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Doctor misleads with post claiming ivermectin works against hantavirus

Claim:

Ivermectin “should work” against hantavirus because it blocks “RNA viruses from entering the nucleus [and] inhibits viral replication”
Source: X/Twitter, Mary Talley Bowden, 2026-05-07

German placenta study didn’t show COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are harmful

Claim:

Vaccine-derived spike protein is harmful, its presence in placenta linked to rise in infant mortality
Source: X/Twitter, The Focal Points, Nicolas Hulscher, 2026-03-08

Viral claims that cows and beef are climate solutions ignore the impacts of cattle farms

Claim:

Cows are carbon-negative; to tackle climate change, we need to raise more cows and eat more beef.
Source: TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media user, 2025-12-18

South Korea study does not show COVID-19 vaccines weaken immune system

Claim:

South Korea study shows COVID-19 vaccines “eroded immune function across an entire country—and likely the entire globe”
Source: Vigilant Fox, X/Twitter, The Focal Points, Nicolas Hulscher, 2025-11-11

Significant flaws in Henry Ford study used to claim childhood vaccines cause harm

Claim:

Unpublished study from Henry Ford Health System shows unvaccinated children are healthier
Source: X/Twitter, Nicolas Hulscher, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Aaron Siri, 2025-09-09

Do renewables need a second grid?

Chris Wright’s claims that renewables require to maintain a second grid and are always more expensive leave out crucial context about how electric grids work.

No, the ocean is not ‘cooling’, contrary to viral claims – it’s been warming at an accelerating rate

Claim:

Global ocean temperatures have been cooling, proving there is no global warming.
Source: X/Twitter, Peter Clack, 2025-07-20

Wide Awake Media repeats misleading claims that wind turbines are expensive and environmentally unfriendly

Claim:

Building a single wind turbine requires a jaw-dropping quantity of energy and resources. Wind turbines are expensive, inefficient, bird-, and bat-slaying.
Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, 2025-07-18

Diesel generators did not power wind farms in Scotland, nor anywhere else

Claim:

Diesel generators are powering wind turbines.
Source: X/Twitter, Social media users, 2025-06-14