The flu shot is safe for pregnant women, does not increase the risk of spontaneous abortion

CLAIM
4,250% increase in fetal deaths reported to VAERS after flu shot given to pregnant women

SOURCE: Christine England, Vactruth, Health Impact News

Published: 31 Dec 2019

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HIV drug Truvada linked to kidney damage and bone density loss, but risks are low and usually outweighed by the drug’s benefits

CLAIM
You took Truvada to help protect against HIV, not increase your risk of kidney or bone problems.

SOURCE: Anonymous, A Case for Women

Published: 24 Dec 2019

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False claim that wind turbines generate more global warming than fossil fuels misrepresents study it relies on

CLAIM
Harvard study finds that wind turbines create MORE global warming than the fossil fuels they eliminate

SOURCE: Ethan Huff, Ecology.news

Published: 23 Dec 2019

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Ice cube meme misrepresents physics of sea level rise to claim melting ice has no effect

CLAIM
[Photo] A little science lesson for the #idiots at the global warming conference. Ice berg melts, ocean level remains the same.

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook

Published: 17 Dec 2019

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1977 “coming ice age” Time magazine cover is a fake

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When the exact same group of 'experts' who claimed it was global cooling in 1977 now claim it's global warming you can easily see why I am skeptical

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook

Published: 16 Dec 2019

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Popular Facebook meme misleadingly suggests that the measles vaccine caused 2019 Samoa measles outbreak

CLAIM
Measles vaccine caused Samoa measles outbreak

SOURCE: Anonymous, Stop Mandatory Vaccination

Published: 13 Dec 2019

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The flu shot is safe and does not cause cancer, contrary to popular claim by chiropractor

CLAIM
The flu shot is made with cancer-causing ingredients

SOURCE: John Bergman, Anonymous Notables

Published: 10 Dec 2019

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Mike Adams falsely claims cancer genes and “entire genetic code” are found in vaccines, based on unverified report

CLAIM
Vaccines [have been] found laced with entire genetic code for abnormal human loaded with cancer genes

SOURCE: Mike Adams, Natural News, Corvelva

Published: 02 Dec 2019

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Studies worldwide demonstrate HPV vaccine safety and no association with serious autoimmune and neurological diseases or problems during pregnancy

CLAIM
the autoimmune diseases and menstrual cycle problems and fertility problems [...] and all of the other things that we’ve now seen are associated with the [HPV] vaccine

SOURCE: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Children's Health Defense

Published: 25 Nov 2019

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Bedrock heat flow studies made no claim contradicting human-caused melting of glaciers

CLAIM
[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.

SOURCE: James Edward Kamis, Climate Change Dispatch

Published: 22 Nov 2019

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