Earth’s orbit cannot explain modern climate change

CLAIM
changes in the solar orbit of the earth, along with alterations to the earth’s axial tilt, are both responsible for what climate scientists today have dubbed as “warming”[...]. In no way, shape, or form are humans warming or cooling the planet

SOURCE: Ethan Huff, Natural News

Published: 03 Sep 2019

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Lila Rose claim that “abortion is never medically necessary” is inaccurate; it is necessary in certain cases to preserve mother’s life

CLAIM
Abortion is never medically necessary

SOURCE: Lila Rose, Young America's Foundation

Published: 30 Aug 2019

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Mandatory vaccination was not “banned” in Sweden because of “serious health concerns” as claimed by multiple outlets

CLAIM
Sweden Bans Mandatory Vaccinations Over 'Serious Heath [sic] Concerns'

SOURCE: Baxter Dmitry, Red Ice

Published: 23 Aug 2019

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Prediction by Extinction Rebellion’s Roger Hallam that climate change will kill 6 billion people by 2100 is unsupported

CLAIM
I am talking about the slaughter, death, and starvation of 6 billion people this century—that's what the science predicts.

SOURCE: Roger Hallam, BBC News

Published: 22 Aug 2019

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Sunscreen protects against skin cancer, contrary to widespread claim that it causes cancer

CLAIM
Recent Study Shows How Sunscreen Causes Cancer, Not the Sun

SOURCE: Anonymous, Awareness Act, Midlands Directory, Collective Evolution

Published: 21 Aug 2019

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Rick Perry’s claim that US is “leading the world” in emission cuts is misleading

CLAIM
I think about all the 194 [countries] that signed onto the Paris accord, the U.S. is the one that's leading the world in reducing emissions

SOURCE: Rick Perry, Fox News

Published: 20 Aug 2019

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CO2 caused warming during past climate changes, notably as a feedback amplifying other factors

CLAIM
CO2 does not cause climate change, it RESPONDS to it [...] temperature always changes first, and CO2 follows

SOURCE: Robert W. Felix, William Happer, Ice Age Now

Published: 14 Aug 2019

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Internet meme inaccurately claims that fruit is injected with HIV-contaminated blood

CLAIM
a [group] of people is injecting fruits with blood containing HIV and AIDS

SOURCE: Anonymous, Flops n' Memes

Published: 13 Aug 2019

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Claim that cosmic rays are a crucial player for current climate change is unsupported

CLAIM
Based on the increase of solar activity during the twentieth century, it should account for between half to two-thirds of all climate change

SOURCE: Cap Allon, Nir Shaviv, Electroverse

Published: 13 Aug 2019

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Widespread claim that HPV vaccine side effects outweigh its benefits misrepresents the scientist it relies on

CLAIM
side effects of the [HPV] vaccine outweigh the positives

SOURCE: Anonymous, Herbs Info

Published: 07 Aug 2019

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