024-04-30 | https://www.njdermdoc.com/blog/can-fungus-cause-cancer/ | Fungi, such as yeasts, molds, and dermatophytes, are primarily associated with common skin infections like athlete's foot and nail fungus. However, recent research has raised questions about their potential role in cancer development. While no direct evidence suggests that fungus directly causes cancer, there is a link worth exploring. [...] While the potential connection between fungus and cancer is intriguing, there's no need to panic. Here are some practical measures you can take to minimize your risk: [...] The potential link between fungus and cancer is a complex and evolving area of research. While no definitive evidence suggests that fungus directly causes cancer, remaining vigilant about your health is essential. Take preventive measures, practice good hygiene, and consult with professionals for early detection and treatment of fungal infections. | 2024-10-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_372 | sciencefeedback_372 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-cure-for-diabetes-currently-exists-facebook-posts-claiming-otherwise-use-manipulated-videos-promote-fake-diabetes-cure/ | “New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use” | Anonymous | 2023-07-11 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-cure-for-diabetes-currently-exists-facebook-posts-claiming-otherwise-use-manipulated-videos-promote-fake-diabetes-cure/ | Diabetes is a lifelong disease for which no cure currently exists. However, a balanced diet, an active lifestyle, and medication can help manage glucose levels and prevent disease complications. Products claiming to cure diabetes are therefore a scam and could lead to potentially life-threatening consequences. Such products may contain harmful ingredients or interact with other medications, leading to side effects. They can also lend a false sense of security that may lead a patient to delay or stop taking their medicine. This can result in a dangerous dysregulation in blood glucose levels, increasing the person’s risk of developing nerve, heart, kidney, and other organ damage. | 2023-07-11 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_372_ret_b7_gn | sciencefeedback_372 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-cure-for-diabetes-currently-exists-facebook-posts-claiming-otherwise-use-manipulated-videos-promote-fake-diabetes-cure/ | “New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use” | Anonymous | 2023-07-11 | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201006153507.htm | - Researchers may have discovered a safe new way to manage blood sugar non-invasively. Exposing diabetic mice to a combination of static electric and magnetic fields for a few hours per day normalizes blood sugar and insulin resistance. The unexpected and surprising discovery raises the possibility of using electromagnetic fields (EMFs) as a remote control to manage type 2 diabetes. Researchers from the University of Iowa may have discovered a safe new way to manage blood sugar non-invasively. Exposing diabetic mice to a combination of static electric and magnetic fields for a few hours per day normalizes two major hallmarks of type 2 diabetes, according to new findings published Oct. 6 in Cell Metabolism. "We've built a remote control to manage diabetes," says Calvin Carter, PhD, one of the study's lead authors and a postdoc in the lab of senior author Val Sheffield, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics, and of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the UI Carver College of Medicine. "Exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) for relatively short periods reduces blood sugar and normalizes the body's response to insulin. The effects are long-lasting, opening the possibility of an EMF therapy that can be applied during sleep to manage diabetes all day." | 2024-10-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_372_ret_bn_g17 | sciencefeedback_372 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-cure-for-diabetes-currently-exists-facebook-posts-claiming-otherwise-use-manipulated-videos-promote-fake-diabetes-cure/ | “New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use” | Anonymous | 2023-07-11 | https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/mounjaro-for-insulin-resistance | Mounjaro is a new medication used to manage blood sugar levels in people who have type 2 diabetes. This medication offers weight loss and cardiovascular benefits, which can also help with insulin resistance. Mounjaro is a relatively new diabetes medication used to help improve blood sugar and A1C levels in people with type 2 diabetes. [...] Mounjaro is a new drug approved for people 18 years and older with type 2 diabetes. It can help improve insulin resistance, as well as aid in weight loss and improve blood sugar and A1C levels. | 2024-08-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_372_ret_bn_g6 | sciencefeedback_372 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-cure-for-diabetes-currently-exists-facebook-posts-claiming-otherwise-use-manipulated-videos-promote-fake-diabetes-cure/ | “New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use” | Anonymous | 2023-07-11 | https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/exendin-4-lizard-laboratory-and-beyond | In the 1990s, NIA researcher Dr. Josephine Egan and colleagues teamed with Amylin Pharmaceuticals to begin preclinical testing of exendin-4. By 1999, they reported that a single daily injection of exendin-4 given to diabetic mice was sufficient to normalize blood glucose concentration, with benefits evident by the end of the first week of treatment. Dr. Egan and her collaborators later found that exendin-4 increased insulin production and protected the insulin-producing cells against damage in humans, and that its effects lasted for hours. After further clinical testing, it was deemed to be safe and effective, and it received FDA approval in 2005. | 2012-07-11 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_372_ret_bn_g9 | sciencefeedback_372 | https://science.feedback.org/review/no-cure-for-diabetes-currently-exists-facebook-posts-claiming-otherwise-use-manipulated-videos-promote-fake-diabetes-cure/ | “New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use” | Anonymous | 2023-07-11 | https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2009/0101/p29.html | The first step in managing type 2 diabetes is to normalize fasting glucose levels, with weekly or monthly adjustments in the regimen.14 Metformin is a first-line consideration. Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with its use can be minimized by beginning with a low dose and titrating slowly. Additional agents include sulfonylureas, nonsulfonylurea secretagogues, thiazolidinediones, and alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. Any of these agents can be combined with another. Once fasting blood glucose approaches near-normal levels, postprandial glucose is addressed by increasing the dose of the current medications or by adding additional agents. Once maximal benefit is achieved from first-line medications, other agents, such as exenatide (approved for use with metformin or sulfonylureas) and sitagliptin (approved for use with metformin or thiazolidinediones), can be considered. | 2009-01-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_382 | sciencefeedback_382 | https://science.feedback.org/review/dtap-vaccine-isnt-associated-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-whooping-cough-vaccine-historic-decline-cases/ | Whooping cough vaccine was never necessary, DTaP vaccine is linked to sudden infant death syndrome | Jaclyn Simone | 2024-07-03 | https://science.feedback.org/review/dtap-vaccine-isnt-associated-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-whooping-cough-vaccine-historic-decline-cases/ | Whooping cough causes the body to produce very thick mucus that can block the airways, which induces violent coughing. This coughing, also called paroxysmal coughing, can be strong enough to break ribs, burst blood vessels, and produce hernias. Other complications associated with whooping cough are bacterial pneumonia, seizures, and brain inflammation. Childhood vaccination helps to prevent diseases that are associated with potentially serious complications leading to disability and death. | 2024-07-03 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_382_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_382 | https://science.feedback.org/review/dtap-vaccine-isnt-associated-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-whooping-cough-vaccine-historic-decline-cases/ | Whooping cough vaccine was never necessary, DTaP vaccine is linked to sudden infant death syndrome | Jaclyn Simone | 2024-07-03 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/dtap-vaccine-isnt-associated-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-whooping-cough-vaccine-historic-decline-cases/ | Factually inaccurate: Studies have found no association between the DTaP vaccine and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Childhood vaccination isn’t a risk factor for SIDS. FULL CLAIM: The whooping cough vaccine was never needed because deaths had declined before the vaccine was available; the DTaP vaccine is associated with sudden infant death syndrome An Instagram reel posted in March 2024 suggested that the whooping cough vaccine was never needed, since whooping cough deaths had plummeted before the vaccine was available. It also implied that the DTaP vaccine is dangerous and associated with sudden infant death syndrome. | 2024-03-07 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_382_ret_bn_g2 | sciencefeedback_382 | https://science.feedback.org/review/dtap-vaccine-isnt-associated-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-whooping-cough-vaccine-historic-decline-cases/ | Whooping cough vaccine was never necessary, DTaP vaccine is linked to sudden infant death syndrome | Jaclyn Simone | 2024-07-03 | https://science.feedback.org/review/dtap-vaccine-isnt-associated-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-whooping-cough-vaccine-historic-decline-cases/ | DTaP vaccine isn’t associated with sudden infant death syndrome, whooping cough vaccine led to historic decline in cases [...] Factually inaccurate: Studies have found no association between the DTaP vaccine and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Childhood vaccination isn’t a risk factor for SIDS. An Instagram reel posted in March 2024 suggested that the whooping cough vaccine was never needed, since whooping cough deaths had plummeted before the vaccine was available. It also implied that the DTaP vaccine is dangerous and associated with sudden infant death syndrome. | 2024-03-07 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_382_ret_bn_g9 | sciencefeedback_382 | https://science.feedback.org/review/dtap-vaccine-isnt-associated-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-whooping-cough-vaccine-historic-decline-cases/ | Whooping cough vaccine was never necessary, DTaP vaccine is linked to sudden infant death syndrome | Jaclyn Simone | 2024-07-03 | https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/vaccines-and-immunization-myths-and-misconceptions | One myth that won't seem to go away is that the DTP vaccine causes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). This belief came about because a moderate proportion of children who die of SIDS have recently been vaccinated with DTP; on the surface, this seems to point toward a causal connection. This logic is faulty, however; you might as well say that eating bread causes car crashes, since most drivers who crash their cars could probably be shown to have eaten bread within the past 24 hours. If you consider that most SIDS deaths occur during the age range when three shots of DTP are given, you would expect DTP shots to precede a fair number of SIDS deaths simply by chance. In fact, when a number of well-controlled studies were conducted during the 1980s, the investigators found, nearly unanimously, that the number of SIDS deaths temporally associated with DTP vaccination was within the range expected to occur by chance. In other words, the SIDS deaths would have occurred even if no vaccinations had been given. In fact, in several of the studies, children who had recently received a DTP shot were less likely to get SIDS. The Institute of Medicine reported, "all controlled studies that have compared immunized versus non-immunized children have found either no association . . . or a decreased risk . . . of SIDS among immunized children," and concluded, "the evidence does not indicate a causal relation between [DTP] vaccine and SIDS." | 2020-10-19 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_385_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_385 | https://science.feedback.org/review/study-evaluates-natural-and-human-causes-of-recent-rapid-warming-rate-at-the-south-pole/ | Surface air temperatures at the bottom of the world have risen three times faster than the global average since the 1990s. | Henry Fountain | 2020-06-29 | https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/study-evaluates-natural-and-human-causes-of-recent-rapid-warming-rate-at-the-south-pole/ | Over that same time period, global average surface temperatures have increased 0.6°C, equating to a rate of 0.2°C per decade. So it’s accurate to say that South Pole temperatures have increased at three times the global average. But it’s important to note that this is a statement about the South Pole, specifically, and not broadly representative of Antarctica as a whole. As illustrated in the figure below, other Antarctic stations recorded a slower rate of warming, while others have even cooled over this time period. Unlike the Arctic, which has seen a widespread and rapid rate of warming, the Antarctic experiences particularly variable weather patterns. These are driven by natural oscillations of regional ocean surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation[2,3,4,5]. [...] REFERENCES - 1- Clem et al. (2020) Record warming at the South Pole during the past three decades, Nature Climate Change - 2- Simpkins et al. (2014) Tropical Connections to Climatic Change in the Extratropical Southern Hemisphere: The Role of Atlantic SST Trends, Journal of Climate - 3- van der Broeke and van Lipzig (2003) Factors Controlling the Near-Surface Wind Field in Antarctica, Monthly Weather Review - 4- Kowk and Comiso (2002) Spatial patterns of variability in Antarctic surface temperature: Connections to the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode and the Southern Oscillation, Geophysical Research Letters - 5- Marshall and Thompson (2016) The signatures of large‐scale patterns of atmospheric variability in Antarctic surface temperatures, JGR Atmospheres | 2020-07-27 | True | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_385_ret_b1_gn | sciencefeedback_385 | https://science.feedback.org/review/study-evaluates-natural-and-human-causes-of-recent-rapid-warming-rate-at-the-south-pole/ | Surface air temperatures at the bottom of the world have risen three times faster than the global average since the 1990s. | Henry Fountain | 2020-06-29 | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-is-the-south-pole-warming-so-quickly-its-complicated/ | The South Pole is warming at a rate nearly three times faster than the global average, scientists have discovered. And much of that warming is linked to climate cycles happening thousands of miles away in the tropics. [...] The study, led by Kyle Clem of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, examined surface air temperatures at the world's southernmost weather observatory: the Amundsen-Scott station, located almost directly on top of the geographic South Pole. It's a lonely, snow-covered outpost in the middle of the Antarctic continent, in a place where winter temperatures can drop below minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The researchers found that temperatures there have been rising by about a degree Fahrenheit each decade since the start of the 1990s. That's about three times faster than the global average. | 2024-02-20 | True | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_385_ret_bn_g11 | sciencefeedback_385 | https://science.feedback.org/review/study-evaluates-natural-and-human-causes-of-recent-rapid-warming-rate-at-the-south-pole/ | Surface air temperatures at the bottom of the world have risen three times faster than the global average since the 1990s. | Henry Fountain | 2020-06-29 | https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/chapter-1/ | Human-induced warming reached approximately 1°C (likely between 0.8°C and 1.2°C) above pre-industrial levels in 2017, increasing at 0.2°C (likely between 0.1°C and 0.3°C) per decade (high confidence). Global warming is defined in this report as an increase in combined surface air and sea surface temperatures averaged over the globe and over a 30-year period. Unless otherwise specified, warming is expressed relative to the period 1850–1900, used as an approximation of pre-industrial temperatures in AR5. For periods shorter than 30 years, warming refers to the estimated average temperature over the 30 years centred on that shorter period, accounting for the impact of any temperature fluctuations or trend within those 30 years. Accordingly, warming from pre- industrial levels to the decade 2006–2015 is assessed to be 0.87°C (likely between 0.75°C and 0.99°C). Since 2000, the estimated level of human-induced warming has been equal to the level of observed warming with a likely range of ±20% accounting for uncertainty due to contributions from solar and volcanic activity over the historical period (high confidence). {1.2.1} Warming greater than the global average has already been experienced in many regions and seasons, with higher average warming over land than over the ocean (high confidence). Most land regions are experiencing greater warming than the global average, while most ocean regions are warming at a slower rate. Depending on the temperature dataset considered, 20–40% of the global human population live in regions that, by the decade 2006–2015, had already experienced warming of more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial in at least one season (medium confidence). {1.2.1, 1.2.2} | 2012-04-04 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_387 | sciencefeedback_387 | https://science.feedback.org/review/activated-charcoal-tablets-are-unlikely-to-be-effective-in-counteracting-date-rape-drugs-individuals-who-have-been-given-date-rape-drugs-should-seek-medical-attention/ | “Buy yourselves charcoal activated tablets […] it will counteract most date rape drugs” | Facebook users | 2019-09-04 | https://science.feedback.org/review/activated-charcoal-tablets-are-unlikely-to-be-effective-in-counteracting-date-rape-drugs-individuals-who-have-been-given-date-rape-drugs-should-seek-medical-attention/ | Date rape drugs are substances that compromise an individual’s ability to give consent and are associated with drug-facilitated sexual assault. Activated charcoal binds to some poisons and medical drugs. In medical settings, it is given in poisoning cases where gastrointestinal decontamination is recommended. However, it is unlikely that charcoal activated tablets will work for date rape drugs because the amount of charcoal in these tablets is too low and charcoal needs to be taken soon after ingestion of a substance to be effective. Furthermore, activated charcoal does not work against alcohol, the most common date rape drug. Individuals who have been given a date rape drug should seek medical attention rather than rely on an activated charcoal tablet. | 2019-09-04 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_387_ret_b18_gn | sciencefeedback_387 | https://science.feedback.org/review/activated-charcoal-tablets-are-unlikely-to-be-effective-in-counteracting-date-rape-drugs-individuals-who-have-been-given-date-rape-drugs-should-seek-medical-attention/ | “Buy yourselves charcoal activated tablets […] it will counteract most date rape drugs” | Facebook users | 2019-09-04 | https://sciencefeedback.co/fr/claimreview/activated-charcoal-tablets-are-unlikely-to-be-effective-in-counteracting-date-rape-drugs-individuals-who-have-been-given-date-rape-drugs-should-seek-medical-attention/ | AFFIRMATION COMPLETE: "Guys please buy yourselves Charcoal activated tablets & carry them with you to any gathering or night club. Should you feel like you aren’t yourself or out of place, drink one tablet & it will counteract most date rape drugs." [...] Though activated charcoal is the most used method of gastrointestinal decontamination in the developed world, an activated charcoal tablet would not be useful to counteract date rape drugs in the manner described in the Facebook post. The dose of activated charcoal in tablets is too low and the formulation is not ideal. The activated charcoal tablets would need to be taken soon after the date rape drug, which can be hard because many of the drugs associated with DFSAs are odorless and tasteless, and are absorbed quickly by the body. Lastly, activated charcoal would have no effect on alcohol, which is the drug most commonly associated with DFSAs and does not adsorb to activated charcoal. | 2021-07-16 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_387_ret_b6_gn | sciencefeedback_387 | https://science.feedback.org/review/activated-charcoal-tablets-are-unlikely-to-be-effective-in-counteracting-date-rape-drugs-individuals-who-have-been-given-date-rape-drugs-should-seek-medical-attention/ | “Buy yourselves charcoal activated tablets […] it will counteract most date rape drugs” | Facebook users | 2019-09-04 | https://www.today.com/health/heres-truth-about-activated-charcoal-t26721 | "Activated" means the charcoal — made from wood, peat, or coconut shells — was heated, expanding its surface area. The charcoal clings to substances in the stomach, such as aspirin, and prevents the body from absorbing it. This is the reason people think that charcoal can help with hangovers; they believe it absorbs the alcohol, halting the icky symptoms associated with over-imbibing. [...] Activated charcoal does bind well to many prescription drugs, though. This means that people who rely on something like blood pressure medication and also take charcoal might make medication less effective. [...] Both Kirkpatrick and Lynch also warn that activated charcoal remains a supplement, which means it doesn't fall under the same regulation as prescription drugs. | 2015-06-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_387_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_387 | https://science.feedback.org/review/activated-charcoal-tablets-are-unlikely-to-be-effective-in-counteracting-date-rape-drugs-individuals-who-have-been-given-date-rape-drugs-should-seek-medical-attention/ | “Buy yourselves charcoal activated tablets […] it will counteract most date rape drugs” | Facebook users | 2019-09-04 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/facebook-posts/activated-charcoal-unlikely-be-effective-counterin/ | A Facebook post implores social media users to buy activated charcoal tablets and bring them to gatherings or night clubs. "Should you feel like you aren't yourself or out of place, drink one tablet & it will counteract most date rape drugs," said the post, which dates back to 2019 and continues to be shared. [...] A Facebook post claimed that charcoal activated tablets "will counteract most date rape drugs." [...] Health Feedback, Activated charcoal tablets are unlikely to be effective in counteracting date rape drugs; individuals who have been given date rape drugs should seek medical attention, June 29, 2021 | 2019-09-04 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_387_ret_bn_g12 | sciencefeedback_387 | https://science.feedback.org/review/activated-charcoal-tablets-are-unlikely-to-be-effective-in-counteracting-date-rape-drugs-individuals-who-have-been-given-date-rape-drugs-should-seek-medical-attention/ | “Buy yourselves charcoal activated tablets […] it will counteract most date rape drugs” | Facebook users | 2019-09-04 | https://www.emedicinehealth.com/benzodiazepine_abuse/article_em.htm | - A single dose of activated charcoal is recommended for people who come to the emergency department within four hours of taking drugs. This acts to prevent absorption of the medication. It is a black powder that is mixed with water and given to you to drink. Side effects can include nausea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. | 2011-04-04 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_39 | sciencefeedback_39 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid-19-mrna-vaccines-tested-clinical-trials-arent-experimental/ | COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are experimental, “ineffective and harmful” | Chris Oyakhilome, Sucharit Bhakdi, Peter McCullough | 2024-03-05 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid-19-mrna-vaccines-tested-clinical-trials-arent-experimental/ | Clinical trials and ongoing vaccine monitoring efforts show that COVID-19 vaccines are effective at reducing a person’s risk of severe disease and death. Like any medical intervention, vaccines also come with risks. While COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are linked to a slight increase in the risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), COVID-19 itself is associated with a greater risk of heart inflammation and other health complications. On balance, the benefits of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines outweigh their risks. | 2024-03-05 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_39_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_39 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid-19-mrna-vaccines-tested-clinical-trials-arent-experimental/ | COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are experimental, “ineffective and harmful” | Chris Oyakhilome, Sucharit Bhakdi, Peter McCullough | 2024-03-05 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid-19-mrna-vaccines-tested-clinical-trials-arent-experimental/ | Factually inaccurate: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines went through multiple stages of clinical testing to ensure their safety and effectiveness. As they’ve already cleared clinical trials, they’re no longer experimental. The trials and real-world data have also shown that COVID-19 vaccines are effective at reducing the risk of severe disease and death. A Facebook reel posted on 26 April 2024 by the Pastor Chris Facebook page, which has more than two million followers, claimed that COVID-19 vaccines are "ineffective and harmful". In the reel, faith leader and preacher Chris Oyakhilome called COVID-19 mRNA vaccines "terrible". This was followed by remarks from several individuals—Robert Malone, Sucharit Bhakdi, and Peter McCullough—all of whom have spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. [...] The claim that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are "harmful" is misleading. While COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are indeed linked to a slight increase in the risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), COVID-19 itself is associated with a greater risk of heart inflammation and other health complications[3]. On balance, the benefits of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines outweigh their risks. | 2024-05-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_39_ret_bn_g15 | sciencefeedback_39 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid-19-mrna-vaccines-tested-clinical-trials-arent-experimental/ | COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are experimental, “ineffective and harmful” | Chris Oyakhilome, Sucharit Bhakdi, Peter McCullough | 2024-03-05 | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1336906/full | The mRNA-LNP COVID-19 vaccines, based on early analysis of the clinical trial data, were deemed safe and effective across demographics (45, 46). However, recent peer-reviewed research studies, a wide variety of continuously increasing case reports, and publicly available adverse events databases cast doubts on the safety and effectiveness of these products. [...] Figure 1 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are associated with higher incidence of adverse events compared to other vaccines. (A). Data derived from CDC VAERS and National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) were depicted as Lg (events/million doses) in the bar chart. The data for COVID-19 mRNA vaccine and other vaccines were from December 2020 to September 2023 and January 2006 to December 2021, respectively. The fold change was calculated as the Lg (events/million doses) ratio of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to other vaccines or influenza vaccines.(B). Adverse events of concern associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Data derived from CDC VAERS were analyzed, adverse events of concern (including AESI, adverse events of special interest, defined by CDC) were displayed as symptoms and their # of events, gender proportion and onset interval of each symptom. | 2024-02-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_39_ret_bn_g3 | sciencefeedback_39 | https://science.feedback.org/review/covid-19-mrna-vaccines-tested-clinical-trials-arent-experimental/ | COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are experimental, “ineffective and harmful” | Chris Oyakhilome, Sucharit Bhakdi, Peter McCullough | 2024-03-05 | https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2022-001744_EN.html | Ineffective, harmful experimental COVID-19 vaccines – removal from the market 11.5.2022 [...] A recent study by the Charité University Hospital in Berlin on the ‘safety profiles of COVID-19 vaccines’ revealed that there are 40 times more cases of people with serious complications after being given these vaccines than previously reported by the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut. [...] - 1.Does the Commission think that the COVID-19 vaccines should be taken off the market until new and further information on the subject is available, especially as it is now known that they are ineffective as they do not prevent people from contracting the virus? | 2022-09-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_391 | sciencefeedback_391 | https://science.feedback.org/review/there-are-fda-approved-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-us-as-of-may-2023-contrary-to-claim-by-peter-mccullough/ | There are no FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines on the U.S market as of May 2023 | Peter McCullough | 2023-05-26 | https://science.feedback.org/review/there-are-fda-approved-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-us-as-of-may-2023-contrary-to-claim-by-peter-mccullough/ | The COVID-19 vaccines authorized or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have been extensively tested and shown to be safe and effective against the disease. Emergency Use Authorizations allow for a faster distribution of vaccines in the context of an ongoing pandemic that poses a public health threat compared to a full approval which would require more time. As of 2023, the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna vaccines are fully approved for people aged over 12 and 18, respectively. These vaccines as well as those by other companies have received emergency use authorizations for use in other age groups or as booster shots. | 2023-05-26 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_391_ret_b12_gn | sciencefeedback_391 | https://science.feedback.org/review/there-are-fda-approved-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-us-as-of-may-2023-contrary-to-claim-by-peter-mccullough/ | There are no FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines on the U.S market as of May 2023 | Peter McCullough | 2023-05-26 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_COVID-19_vaccine_authorizations | - ^ "Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine". U.S. Food & Drug Administration. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024. [...] - ^ a b "(CDC) Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine". U.S. Food & Drug Administration. 10 May 2023. [...] - ^ "Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 1 November 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024. | 2024-09-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_391_ret_bn_g14 | sciencefeedback_391 | https://science.feedback.org/review/there-are-fda-approved-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-us-as-of-may-2023-contrary-to-claim-by-peter-mccullough/ | There are no FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines on the U.S market as of May 2023 | Peter McCullough | 2023-05-26 | https://science.feedback.org/review/there-are-fda-approved-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-us-as-of-may-2023-contrary-to-claim-by-peter-mccullough/ | There are FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. as of May 2023, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough [...] Factually inaccurate: The claim that there are no FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines as of 2023, is directly contradicted by FDA documents indicating approval of various COVID-19 vaccines. COVID-19 vaccine distribution began in the U.S. on 14 December 2020, following the authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier that month. Almost two and a half years later, in May 2023, participants in an Arizona Senate hearing claimed that there was no FDA-licensed and approved COVID-19 vaccine on the market. However, this is inaccurate and contradicted by the FDA’s own press releases. | 2023-06-15 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_391_ret_bn_g15 | sciencefeedback_391 | https://science.feedback.org/review/there-are-fda-approved-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-us-as-of-may-2023-contrary-to-claim-by-peter-mccullough/ | There are no FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines on the U.S market as of May 2023 | Peter McCullough | 2023-05-26 | https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2020/12/covid-19-vaccination-considerations-for-obstetric-gynecologic-care | - The Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine is no longer available in the United States. All government-issued doses expired on May 7, 2023. [...] At the time of this publication, three COVID-19 vaccines are currently approved under a BLA or authorized under an EUA by FDA: [...] Shortly following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines CDC launched a v-safe pregnancy registry to collect additional data on COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy. At the time the registry closed in May 2023 there were approximately 23,000 pregnant individuals enrolled. Data collected from the v-safe pregnancy registry did not indicate any safety concerns based on the reactogenicity profile and adverse events observed among pregnant individuals. Additionally, side effects were similar in pregnant and nonpregnant populations. Specific neonatal outcomes data published in The New England Journal of Medicine, along with pregnancy complication data from 275 completed pregnancies presented at the March 1, 2021 ACIP meeting are included in Table 1. | 2022-01-10 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_4 | sciencefeedback_4 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-misinterprets-patents-proposed-therapies-vaccines-patents-viruses/ | Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS | Social media users | 2024-08-16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-misinterprets-patents-proposed-therapies-vaccines-patents-viruses/ | Patents are often filed by individuals or groups to protect an invention. This prevents the invention from being commercially exploited by others without the patent owner’s consent. However, a patent can also be filed for products of nature like viruses and for other reasons apart from restricting the use of an invention. For example, public health agencies like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention patent viruses to keep samples accessible to researchers, preventing a single party from monopolizing samples and restricting research efforts. | 2024-08-16 | False | true | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_4_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_4 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-misinterprets-patents-proposed-therapies-vaccines-patents-viruses/ | Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS | Social media users | 2024-08-16 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5676977A/en | US5676977A - Method of curing AIDS with tetrasilver tetroxide molecular crystal devices - Google Patents Method of curing AIDS with tetrasilver tetroxide molecular crystal devices Download PDFInfo - Publication number - US5676977A US5676977A US08/658,955 US65895596A US5676977A US 5676977 A US5676977 A US 5676977A US 65895596 A US65895596 A US 65895596A US 5676977 A US5676977 A US 5676977A - Authority - US - United States - Prior art keywords - aids - ism - pathogens - destroying - virus - Prior art date - Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.) [...] - 1996 - 1996-05-31 US US08/658,955 patent/US5676977A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related - 1997 - 1997-05-29 EP EP97927896A patent/EP1024817A4/en not_active Withdrawn - 1997-05-29 WO PCT/US1997/009411 patent/WO1997045133A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation - 1997-05-29 IL IL12728797A patent/IL127287A/en not_active IP Right Cessation | 1996-05-31 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_4_ret_b3_gn | sciencefeedback_4 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-misinterprets-patents-proposed-therapies-vaccines-patents-viruses/ | Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS | Social media users | 2024-08-16 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US8835624B1/en | US8835624B1 - Influenza A H1N1 subtype-specific aptamer and applications thereof - Google Patents Influenza A H1N1 subtype-specific aptamer and applications thereof Download PDFInfo - Publication number - US8835624B1 US8835624B1 US14/185,196 US201414185196A US8835624B1 US 8835624 B1 US8835624 B1 US 8835624B1 US 201414185196 A US201414185196 A US 201414185196A US 8835624 B1 US8835624 B1 US 8835624B1 - Authority - US - United States - Prior art keywords - influenza - aptamer - subtype - virus - seq - Prior art date - Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.) [...] - the present invention provides an aptamer with high specificity and binding activity for Influenza A H1N1 subtype virus, which was selected using the combination of systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) and microfluidic chip technology. | 2014-02-20 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_4_ret_b4_gn | sciencefeedback_4 | https://science.feedback.org/review/facebook-reel-misinterprets-patents-proposed-therapies-vaccines-patents-viruses/ | Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS | Social media users | 2024-08-16 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/facebook-reel-misinterprets-patents-proposed-therapies-vaccines-patents-viruses/ | FULL CLAIM: Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US20120251502A1 and CA2741523A1 are for Ebola, patent US8124101B2 is for swine flu, patent ATCC VR-84 is for Zika, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS, patent US10130701B2 is for coronavirus [...] This attribution is also inaccurate. This patent isn’t for the H1N1 influenza virus, which causes swine flu, but for an aptamer that binds specifically to the H1N1 influenza virus and ways of using the aptamer. It was filed in 2014 by researchers at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. An aptamer is a short strand of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) that can bind to proteins on cells and viruses, like antibodies. This feature makes aptamers potentially useful for discovery, diagnostic, and therapeutic purposes[1-3]. [...] The first is a patent for the genomic sequence of the virus SARS-CoV-1, which causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). It’s not a patent for the virus itself. It was filed in 2004 by the Public Health Agency of Canada. | 2024-08-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_407 | sciencefeedback_407 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaers-data-dont-show-covid19-vaccines-deadly-steve-kirsch-claim-relied-on-flawed-analysis/ | VAERS data are “crystal clear”: “the COVID vaccines are killing people” | Steve Kirsch | 2023-10-08 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaers-data-dont-show-covid19-vaccines-deadly-steve-kirsch-claim-relied-on-flawed-analysis/ | The VAERS database is a pharmacosurveillance tool used to detect early signs of unusual adverse event patterns following vaccination. However, on its own, it cannot prove that a vaccine caused the reported adverse events, including deaths. Therefore, VAERS data alone don’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous. | 2023-10-08 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_407_ret_b2_gn | sciencefeedback_407 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaers-data-dont-show-covid19-vaccines-deadly-steve-kirsch-claim-relied-on-flawed-analysis/ | VAERS data are “crystal clear”: “the COVID vaccines are killing people” | Steve Kirsch | 2023-10-08 | https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/covid-19-vaccines-killed-67600-americans-fact-check/ | A blog post shared on Facebook claimed that COVID-19 vaccines have killed some 676,000 people in the U.S. [...] "VAERS data is crystal clear," the headline read. "The COVID vaccines are killing an estimated 1 person per 1,000 doses (676,000 dead Americans)." [...] There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have killed people in the U.S. in large numbers, let alone 676,000. We rate the claim Pants on Fire! | 2023-08-16 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_407_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_407 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaers-data-dont-show-covid19-vaccines-deadly-steve-kirsch-claim-relied-on-flawed-analysis/ | VAERS data are “crystal clear”: “the COVID vaccines are killing people” | Steve Kirsch | 2023-10-08 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/08/28/covid-19-vaccine-data-grossly-misrepresented-in-post-fact-check/70560928007/ | The claim: COVID-19 vaccines kill one in 1,000 recipients [...] "VAERS data is crystal clear: The COVID vaccines are killing an estimated 1 person per 1,000 doses (676,000 dead Americans)," reads the headline on a post by Steve Kirsch, a prominent skeptic of COVID-19 vaccine safety. [...] Kirsch questioned why a disproportionate number of deaths reported to VAERS for all vaccines came after COVID-19 vaccination. But Su said there are a number of possible explanations. | 2023-08-28 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_407_ret_bn_g13 | sciencefeedback_407 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaers-data-dont-show-covid19-vaccines-deadly-steve-kirsch-claim-relied-on-flawed-analysis/ | VAERS data are “crystal clear”: “the COVID vaccines are killing people” | Steve Kirsch | 2023-10-08 | https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/activist-misuses-federal-data-to-make-false-claim-that-covid-vaccines-killed-676000/ | "VAERS data is crystal clear," the headline read. "The COVID vaccines are killing an estimated 1 person per 1,000 doses (676,000 dead Americans)." [...] Steve Kirsch’s newsletter, "VAERS Data Is Crystal Clear: The COVID Vaccines Are Killing an Estimated 1 Person per 1,000 Doses (676,000 Dead Americans)," Aug. 6, 2023 Health Feedback, "VAERS Data Don’t Show That COVID-19 Vaccines Are Deadly; Steve Kirsch’s Claim to the Contrary Relied on Flawed Analysis," Aug. 6, 2023 | 2023-09-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_407_ret_bn_g3 | sciencefeedback_407 | https://science.feedback.org/review/vaers-data-dont-show-covid19-vaccines-deadly-steve-kirsch-claim-relied-on-flawed-analysis/ | VAERS data are “crystal clear”: “the COVID vaccines are killing people” | Steve Kirsch | 2023-10-08 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/14/steve-kirsch/activist-misuses-federal-data-to-make-pants-on-fir/ | "VAERS data is crystal clear," the headline read. "The COVID vaccines are killing an estimated 1 person per 1,000 doses (676,000 dead Americans)." [...] Steve Kirsch’s Newsletter, "VAERS data is crystal clear: The COVID vaccines are killing an estimated 1 person per 1,000 doses (676,000 dead Americans)," Aug. 6, 2023 Health Feedback, "VAERS data don’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are deadly; Steve Kirsch’s claim to the contrary relied on flawed analysis," Aug. 6, 2023 | 2023-08-08 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_409 | sciencefeedback_409 | https://science.feedback.org/review/global-data-contradict-claim-of-no-acceleration-in-sea-level-rise/ | The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration | Willis Eschenbach | 2020-03-08 | https://science.feedback.org/review/global-data-contradict-claim-of-no-acceleration-in-sea-level-rise/ | Peer-reviewed global analyses of both tide gauge and satellite data have demonstrated that sea level rise has, in fact, accelerated in recent decades. | 2020-03-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_409_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_409 | https://science.feedback.org/review/global-data-contradict-claim-of-no-acceleration-in-sea-level-rise/ | The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration | Willis Eschenbach | 2020-03-08 | https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/global-data-contradict-claim-of-no-acceleration-in-sea-level-rise/ | CLAIM: The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration, neither in the early nor in the recent parts of the records. Yes, they often porpoise a bit above and a bit below the trend line, but there is no evidence of any CO2-caused recent increase in the rate of sea-level rise. The satellite dataset, on the other hand, is a splice of a selected four of the nine available satellite sea-level datasets. The changes in trend seem to be associated with the splices. Unfortunately, this spliced record is both too short and too fractured to draw any conclusions about acceleration. | 2020-04-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_409_ret_b2_gn | sciencefeedback_409 | https://science.feedback.org/review/global-data-contradict-claim-of-no-acceleration-in-sea-level-rise/ | The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration | Willis Eschenbach | 2020-03-08 | https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/03/08/looking-for-acceleration-in-all-the-wrong-places/ | With that as prologue, I decided to look at the longest sea-level records and see if there is any acceleration. We have a few of these that have 100 to 150+ years of data. This is long enough to remove most of the long-term tidal cycles. As above, I used the CEEMD method to remove the cycles, leaving just the underlying residual. To start with, I looked at the sea-level data for Cuxhaven in Germany. It’s a 176-year dataset. [...] So those are the majority of the long tidal datasets. I gotta say, I am simply not seeing the acceleration claimed by the boffins. I don’t know just how they’ve calculated their results, but the best long-term datasets that we have simply don’t show the acceleration that they claim to find. [...] The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration, neither in the early nor in the recent parts of the records. Yes, they often porpoise a bit above and a bit below the trend line, but there is no evidence of any CO2-caused recent increase in the rate of sea-level rise. | 2020-03-08 | False | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_409_ret_bn_g13 | sciencefeedback_409 | https://science.feedback.org/review/global-data-contradict-claim-of-no-acceleration-in-sea-level-rise/ | The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration | Willis Eschenbach | 2020-03-08 | https://tamino.wordpress.com/2019/12/10/a-century-and-more-of-sea-level-acceleration/ | One thing which is not a matter of opinion is that all these data sets show acceleration. Their rates go both up and down in a complex pattern, but for all of them, modern times are dominated by increasing rates. The presence of acceleration — both throughout the record and in the most recent decades — is testified by every one of these data sets. [...] For all the satellite data sets, we can see the acceleration if we study their residuals from a straight-line fit, but we don’t trust "looks like" — we go with the statistical tests. They’re unanimous: acceleration. [...] The latest series of posts (about sea level) started with Dave Burton denying the existence of acceleration in tide gauge records from individual stations. We proved him wrong; he refused to admit his mistake. Our recent look at the satellite data from NOAA/STAR was because Kip Hansen claimed it not only failed to show acceleration, it demonstrated the absence of acceleration. We proved him wrong too, and he has yet to admit his mistake. As often happens with climate deniers, when confronted with actual analysis he resorted to claiming the data he picked wasn’t good enough to do the job. | 2019-12-10 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_409_ret_bn_g7 | sciencefeedback_409 | https://science.feedback.org/review/global-data-contradict-claim-of-no-acceleration-in-sea-level-rise/ | The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration | Willis Eschenbach | 2020-03-08 | https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/26/13/jcli-d-12-00319.1.xml | Wenzel and Schröter (2010) and Ray and Douglas (2011) report that there is no significant acceleration of GMSLR in their time series. On the other hand, Jevrejeva et al. (2008) evaluate the acceleration of GMSLR as about 0.01 mm yr−2 for 1700–2003, while Church and White (2011) find 0.009 ± 0.004 mm yr−2 for 1900–2009. Church and White (2006) report an acceleration of 0.013 ± 0.006 mm yr−2 for 1870–2001 in an earlier version of the dataset of Church and White (2011). In this paper, we do not show results for the earlier version, but we have analyzed it in the same way as the other four tide gauge time series and the results are close to those we obtain for the later version. | 2013-07-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_41 | sciencefeedback_41 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-does-not-contain-pshuttle-sn-sequence-no-evidence-that-virus-is-man-made/ | 2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin | Alex Jones, Mike Adams | 2020-02-02 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-does-not-contain-pshuttle-sn-sequence-no-evidence-that-virus-is-man-made/ | The pShuttle-SN vector was designed by researchers seeking to develop a potential SARS vaccine. However, the 2019 novel coronavirus does not contain a sequence from the pShuttle-SN vector as claimed. There is no evidence supporting the claim that 2019-nCoV is man-made. | 2020-02-02 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_41_ret_b8_gn | sciencefeedback_41 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-does-not-contain-pshuttle-sn-sequence-no-evidence-that-virus-is-man-made/ | 2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin | Alex Jones, Mike Adams | 2020-02-02 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32333222/ | The genetic sequence, origin, and diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 - PMID: 32333222 - PMCID: PMC7180649 - DOI: 10.1007/s10096-020-03899-4 [...] Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a new infectious disease that first emerged in Hubei province, China, in December 2019, which was found to be associated with a large seafood and animal market in Wuhan. Airway epithelial cells from infected patients were used to isolate a novel coronavirus, named the SARS-CoV-2, on January 12, 2020, which is the seventh member of the coronavirus family to infect humans. Phylogenetic analysis of full-length genome sequences obtained from infected patients showed that SARS-CoV-2 is similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and uses the same cell entry receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), as SARS-CoV. The possible person-to-person disease rapidly spread to many provinces in China as well as other countries. Without a therapeutic vaccine or specific antiviral drugs, early detection and isolation become essential against novel Coronavirus. In this review, we introduced current diagnostic methods and criteria for the SARS-CoV-2 in China and discuss the advantages and limitations of the current diagnostic methods, including chest imaging and laboratory detection. | 2016-03-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_41_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_41 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-does-not-contain-pshuttle-sn-sequence-no-evidence-that-virus-is-man-made/ | 2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin | Alex Jones, Mike Adams | 2020-02-02 | https://healthfeedback.org/reviewers/aaron-t-irving/ | CLAIM this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus) [...] VERDICT 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain "pShuttle-SN" sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made | 2020-04-20 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_41_ret_bn_g16 | sciencefeedback_41 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-does-not-contain-pshuttle-sn-sequence-no-evidence-that-virus-is-man-made/ | 2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin | Alex Jones, Mike Adams | 2020-02-02 | https://academic.oup.com/femsre/article/37/3/384/584655 | In general, a broad variety of carriers can be envisaged, but teasing out the identity of electron shuttles in the laboratory is difficult. Studying this process experimentally may be further complicated by the possibility that microorganisms may utilize multiple electron shuttles, either alternately or in parallel. Investigations into the nature of electron transfer within syntrophic communities will require creativity and the development of novel assays to address this newly emerging field. | 2013-05-01 | False | false | false | not_applicable |
sciencefeedback_41_ret_bn_g9 | sciencefeedback_41 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-does-not-contain-pshuttle-sn-sequence-no-evidence-that-virus-is-man-made/ | 2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin | Alex Jones, Mike Adams | 2020-02-02 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lyons-Weiler | He claimed in February 2020 that SARS-CoV-2 contains a genetic sequence, thus proving that the virus was probably engineered in a laboratory, was repeatedly discredited by researchers and fact-checkers.[8] [...] - ^ Teoh, Flora (February 10, 2020). "2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain "pShuttle-SN" sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made". Science Feedback. Health Feedback. Retrieved September 16, 2024. | 2024-09-16 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_410 | sciencefeedback_410 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-the-earth-has-cooled-since-medieval-or-roman-times-is-false-marc-morano/ | Peer-reviewed studies, geologic records, and all the studies have shown that we have actually cooled since the Roman Warming Period, and likely since the Medieval Warming Period. | Marc Morano | 2019-09-09 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-the-earth-has-cooled-since-medieval-or-roman-times-is-false-marc-morano/ | There have been regional climate events over the past 2,000 years, which can be seen in records of past climate. However, analysis of global temperatures for this time period shows that current warming is unique in its extent and has exceeded earlier temperatures. | 2019-09-09 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_410_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_410 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-the-earth-has-cooled-since-medieval-or-roman-times-is-false-marc-morano/ | Peer-reviewed studies, geologic records, and all the studies have shown that we have actually cooled since the Roman Warming Period, and likely since the Medieval Warming Period. | Marc Morano | 2019-09-09 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-the-earth-has-cooled-since-medieval-or-roman-times-is-false-marc-morano/ | Claim that the Earth has cooled since Medieval or Roman times is contradicted by available data [...] A recent study1 analyzing a global database of paleoclimate records found that no previous warm or cool period in the last 2,000 years—including the Roman Warm Period and the Medieval Warm Period (also called the Medieval Climate Anomaly)—occurred globally and synchronously. But 20th Century temperatures were the warmest of the last 2,000 years for nearly the entire surface of the Earth. [...] 2) For the Northern Hemisphere (where we have much better proxy data and a better understanding of the uncertainties), we come to similar conclusions—in Wilson et al (2016)2 we find that the two warmest decades of our reconstruction (from 918 to 2004 CE) were 1994–2003 and 1946–1955. Coming in 3rd place is 1161–1170 CE. So, the latest in large-scale temperature reconstructions do NOT support a claim that temperatures either in the Medieval or Roman periods were warmer than today. | 2019-09-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_410_ret_bn_g1 | sciencefeedback_410 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-the-earth-has-cooled-since-medieval-or-roman-times-is-false-marc-morano/ | Peer-reviewed studies, geologic records, and all the studies have shown that we have actually cooled since the Roman Warming Period, and likely since the Medieval Warming Period. | Marc Morano | 2019-09-09 | https://climatefeedback.org/reviewers/kevin-anchukaitis/ | Claim that the Earth has cooled since Medieval or Roman times is contradicted by available data [...] Research does not show a Medieval Warm Period warmer than the present day [...] Earth’s mean temperature over the last 2,000 years shows two previous periods when temperatures were warmer than they are now; from 1–200 A.D., an epoch called the Roman Warm Period, and more recently the Medieval Warm Period from 900–1100 A.D. | 2019-09-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_410_ret_bn_g14 | sciencefeedback_410 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-that-the-earth-has-cooled-since-medieval-or-roman-times-is-false-marc-morano/ | Peer-reviewed studies, geologic records, and all the studies have shown that we have actually cooled since the Roman Warming Period, and likely since the Medieval Warming Period. | Marc Morano | 2019-09-09 | https://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/2018/04/22/20-years-of-hockey-sticks/ | Of course, our understanding of millenial temperatures has improved greatly. The reconstructions extend further back than they did originally. The analysis methods have improved, so we have more confidence in the results. We can use many different proxies to reconstruct these temperatures, so have better spatial and temporal resolution. This allows for an improved understanding of variability and of the role of both internal and external perturbations. However, the big picture has changed little. A warm period about 1000 years ago, typically referred to as the Medieval Warm Period, a general cooling towards what is referred to as the Little Ice Age, and then the modern warm period, that appears unprecedented in the last 1000 years, or so. I think it’s important to realise that all of this is part of the normal scientific process. Early work will have limited data and will often use methods that have not been tried before. With time, we collect more data, develop improved methods, and – consequently – improve our understanding. We might even conclude that some of the early work used methods that we’d no longer regard as suitable. This doesn’t suddenly invalidate the earlier work, or imply kind of some nefarious intent. It seems pretty clear that the big picture presented by the early millenial temperature reconstructions have stood the test of time. I hope I, one day, have a paper that is still relevant, and being discussed, 20 years after being published. | 2018-04-22 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_411 | sciencefeedback_411 | https://science.feedback.org/review/bedrock-heat-flow-studies-made-no-claim-about-human-caused-melting-climate-change-dispatch-james-edward-kamis/ | [A] series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets. | James Edward Kamis | 2018-08-07 | https://science.feedback.org/review/bedrock-heat-flow-studies-made-no-claim-about-human-caused-melting-climate-change-dispatch-james-edward-kamis/ | The studies that this article points to make no such claim. This research characterizes the varying temperature conditions at the base of glaciers that cause them to either freeze to the ground or sit on thawed ground. This has important implications for understanding how different portions of the ice sheet will respond to global warming, but it does not explain the glacial ice loss measured over the last century. | 2018-08-07 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_411_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_411 | https://science.feedback.org/review/bedrock-heat-flow-studies-made-no-claim-about-human-caused-melting-climate-change-dispatch-james-edward-kamis/ | [A] series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets. | James Edward Kamis | 2018-08-07 | https://climatechangedispatch.com/nasa-natural-causes-behind-polar-melt/ | In what amounts to dissension from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) climate change policy, a series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets. [...] It is now abundantly clear that even respected mainstream NASA geologists and glaciologists are advocating that formerly underappreciated geological forces working in concert with atmospheric forces are responsible for polar ice cap melting. Here we note that in many cases these geological forces are dominant and, in some cases, the complete cause of modern-day and ancient polar ice cap melting | 2018-08-07 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_411_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_411 | https://science.feedback.org/review/bedrock-heat-flow-studies-made-no-claim-about-human-caused-melting-climate-change-dispatch-james-edward-kamis/ | [A] series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets. | James Edward Kamis | 2018-08-07 | http://www.plateclimatology.com/new-page-55 | In what amounts to dissension from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) climate change policy, a series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets. [...] It is now abundantly clear that even respected mainstream NASA geologists and glaciologists are advocating that formerly under-appreciated geological forces working in concert with atmospheric forces are responsible for polar ice cap melting. Here we note that in many cases these geological forces are dominant and, in some cases, the complete cause of modern-day and ancient polar ice cap melting | 2018-08-07 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_411_ret_bn_g2 | sciencefeedback_411 | https://science.feedback.org/review/bedrock-heat-flow-studies-made-no-claim-about-human-caused-melting-climate-change-dispatch-james-edward-kamis/ | [A] series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets. | James Edward Kamis | 2018-08-07 | https://www.discover.ukri.org/a-brief-history-of-climate-change-discoveries/index.html | What they found was alarming. The Greenland ice sheet, parts of the Antarctic ice sheet, and Arctic sea ice are melting at rates that are unprecedented in the last 10,000 years. [...] Ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland may have already passed the point of no return; their collapse could raise sea levels by 10 metres [...] The Greenland ice sheet is also melting at an accelerating rate, and could add a further seven metres to sea levels. Models show that the Greenland ice sheet will collapse when the Earth warms to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which could happen as soon as 2030. | 2009-01-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_414 | sciencefeedback_414 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2023-malaria-cases-us-unrelated-to-release-genetically-modified-mosquitoes/ | Bill Gates-funded company released genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S. and caused a malaria outbreak | Facebook Users | 2023-07-05 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2023-malaria-cases-us-unrelated-to-release-genetically-modified-mosquitoes/ | Mosquitoes can transmit several deadly infectious diseases. The U.S.-owned biotechnology company Oxitec released genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida as part of a strategy to reduce the population of Aedes mosquitoes responsible for diseases like dengue and West Nile fever. However, these mosquitoes cannot transmit malaria because the parasite that causes malaria is only borne by Anopheles, a different genus of mosquito. | 2023-07-05 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_414_ret_b0_g0 | sciencefeedback_414 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2023-malaria-cases-us-unrelated-to-release-genetically-modified-mosquitoes/ | Bill Gates-funded company released genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S. and caused a malaria outbreak | Facebook Users | 2023-07-05 | https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-bill-gates-oxitec-mosquitoes-malaria-cases-106569617546 | CLAIM: Rare malaria cases reported in Florida and Texas recently were caused by a disease-control initiative backed by Bill Gates that involved releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S. [...] "JOIN THE DOTS - Bill Gates Funded company Oxitec released billions of mosquitoes in Florida & Texas," another tweet reads, suggesting a conspiracy is afoot to push a vaccine. "Malaria now in Florida & Texas for the first time in 20 years." [...] The foundation has indeed supported biotech company Oxitec, which is releasing modified mosquitoes in Florida as part of a disease-control initiative, though a spokesperson for the company said its U.S. work is not funded by the Gates Foundation. | 2023-06-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_414_ret_b6_gn | sciencefeedback_414 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2023-malaria-cases-us-unrelated-to-release-genetically-modified-mosquitoes/ | Bill Gates-funded company released genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S. and caused a malaria outbreak | Facebook Users | 2023-07-05 | https://www.yahoo.com/news/genetically-modified-mosquitos-released-us-235548201.html | Genetically modified mosquitos released in US not tied to Gates, malaria cases | Fact check [...] "Bill Gates Develops Malaria Drugs, Then Releases Genetically Modified Mosquitoes into the U.S. – Now Texas and Florida Are Detecting the Disease, Gates-Funded CDC Is Recommending Those Drugs," reads the article's headline. [...] While the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provided funding to the company Oxitec for "mosquito field trials" in September 2020, none of those funds were used to release genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S. The mosquitoes released by the company in April 2021 were incapable of carrying or spreading malaria. | 2023-07-05 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_414_ret_bn_g2 | sciencefeedback_414 | https://science.feedback.org/review/2023-malaria-cases-us-unrelated-to-release-genetically-modified-mosquitoes/ | Bill Gates-funded company released genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S. and caused a malaria outbreak | Facebook Users | 2023-07-05 | https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/scicheck-u-s-acquired-malaria-cases-spark-false-claims-of-links-to-gates-funded-research/ | The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports research into fighting malaria, including funding a company that releases genetically modified mosquitoes that are incapable of carrying the disease. But reports of locally acquired cases of malaria in the U.S. have sparked social media posts that baselessly suggest Gates was behind the recent outbreak. [...] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds efforts to fight the spread of malaria, and it has provided funding to a British biotech company, Oxitec, to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Africa that are incapable of carrying the disease. [...] Social media posts implied that Gates-funded research involving genetically modified mosquitoes is linked to the U.S. malaria cases, though they offered no evidence. In any case, Oxitec mosquitoes couldn’t be responsible for the recent outbreak: They’re incapable of transmitting disease. | 2023-07-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_416 | sciencefeedback_416 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-by-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-that-the-novel-coronavirus-is-man-made-and-contains-genetic-material-from-hiv-is-inaccurate/ | this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus) | Luc Montagnier | 2020-04-16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-by-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-that-the-novel-coronavirus-is-man-made-and-contains-genetic-material-from-hiv-is-inaccurate/ | Genomic analyses of the novel coronavirus show that it was not engineered. In addition, the claim that its genome contains inserted HIV sequences is based on a now-withdrawn preprint of a study that contained significant flaws in design and execution. The so-called “HIV insertions” identified by the authors are in fact gene sequences that can also be found in many other organisms besides HIV. | 2020-04-16 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_416_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_416 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-by-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-that-the-novel-coronavirus-is-man-made-and-contains-genetic-material-from-hiv-is-inaccurate/ | this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus) | Luc Montagnier | 2020-04-16 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/claim-by-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-that-the-novel-coronavirus-is-man-made-and-contains-genetic-material-from-hiv-is-inaccurate/ | Numerous articles published in April 2020 report that Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier claimed that "SARS-CoV-2 is a manipulated virus that was accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan, China" and that "Indian researchers have already tried to publish the results of the analyses that showed that this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus)." The claim that SARS-CoV-2 contains "HIV insertions" began circulating in January 2020, and was propagated by outlets such as Zero Hedge and Infowars. Health Feedback covered this claim in early February 2020, and found it to be inaccurate. [...] This has also been independently confirmed in another published analysis[5]. In other words, these sequences are not insertions, but are rather common sequences found in numerous other organisms such as bacteria and parasites. Therefore, the existence of these sequences in SARS-CoV-2 does not provide evidence of a link to HIV, nor that scientists purposely inserted HIV sequences into the SARS-CoV-2 genome. [...] The author of this article by European Scientist also compared the genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and found "no significant similarity", explaining that "In plain English, SARS-CoV-2 is not made of the bat coronavirus and small bits of the HIV virus." Readers who wish to verify the level of sequence identity between the two viruses for themselves are welcome to follow the steps listed in the article. | 2023-04-04 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_416_ret_bn_g0 | sciencefeedback_416 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-by-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-that-the-novel-coronavirus-is-man-made-and-contains-genetic-material-from-hiv-is-inaccurate/ | this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus) | Luc Montagnier | 2020-04-16 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-by-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-that-the-novel-coronavirus-is-man-made-and-contains-genetic-material-from-hiv-is-inaccurate/ | Genomic analyses of the novel coronavirus show that it was not engineered. In addition, the claim that its genome contains inserted HIV sequences is based on a now-withdrawn preprint of a study that contained significant flaws in design and execution. The so-called "HIV insertions" identified by the authors are in fact gene sequences that can also be found in many other organisms besides HIV. [...] Numerous articles published in April 2020 report that Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier claimed that "SARS-CoV-2 is a manipulated virus that was accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan, China" and that "Indian researchers have already tried to publish the results of the analyses that showed that this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus)." The claim that SARS-CoV-2 contains "HIV insertions" began circulating in January 2020, and was propagated by outlets such as Zero Hedge and Infowars. Health Feedback covered this claim in early February 2020, and found it to be inaccurate. [...] The author of this article by European Scientist also compared the genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and found "no significant similarity", explaining that "In plain English, SARS-CoV-2 is not made of the bat coronavirus and small bits of the HIV virus." Readers who wish to verify the level of sequence identity between the two viruses for themselves are welcome to follow the steps listed in the article. | 2020-04-20 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_416_ret_bn_g16 | sciencefeedback_416 | https://science.feedback.org/review/claim-by-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-that-the-novel-coronavirus-is-man-made-and-contains-genetic-material-from-hiv-is-inaccurate/ | this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus […] the HIV virus (AIDS virus) | Luc Montagnier | 2020-04-16 | https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2180-3-20 | The genome of the SARS-CoV was recently sequenced [8, 9]. Since it is a member of the Coronaviridae [10], the S2 protein is believed to play a central role in viral entry. Although we found no sequence homology between the SARS-CoV S2 and HIV-1 gp41, a comprehensive sequence analysis reveals that all the above-mentioned elements of gp41 are present also in S2. [...] Herein, we report the identification of the sequence in SARS-CoV S2 protein that is analogous to the C-HR of HIV-1 gp41. This led us to the suggestion that the viral entry mechanisms are analogous and therefore a therapeutic strategy that is being applied against the HIV-1 can be adopted to fight SARS-CoV. [...] SARS-CoV genomic sequence information (NC_004718) was retrieved from GenBank at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The SARS-CoV E2 precursor protein accession number is gi|30023954. This precursor is believed to be post-translationally processed to reveal S1 and S2, as confirmed in other Coronaviridae viruses. | 2003-09-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_420 | sciencefeedback_420 | https://science.feedback.org/review/misleading-article-claiming-flu-shots-spread-the-flu-conflates-facts-and-opinions/ | Flu shots spread the flu | Vicki Batts | 2019-05-03 | https://science.feedback.org/review/misleading-article-claiming-flu-shots-spread-the-flu-conflates-facts-and-opinions/ | The flu vaccine does come with some side effects, but spreading the flu is not one of them. Flu vaccines are made from inactivated virus particles which are no longer infectious and therefore cannot cause the flu. | 2019-05-03 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_420_ret_b2_gn | sciencefeedback_420 | https://science.feedback.org/review/misleading-article-claiming-flu-shots-spread-the-flu-conflates-facts-and-opinions/ | Flu shots spread the flu | Vicki Batts | 2019-05-03 | https://www.familiesfightingflu.org/dispelling-common-flu-myths/ | Myth #1: The Flu Shot Can Give You the Flu One of the most prevalent myths is that the flu shot itself causes the flu. This belief stems from a misunderstanding of the vaccine’s composition. The influenza vaccine contains either inactivated flu viruses or, in some cases, a recombinant flu vaccine containing no flu virus at all. While some individuals may experience mild side effects, such as soreness at the injection site, muscle aches, or low-grade fever, neither of these formulations can cause the flu. [...] Some individuals express concerns that the flu shot is a live virus that will cause illness. In reality, the flu vaccine contains either inactivated flu viruses or proteins derived from the flu virus, neither of which can replicate or cause flu infection. | 2024-10-07 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_420_ret_bn_g13 | sciencefeedback_420 | https://science.feedback.org/review/misleading-article-claiming-flu-shots-spread-the-flu-conflates-facts-and-opinions/ | Flu shots spread the flu | Vicki Batts | 2019-05-03 | https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/flu-seasonal.page | Flu vaccines are safe and the best way to protect yourself against getting sick. Getting a flu vaccine reduces your risk of getting the flu and reduces your risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death if you do get it. [...] Flu vaccines are made using killed flu viruses (for inactivated vaccines), or without flu virus at all (for recombinant vaccines). You cannot get the flu from a flu vaccine. [...] Flu is very contagious and easily spreads through contact with someone who is sick. The virus spreads mainly by droplets produced when someone who is sick coughs, sneezes or talks. People can become sick if these droplets or infected mucus or saliva enter their eyes, nose or mouth. | 2014-04-08 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_420_ret_bn_g18 | sciencefeedback_420 | https://science.feedback.org/review/misleading-article-claiming-flu-shots-spread-the-flu-conflates-facts-and-opinions/ | Flu shots spread the flu | Vicki Batts | 2019-05-03 | https://www.maricopa.gov/1873/Influenza-Flu | Why Your Flu Shot Matters Now More Than Ever With flu and other respiratory viruses circulating at the same time, getting a flu shot will help provide you with added protection against viral illness. Getting the vaccine means you have a lower chance of getting the flu and passing it to others, including those who are at higher risk for getting hospitalized or dying. Fewer hospitalizations from flu helps reduce strain on our healthcare system. The flu vaccine is safe and effective. Take control of your health and help protect others, too. [...] Many health insurance plans cover flu shots as part of a wellness plan. Check with your provider for coverage. Flu vaccine can be found at area pharmacies, community health clinics, and many providers. Below are some additional resources for low cost/free flu shots. Check their website or call for the latest information. | 2022-01-01 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_420_ret_bn_g4 | sciencefeedback_420 | https://science.feedback.org/review/misleading-article-claiming-flu-shots-spread-the-flu-conflates-facts-and-opinions/ | Flu shots spread the flu | Vicki Batts | 2019-05-03 | https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/flu-influenza/get-your-flu-shot.html | The flu vaccine is your best defense against the flu. The flu vaccine is recommended every year in the fall or winter, ideally before the flu season starts. Almost everyone who is at least 6 months of age should get a flu vaccine. [...] The flu vaccine also helps protect people close to you because you're less likely to spread the flu to them if you're vaccinated. [...] The flu and other respiratory illnesses are caused by different viruses. The flu vaccine won't protect you against any other illnesses, such as COVID-19 or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Keeping up to date with all recommended vaccinations will help protect you through the respiratory illness season. | 2018-10-19 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_421 | sciencefeedback_421 | https://science.feedback.org/review/internet-meme-inaccurately-claims-that-fruit-is-injected-with-hiv-contaminated-blood-instagram/ | a [group] of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS | Anonymous | 2019-07-27 | https://science.feedback.org/review/internet-meme-inaccurately-claims-that-fruit-is-injected-with-hiv-contaminated-blood-instagram/ | Red discoloration in fruit is the result of plant diseases caused by a variety of bacteria and fungi. It is not the result of injected blood. Transmitting HIV through food is also almost impossible, excepting very rare cases involving pre-chewed food given to infants. | 2019-07-27 | False | true | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_421_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_421 | https://science.feedback.org/review/internet-meme-inaccurately-claims-that-fruit-is-injected-with-hiv-contaminated-blood-instagram/ | a [group] of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS | Anonymous | 2019-07-27 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/internet-meme-inaccurately-claims-that-fruit-is-injected-with-hiv-contaminated-blood-instagram/ | FULL CLAIM: If you see that your fruit contains [a] red weird colour in it, don't eat it because a [group] of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS This post, which has been circulating recently on Instagram and Facebook, contains an image showing a banana with red discoloration, and the caption claiming that, "If you see that your fruit contains [a] red weird colour in it, don’t eat it because a [group] of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS". | 2019-12-18 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
sciencefeedback_421_ret_b19_gn | sciencefeedback_421 | https://science.feedback.org/review/internet-meme-inaccurately-claims-that-fruit-is-injected-with-hiv-contaminated-blood-instagram/ | a [group] of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS | Anonymous | 2019-07-27 | https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/fake-news-buster-fruits-injected-with-aids-virus/articleshow/56505768.cms | Fake News Buster: ‘Fruits injected with AIDS virus’ A post being circulated on social media claims ‘If you see that your fruit contains weird red colour in it, don’t eat it, because a groups of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS. With the aim of killing millions of people around the world. That is satanism. PLEASE SHARE this post and save others.’ [...] This is obviously a hoax. Red spots in bananas could be a lot of things. Fungus and insects have all been known to cause red spots in bananas. There have been no known cases of HIV being injected into banan-as. Even if these accounts were true, it would be nearly impossible to contract HIV from eating an a fruit that was injected with infected blood as HIV is a living virus and needs a human host to survive. | 2024-10-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_421_ret_b3_gn | sciencefeedback_421 | https://science.feedback.org/review/internet-meme-inaccurately-claims-that-fruit-is-injected-with-hiv-contaminated-blood-instagram/ | a [group] of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS | Anonymous | 2019-07-27 | https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/health/fact-check-post-showing-bananas-injected-with-hiv-blood-is-fake/ | Fact Check: Post showing bananas injected with HIV blood is fake - By: Urvashi Kapoor - Published: Jun 11, 2019 at 04:21 PM [...] A photo is doing rounds with a claim that reads: "Warning! If you see that your fruit contains red weird colour in it, don’t eat it because a group of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS. With the aim of killing millions of people around the world. That is Satanism. Please share this post and save others." The photo is supported with two images; one showing banana being injected with red-colored fluid and other showing peeled banana with red color inside. The image has been shared by the Facebook page ‘Spiritual Warfare and Tactics Squad- SWATS‘. [...] Knowing the truth is your right. If you have a doubt on any news that could impact you, society or the nation, let us know. You can share your doubts and send you news for fact verification on our mail ID [email protected] or whatsapp us on 9205270923 - Claim Review : Bananas injected with HIV blood - Claimed By : FB Page: Spiritual Warfare and Tactics Squad- SWATS - Fact Check : False | 2019-06-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_421_ret_b4_g2 | sciencefeedback_421 | https://science.feedback.org/review/internet-meme-inaccurately-claims-that-fruit-is-injected-with-hiv-contaminated-blood-instagram/ | a [group] of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS | Anonymous | 2019-07-27 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/11/13/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-hiv-blood-in-bananas-and-seaworld-whales-in-plastic-bags/ | 1. No one is injecting fruit with HIV-positive blood. This particular urban legend is not a new one, but it got a boost again this week on Facebook: Since the beginning of November, hundreds of people have re-shared a long debunked post about "HIV-positive" oranges, and on Nov. 9, a woman named Anna Aquavia kicked off a new scare about some mysterious villain "injecting blood into bananas." [...] As for the oranges, that rumor started last February, when a woman named Ty Smith claimed that "the immigration services of Algeria" intercepted a batch of Libyan oranges that had been injected with "Hiv & AIDS blood." For one thing, Libya has exported only a negligible number of oranges since 2007, according to the UN, and those have all gone to Egypt. For another, agricultural inspections wouldn’t be handled by immigration. On top of all that, the HIV virus cannot survive outside the human body. From the Centers for Disease Control: | 2015-11-13 | False | false | true | refutes |
sciencefeedback_424 | sciencefeedback_424 | https://science.feedback.org/review/social-media-post-inaccurately-claims-natural-remedy-garlic-onions-thyme-lemon-replace-flu-shot/ | A soup made of garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can replace the flu shot and cure other illnesses such as the common cold and norovirus | Anonymous | 2023-11-04 | https://science.feedback.org/review/social-media-post-inaccurately-claims-natural-remedy-garlic-onions-thyme-lemon-replace-flu-shot/ | The flu vaccine is the most effective method for preventing serious complications or illness caused by the influenza virus. While ingredients like garlic, onion, thyme, and lemon possess antioxidants and antimicrobial properties, there is limited evidence to suggest that they prevent or eliminate viral infections. “Natural” remedies actually recommended by medical professionals to accelerate recovery from viral infections are sleep and hydration. | 2023-11-04 | False | true | true | insufficient-contradictory |
sciencefeedback_424_ret_b0_gn | sciencefeedback_424 | https://science.feedback.org/review/social-media-post-inaccurately-claims-natural-remedy-garlic-onions-thyme-lemon-replace-flu-shot/ | A soup made of garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can replace the flu shot and cure other illnesses such as the common cold and norovirus | Anonymous | 2023-11-04 | https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/social-media-post-inaccurately-claims-natural-remedy-garlic-onions-thyme-lemon-replace-flu-shot/ | FULL CLAIM: "Forget the flu shot. A soup based on more than 50 cloves of garlic, onions, thyme and lemon will destroy almost any virus that enters its path including colds, flu and even norovirus" A recent Facebook post claimed that a soup with ingredients including garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can act as a natural remedy to replace the flu shot. This claim is not new; variations of it have been circulating since at least 2021 when a viral video claimed that this combination of ingredients could cure COVID-19. [...] The diverse nature of viruses necessitates tailored approaches to their prevention and treatment. Despite the history behind natural remedies like garlic, onions, lemons, or thyme, there isn’t sufficient scientific evidence to suggest that consuming these ingredients together in a soup protects against the flu and other viral infections. | 2023-11-14 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
sciencefeedback_424_ret_b1_gn | sciencefeedback_424 | https://science.feedback.org/review/social-media-post-inaccurately-claims-natural-remedy-garlic-onions-thyme-lemon-replace-flu-shot/ | A soup made of garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can replace the flu shot and cure other illnesses such as the common cold and norovirus | Anonymous | 2023-11-04 | https://curejoy.com/content/garlic-soup-made-with-52-cloves-of-garlic-can-defeat-colds-flu-and-even-norovirus/ | Indeed, scientists remain divided on garlic’s ability to combat colds and flu. Last March, a major investigation by the respected global research organisation, the Cochrane Database, found that increasing your garlic intake during winter can cut the duration of cold symptoms–from five-and-a-half days to four-and-a-half. [...] - 1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder - 1/2 cup fresh ginger - 2 1/4 cups sliced onions - 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme - 26 garlic cloves, peeled - 1/2 cup coconut milk - 3 1/2 cups organic vegetable broth - 4 lemon wedges [...] Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions, thyme, ginger and cayenne powder and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes. Add roasted garlic and 26 raw garlic cloves and cook for 3 minutes. Add vegetable broth; cover and simmer until garlic is very tender, about 20 minutes. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to saucepan; add coconut milk and bring to simmer. Season with sea salt and pepper for flavour. | 2017-03-01 | False | false | true | supports |
sciencefeedback_424_ret_b4_gn | sciencefeedback_424 | https://science.feedback.org/review/social-media-post-inaccurately-claims-natural-remedy-garlic-onions-thyme-lemon-replace-flu-shot/ | A soup made of garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can replace the flu shot and cure other illnesses such as the common cold and norovirus | Anonymous | 2023-11-04 | https://www.loveandlemons.com/french-onion-soup/ | Next, simmer the soup. Add the vinegar, thyme, tamari, and garlic to the onions, and stir, scraping up any browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. Stir in a few tablespoons of flour, which will thicken the soup as it cooks, and then add the wine. Finally, add the broth and simmer the soup, uncovered, for 30 minutes. [...] Ingredients - 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil - 3 pounds medium yellow onions, halved and thinly sliced - ¾ teaspoon sea salt - 1½ tablespoons balsamic vinegar - 1½ tablespoons tamari - 1½ tablespoons fresh thyme leaves - 3 garlic cloves, minced - 3 tablespoons all-purpose white flour - 1 cup dry white wine - 6 cups vegetable broth - Freshly ground black pepper [...] Instructions - Heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onions, salt, and several grinds of pepper and toss to combine. Reduce the heat to low and cook for about 40 minutes, stirring every few minutes, or until the onions are very soft. Increase the heat to medium and cook 15 to 20 more minutes, stirring often, until golden brown. Add the vinegar, tamari, thyme, and garlic and stir. Sprinkle the flour on the onions, stir, and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the wine and cook 2 minutes, or until evaporated. Add the broth and simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes. | 2021-02-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
sciencefeedback_428 | sciencefeedback_428 | https://science.feedback.org/review/peter-mccullough-makes-multiple-false-misleading-claims-covid19-vaccine-safety-efficacy-podcast/ | The spike protein induced by COVID-19 vaccines is toxic and causes diseases and deaths; nattokinase can counter these effects | Peter McCullough | 2023-04-22 | https://science.feedback.org/review/peter-mccullough-makes-multiple-false-misleading-claims-covid19-vaccine-safety-efficacy-podcast/ | All available evidence from clinical trials and safety monitoring indicates that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and not associated with a rise in medical conditions and mortality. COVID-19 vaccines are also safe and recommended for pregnant women, who are at a higher risk of severe COVID-19 and pregnancy complications associated with the disease. Furthermore, COVID-19 vaccines haven’t been shown to be toxic, making so-called “detoxes” unnecessary. | 2023-04-22 | False | true | true | refutes |
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