“When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."

Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast "When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... Tony Evers stated on March 8, 2023 in Twitter The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan." Facebook posts stated on September 5, 2022 in a video on Facebook Joe Biden called Pope Francis the "famous African American baseball player in America." Chris Carr stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott." Snapple stated on April 5, 2018 in a bottle cap "There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game." Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2017 in a tweet The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks." [...] Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast "When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... Tony Evers stated on March 8, 2023 in Twitter The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan."


“Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.”

Have prices increased by over 17% in two years, as new Speaker Mike Johnson said? [...] Johnson has a point that prices have increased over two years, but not by 17%. He also ignored that wages have also increased, though not as much as prices. [...] Johnson’s office sent PolitiFact data showing that consumer prices have increased 17% since the beginning of Joe Biden’s term in January 2021. However, Johnson said "two years," not two years and nine months.


“We are No. 1 among all large states in having fully vaccinated teenagers. We are No. 2 in all large states for having fully vaccinated five- to 11- year-olds.”

The CDC's current definition of "fully vaccinated" is two shots of the mRNA vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna or one shot of J&J. Those aged 5 and up are eligible for booster shots at least five months after a second dose of the mRNA vaccines or two months after a J&J shot. [...] Since the start of the COVID vaccination campaign, health officials focused on reaching older Americans, who are at high risk of severe disease. People over 65 have the highest vaccination rates in the U.S., while kids under age 12 have the lowest. (5-to-11-year-olds were first eligible for the vaccine starting in fall 2021. Children younger than 5 could receive the vaccine starting in June 2022.) [...] States receive vaccine allocations from the federal government and make their own plans for how to get those vaccines out to residents. Some states are encountering hesitancy and resistance to getting vaccinated among their populations.


“If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.”

J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital leader says they are preparing for COVID hospitalization surge [...] "The biggest worry for us is that hospitalizations tend to lag two-to-three weeks behind infections," said Dr. Ron Pellegrino, the C.O.O. of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.


“2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia”

Is Gov. Jim Justice right that West Virginia had its biggest tourism year in 2022? [...] Did West Virginia have its best tourism year ever in 2022, as Gov. Jim Justice said recently? In a Sept. 12 post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Justice, a Republican, said, "2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia, and the numbers are absolutely incredible."


Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”

The RNC’s security "hard zone," where people need credentials to enter, encompasses the convention’s main buildings: Fiserv Forum, the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, and the Baird Center. Following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, the director of the Secret Service said her agency’s security plan had been "strengthened" but that there were no changes to the perimeters of the security zone. At the time that "The Daily Show" canceled its Milwaukee trip, there were still questions about whether those security perimeters could change. But by the time Stewart was addressing his viewers about the canceled trip, there were no stated changes to the perimeters. The Marcus Center, where he was set to host his show, was not, and still is not, in the security "hard zone" as Stewart claimed.


Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”

Evers pardons 171 Wisconsin convicts, total now 774 MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday, Dec. 29 that he has granted another 171 pardons – bringing his total number of pardons granted to 774 – a news release stated. Evers had already issued more pardons than any Wisconsin governor in modern history. The vast majority of those pardons were granted to people convicted of lower level, nonviolent crimes.


Kamala Harris has adopted the Nazi-rooted phrase “Strength Through Joy” as her campaign slogan.

Kamala Harris, tweet, August 18, 2016 Kamala Harris, campaign website, accessed August 2016 Interview, Nathan Click, Kamala Harris campaign spokesman, August 22, 2016


“We passed 27 bills last year, which is the fewest since the Depression.”

During 1931-1933, the 72nd Congress passed only 21 bills Last year, the 118th Congress passed only 27 bills, the smallest since the 21 bills during the Great Depression


“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”

People who commit political violence have aggressive personalities.23 Many who commit forms of political violence that do not include preplanning—such as most hate crimes, threats, and violence at rallies—also have poor self-control or have lowered their self-control temporarily (by drinking, for instance).24 These traits are shared across individuals who commit all forms of violence. What is unique about political violence is that it does not arise from interpersonal friction. Instead, for people with low self-control (a large pool that includes, for instance, teenage boys and anyone who has drunk in excess) and aggressive personalities (which limits that pool somewhat) to turn to violence, they need to be enraged and have that anger directed at a group of people they don’t know. They also need to believe that they will not face severe consequences or not care about consequences (because they are too impulsive to care or because they think the consequences are worth it). [...] 177 Rachel Kleinfeld, "The Rise of Political Violence in the United States," Journal of Democracy 32, no. 4 (2021): 160–176, https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-rise-of-political-violence-in-the-united-states; and Lee Drutman, "The Case for Proportional Voting," National Affairs 56 (2018): https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-case-for-proportional-voting.


During his tenure as mayor of New York City, “street homelessness decreased by 28 percent.”

Coalition for the Homeless stated on April 8, 2020 in a newspaper interview New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio "has absolutely to this point refused to do that." Michael Bloomberg stated on January 30, 2020 in a news release During his tenure as mayor of New York City, "street homelessness decreased by 28 percent." Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today." Greg Abbott stated on January 7, 2020 in a press gaggle The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate." Darrell Steinberg stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview with Capital Public Radio "90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." Greg Abbott stated on October 10, 2019 in a tweet "The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin." [...] Michael Bloomberg stated on January 30, 2020 in a news release During his tenure as mayor of New York City, "street homelessness decreased by 28 percent."


The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers.

Since Evers took office in January 2019, he has been stymied by the GOP-controlled Legislature on many fronts. The Legislature has delayed action on a large range or appointees. These include the Department of Transportation and Department of Workforce Development. The non-partisan Legislative Reference Bureau puts the number awaiting action as of Sept. 10, 2021 at 163.


“We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.”

Wisconsin lawmakers passed a pay raise for corrections officers last year in hopes of fixing staffing shortages. The state Department of Corrections graduated its largest training class ever in February with 214 graduates. Prison staff vacancy rates have been trending down since they peaked at 35% in August.


New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state”

Despite efforts to shrink it, New York’s prison infrastructure is one of the largest in the country. Today, more than 40,000 New Yorkers are behind bars and another 337,000 have spent time in prison at some point in their lives; three-quarters of them are people of color. As the recent Brennan Center report Conviction, Imprisonment, and Lost Earnings: How Involvement with the Criminal Justice System Deepens Inequality shows, this creates enormous, lasting consequences for impacted individuals, families, and communities. Time spent in prison can reduce a person’s lifetime earning potential by half a million dollars. In New York State alone, imprisonment translates to nearly $2 billion annually in reduced earnings, overwhelmingly extracted from communities of color, the very communities Robin Hood serves. [...] But policies and budgets can change. Last year, New York passed important reforms related to discovery, bail, and trial conduct, and our overall prison population continues to drop year over year. Following the lead of states including Louisiana, Missouri, and South Carolina, New York legislators and advocates have advanced a new set of priorities. The Less Is More Act, for example, would prevent thousands of New Yorkers from being reincarcerated for technical parole violations like being late for curfew, failing a drug test, or missing appointments with a parole officer.


“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”

I have been researching this issue for the past 10 years, and the results, published in my new book, The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office – and What We Can Do About It, are clear. Contrary to the cherished ideal of a government of and by the people, Americans are almost always governed by the very privileged. The president is the billionaire head of a global business empire. His cabinet is mostly millionaires. Most members of Congress are millionaires. Most supreme court justices are millionaires. Millionaires make up less than 3% of the general public, but have unified majority control of all three branches of the federal government. Working-class Americans, on the other hand, make up about half of the country. But they have never held more than 2% of the seats in any Congress since the nation was founded. [...] So why are so few workers running? In a democracy like ours where almost any citizen can stand for elected office, why are the vast majority of candidates drawn from the ranks of white-collar professionals, and usually affluent or wealthy ones at that?


List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes.

We found no evidence of these cases or settlements.


Project 2025 mandates women carry “period passports” to “track their menstrual cycles” and “monitor pregnancies.”

Called the 2025 Presidential Transition Project—or "Project 2025," for short—the plan has "four pillars": [...] —Project 2025: Presidential Transition Project


The Associated Press reported “prosecutors are reconsidering bringing charges against former President Donald J. Trump on child rape and molestation charges.”

The Associated Press didn’t report this.


Tim Sheehy stated on June 8, 2024 in in a U.S. Senate candidate debate: "Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for." Threads posts stated on July 7, 2024 in a Threads post: Project 2025 mandates women carry "period passports" to "track their menstrual cycles" and "monitor pregnancies." Threads posts stated on July 27, 2024 in a Threads post: C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals. Ron Johnson stated on April 15, 2024 in Podcast: "Every Senate Democrat has voted to support unlimited abortions up to the moment of birth." Lila Rose stated on May 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: Anti-abortion activist sentenced to 57 months in prison for "handing roses and resources to women at an abortion facility." X posts stated on May 10, 2024 in an X post: Sen. Katie Britt introduced a bill "to create a national registry of pregnant women." Paul Renner stated on April 4, 2024 in an interview: For health risk exceptions in Florida’s abortion amendment, "You're not even talking to a doctor to make that determination." [...] Threads posts stated on July 27, 2024 in a Threads post: C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals.


Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs”

During President Biden’s visit Wednesday to the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, he showcased the unprecedented growth of Black small business ownership under his administration. In a press call, top White House officials attributed the surge in Black entrepreneurship, the fastest in 30 years, to Bidenomics, which the president pledged would receive further support through new investments targeting underserved communities. [...] Administration officials noted that Biden’s "Investing in America" agenda has catalyzed historic gains in small business creation and entrepreneurship. They reported that a record 15 million applications to start new businesses had been filed since he took office, with Black business ownership growing faster than in three decades.


“Disney and Google bought the rights to the first King James Bible.”

"Disney and Google bought the rights to the first King James Bible, they’re already changing it," a man says in a video shared in a June 28 Facebook post. [...] Instead, we discovered a July 2018 post on the satirical Babylon Bee website, which ran a story with this headline: "Disney buys rights to the Bible, plans 37 sequels." [...] If The Walt Disney Co. and Google, part of Alphabet, acquired the Bible’s rights, it would draw global news coverage, but there’s none.


Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”

A Facebook post lists metrics for the four most populous states including their budgets. It states that Texas and Florida have "balanced" budgets while California is "in debt $54 billion and New York is "in debt $6.1 billion." While this post didn’t comment on the party affiliations of the governors, similar posts point out that the governors of Florida and Texas are Republicans while the governors of New York and California are Democrats. [...] While Florida and Texas have passed balance budgets, they too are certain to face economic woes related to the pandemic. [...] The $6.1 billion figure for New York stems from projections late last year about a shortfall, and ignores that the state has since passed a balanced budget.


Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.”

Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2022 in a campaign ad: Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'" Marco Rubio stated on May 25, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet." Marco Rubio stated on July 30, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines. Marco Rubio stated on March 6, 2021 in a tweet: In rejecting his amendment, "Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen." Marco Rubio stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks: "Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders." Marco Rubio stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden "has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone." Marco Rubio stated on December 27, 2020 in a tweet: Says "Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March." [...] Marco Rubio stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden "has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone."


"For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.”

"For 18 months, we lost nobody in Afghanistan. And then we had that horrible, horrible withdrawal where we lost 13 soldiers, 38 horribly wounded, left Americans behind," Trump said in remarks after his Super Tuesday victories earlier this month. [...] But two senior Biden administration national security officials told NBC News that the Taliban is holding two Americans that the U.S. government would like to see released. Other Americans in Afghanistan are there of their own volition, they said. [...] "President Trump is absolutely right to call out Joe Biden for his betrayal of Americans in Afghanistan," Leavitt said in a statement. "Biden’s calamitous withdrawal left hundreds, if not thousands, of citizens behind and led to the tragic deaths of 13 U.S. Service Members at Abbey Gate."


“WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.”

WNBA Launches Investigation into Refereeing in Caitlin Clark’s Games The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has officially announced an investigation into the refereeing of all games involving Caitlin Clark, following allegations that referees have consistently ignored dirty actions by her opponents. This move comes after numerous complaints and growing concerns about the fairness and integrity of the officiating in these matches. [...] Caitlin Clark has not publicly commented on the investigation, but her team has expressed support for the WNBA’s decision. "We believe in the fairness of the game and trust that the league will take the necessary steps to ensure that all players are protected and that the rules are enforced equally," a team representative said.


“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”

Vitamin D deficiency has been strongly associated with various health outcomes, including all-cause mortality [68]. A 2014 Cochrane meta-analysis showed a relevant and significant lower all-cause mortality of ~7% and cancer mortality of ~13% in patients who received vitamin D3 [69]. The results of a meta-analysis by using individual participant data conducted by Gaksch et al., analyzing almost 17,000 individuals, showed a strong association between low 25(OH)D and increased risk of all-cause mortality [70]. Using a Mendelian randomization with genetic variants in the vitamin D synthesis pathway, the analysis of Aspelund et al. supports a causal relationship between vitamin D deficiency and increased all-cause mortality. However, despite a cohort of >10,000 participants, it was still too underpowered to confirm a causal relationship [71]. [...] Zhang Y, Fang F, Tang J, Jia L, Feng Y, Xu P, et al. Association between vitamin D supplementation and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2019;366:l4673. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4673


"Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 returns after 10-year mystery"

No, missing Malaysian Flight 370 has not returned after 10 years [...] "Breaking News: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Returns After 10-Year Mystery, 239 Passengers’ Journey," read a June 28 Facebook post. [...] Thysak, Breaking News: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Returns After 10-Year Mystery, 239 Passengers' Journey," (archived) June 28, 2024


Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game

Fact check: Racist carnival game featured in 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure The claim: A 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows white children playing a violent, racist carnival game [...] - Facebook post, June 12, 2020 - YMCA of Greater Milwaukee, 1942 Camp Minikani brochure (provided by the Jim Crow Museum), - Snopes, Was a Violently Racist Carnival Game Once Popular in America?, Feb. 26, 2018 - Email exchange with Franklin R. Hughes, multimedia specialist, Jim Crow Museum, June 17, 2020 - YMCA of Greater Milwaukee, Camp Minikani, accessed June 18, 2020 - Henry Louis Gates Jr., "Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow," 2019.


“R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.”

Disgraced R&B singer and convicted sex trafficker R. Kelly has been transferred to a federal prison in North Carolina. R. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was moved to FCI Butner Medium I, a "medium security federal correctional institution," according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. [...] R. Kelly was previously being held in Chicago, where he was sentenced in February to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted on three counts of production of child pornography and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.


Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”

- Ron Johnson mouthed to a GOP luncheon that climate change is "bullsh--," CNN reported. [...] Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin called climate change "bullsh--" during a GOP luncheon in early June, just weeks before a heat wave claimed dozens of lives in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists have linked the historic high temperatures to climate change. "I don't know about you guys, but I think climate change is — as Lord Monckton said — bullsh--," Johnson said during the Republican Women of Greater Wisconsin Luncheon at Alioto's in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in comments caught on video and first reported by CNN. "By the way, it is."


"President Zelenskyy’s wife orders 4 million dollar Bugatti” in Paris with U.S. tax money.

"I'm glad that we are sending billions of our tax money so Zelensky's wife can go on $42,500 shopping spree in Paris," one user wrote on December 15. "F*** Zelensky and his corrupt regime and everyone who supports them." [...] While the source is not cited in those tweets, Newsweek found that the screenshotted article, titled "Zelensky's Wife Spent $40,000 Shopping in Paris While Demanding US Give Ukraine Money," appeared on known hoax news site NewsPunch, widely reported to have disseminated misinformation online. [...] "Ukraine's President Zelensky's wife joined Ukrainians asking for money in Paris the past few days.


The city of San Francisco posted street signs warning that “stolen goods must remain under $950.”

Photo of fake sign in downtown SF appearing to mock CA retail theft law goes viral by: Aaron Tolentino [...] The sign, which reads "stolen goods must remain under $950," appears to mock retail theft law in California. In the state, retail thefts are prosecuted as a felony only if the value of the stolen items exceeds $950. Retail theft valued less than that is charged as a misdemeanor, which has been the case since voters passed Proposition 47 in 2014.


"86% of Americans and 82% of gun owners support requiring all gun buyers to pass a background check."

Iowa voters will decide in 2022 whether to add a state Constitution amendment affirming the right to bear arms. Support for the amendment has fallen along party lines. Opposing Democrats refer to a poll that says an overwhelming number of even gun owners support background checks for gun buyers.


“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”

What weapons are being used in Russia's invasion of Ukraine? What are thermobaric weapons? [...] The Stinger missiles have been credited as a key weapon in helping Ukrainian fend off invading Russian forces. [...] Like the Stinger missiles, the Javelin missiles have been an important part of Ukraine's arsenal against Russian forces.


“New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.”

According to AAA data, New York was one of 12 states that had unleaded regular gasoline that cost more than $2.00 a gallon on April 27, as long as the District of Columbia is included as a state. All told, among the 50 states and D.C., New York ranked the seventh-highest for unleaded regular prices per gallon.


Chiefs' Coach Andy Reid "fires 3 top players for anthem kneeling."

This story originated on a self-described satire website.


“It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.”

Black and Latina women carried the brunt of job loss in December [...] Did Black and Latina women carry the brunt of job loss nationally, while white women gained employment? [...] With a link to a news article, Godlewski claimed: "It wasn’t all women that lost jobs, it was mostly Black and Latina women.


A jury “ordered Disney and Lucasfilm to pay” actor Gina Carano $115 million.

Former actor Gina Carano has filed a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Corporation and Lucasfilm for alleged wrongful termination. The suit was filed in federal court in California. Carano alleges she was fired from her role on the Disney+ show Mandalorian for voicing right-wing opinions online. She is seeking a court order requiring Lucasfilm reinstate her or compensate her for at least $75,000. Carano claims in the suit that she suffered emotional damage and lost millions of dollars in income. Carano also claims that Disney and Lucasfilm discriminated against her, and alleges that male colleagues were not held to similar standards. Carano stated that X, formerly known as Twitter, was covering the costs of the suit. She alleges that she had been the target of a "bullying smear campaign" intended to make "an example out of me" by others. In February 2021, Carano posted on Instagram comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust. She had also suggested voter fraud had occurred in the 2020 presidential election and put "beep/bop/boop" in her then Twitter profile after fans asked her to display her pronouns in her account’s bio. Pedro Pascal, the current lead actor of Mandalorian, has a trans sister whom he supports. [...] Carano’s lawsuit spends countless pages complaining that her political views about Covid-19, the 2020 election, and transgender persons were either not protected by or punished by Disney while the politically liberal views of her male colleagues were ignored by the corporation.


Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation.

Trump is correct that Florida has highest home insurance rate in the United States [...] Trump is correct that Florida has the nation’s costliest highest homeowners insurance. [...] Trump said that Florida has "the highest" homeowners insurance in the nation.


CNN's David Chalian referred to Michelle Obama as "Big Mike" on air during presidential debate coverage.

DAVID CHALIAN, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: We should note Michael Cohen said those things after he broke with Donald Trump, not while he was in his employ. I think jurors -- who knows, is the answer. I don't know how jurors will actually feel that way. But it seems to me the very public split that these two men have had is a known thing. [...] CHALIAN: And we should just note in the transcript, we now know what the judge said to Todd Blanche in that sidebar where he said, why are you making this all about yourself? [...] Joining us now, our Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings and CNN Political Director David Chalian.


“Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.”

About 21.5 million women and girls of reproductive age live in states that ban abortions completely, or after six weeks of pregnancy, Census data shows. That’s about 29% of women ages 15 to 49. When adding in states that ban abortion after 12 or 15 weeks of pregnancy, the number of affected women grows to about 25 million, or about 40%. Learn more about PolitiFact’s fact-checking process and rating system.


“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”

US President Donald Trump has said he will not wear a face mask despite new medical guidance advising Americans to do so. [...] The president - without a mask [...] Yet the president said he would not put on a mask: he said it would not look right for him to wear one in the Oval Office.


“You’ve raised a lot more money than I have, Bernie.”

Biden says Sanders has raised ‘a lot more money.’ He’s right [...] Here, we’ll focus on the last part of Biden’s statement, that Sanders has "raised a lot more money" than Biden has. [...] Combined, Sanders and his allied groups have raised more than $180 million, compared with $109 million for Biden and his allied groups. That’s a lead of about $71 million for Sanders — a figure we think qualifies as "a lot more." The money spent by outside groups supporting Biden narrows the margin a bit, but not much.


"Hospitals murdered patients” with remdesivir, a drug banned from Ebola trials because of “53% kill rate.”

No, hospitalized COVID-19 patients weren’t killed by remdesivir [...] At a panel discussion hosted by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., a nurse claimed that remdesivir, an intravenous antiviral drug used to treat people hospitalized with COVID-19, is actually killing patients. [...] Sirotek claimed that remdesivir is responsible for killing patients hospitalized with COVID-19.


In COVID-19 crisis, “only 20% of African Americans had jobs where they could work from home.”

The commonly paired statements that "everyone is working from home" and "everyone is having their goods delivered" amid the coronavirus outbreak ignores a whole segment of the workforce—the ones prepping and delivering their purchases. In fact, less than 30% of workers can work from home, and the ability to work from home differs enormously by race and ethnicity. The chart below separates the share of workers who can telework for the three largest race groups as well as by Hispanic ethnicity (these groups are not mutually exclusive in these data). Asian workers are the most likely to be able to work from home, followed by non-Hispanic and white workers. Only 16.2% of Hispanic workers and 19.7% of black workers can telework. Less than one in five black workers and roughly one in six Hispanic workers are able to work from home: Share of workers who can telework, by race and ethnicity, 2017--2018


The atmospheric residency time of carbon dioxide is five years and it is quickly sequestered into plants, marine life, oceans and sediments.

In fact, as shown here, the reality is that, if molecules have a residence time in the atmosphere of 5 years, surplus CO remains in the atmosphere less than 5 years, albeit not much less if the residence time in the sink is much longer. Since that seems to be the case, for all purposes, we can take the residence time as the adjustment time. In fact, we suspect the residence times of [...] The residence time in the atmosphere can be estimated quite well from the above-ground atomic bomb tests [ 1], which makes us happy that these at least served the purpose of advancing atmospheric science, if nothing else. The best estimate is about = 5 years [ 9]. Other references mention different times, with the IPCC mentioning the shortest (4 years) in their 5th Assessment Report (p. 1457 of Ref. [ 4]), showing that this value is not settled yet; we will use 5 years in this work. The equilibrium amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is open for debate, but, for this purpose, we might use the consensus value of 280 ppm ( = 2250 Gt). To estimate the amount of CO in the sink is very difficult. However, there seems to be a general view that it is fifty times more than in the atmosphere,


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

"Wind beats coal by any environmental measure, but that doesn't mean that its impacts are negligible," said David Keith, the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and senior author of the papers. "We must quickly transition away from fossil fuels to stop carbon emissions. In doing so, we must make choices between various low-carbon technologies, all of which have some social and environmental impacts." [...] The Harvard researchers found that the warming effect of wind turbines in the continental U.S. was actually larger than the effect of reduced emissions for the first century of its operation. This is because the warming effect is predominantly local to the wind farm, while greenhouse gas concentrations must be reduced globally before the benefits are realized. [...] "The direct climate impacts of wind power are instant, while the benefits of reduced emissions accumulate slowly," said Keith. "If your perspective is the next 10 years, wind power actually has — in some respects — more climate impact than coal or gas. If your perspective is the next thousand years, then wind power has enormously less climatic impact than coal or gas.


A windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.

"A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes of coking coal and 300 tonnes of iron ore, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons" "a windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it" [...] "[The concept of net energy must also be applied to renewable sources of energy, such as windmills and photovoltaics.] A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes of coking coal and 300 tonnes of iron ore, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons. [The question is: how long must a windmill generate energy before it creates more energy than it took to build it? At a good wind site, the energy payback day could be in three years or less; in a poor location, energy payback may be never.


FULL CLAIM: Blood pressure tracking apps can replace a cuff [...] A widely-shared Facebook post featured a video of someone dressed as a doctor pushing aside a blood pressure cuff and giving it a thumbs down, before holding her finger to the camera of an iPhone with an app appearing to display live measurements of her heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen, and temperature. The post encouraged viewers to download the app Blood Pressure-Monitor Tracker. [...] Despite the way it was shown in the promotional Facebook post, there is no indication that the app is able to to measure blood pressure. Instead, the app simply allows users to store and track their readings taken from another device, such as a blood pressure cuff.


Autism and vaccination decreased over the same time period among high-income white households from California, indicating a possible causal relationship

In California, statewide legislative and educational interventions were associated with a decrease in the yearly rates of kindergartners without up-to-date vaccination status. These interventions also were associated with reductions in the number of schools inside the clusters with high rates of kindergartners without up-to-date vaccination status and the potential for contact among these kindergartners. [...] California implemented Senate Bill 277 (SB277) in 2016, becoming the first state in nearly 30 years to eliminate nonmedical exemptions from immunization requirements for schoolchildren. Our objectives were to determine (1) the impacts of SB277 on the percentage of kindergarteners entering school not up-to-date on vaccinations and (2) if geographic patterns of vaccine refusal persisted after the implementation of the new law. At the state level, we analyzed the magnitude and composition of the population of kindergarteners not up-to-date on vaccinations before and after the implementation of SB277. We assessed correlations between previous geographic patterns of nonmedical exemptions and patterns of the remaining entry mechanisms for kindergarteners not up-to-date after the law’s implementation. In the first year after SB277 was implemented, the percentage of kindergartners entering school not up-to-date on vaccinations decreased from 7.15% to 4.42%. The conditional entrance rate fell from 4.43% to 1.91%, accounting for much of this decrease. Other entry mechanisms for students not up-to-date, including medical exemptions and exemptions for independent study or homeschooled students, largely replaced the decrease in the personal belief exemption rate from 2.37% to 0.56%.


Peanut allergies are caused by the peanut oil in vaccines

Factually inaccurate: Peanut oil isn’t an ingredient in vaccines. Risk factors for peanut allergies are unclear, but are commonly linked to age, genetics, and history of other allergies—not consumption of peanut oil. Misleading: Peanut allergies and peanut oil allergies aren’t one in the same. Some people with peanut allergies may safely consume peanut oil, particularly if it’s the highly-refined variety used in cooking and frying. While peanut oil was used as a vaccine adjuvant ingredient in a clinical trial for an influenza vaccine in the 1960s, this vaccine wasn't approved for public use.


If masks were effective and necessary, non-mask wearers should be dead by now

Another study looked at coronavirus deaths across 198 countries and found that those with cultural norms or government policies favoring mask-wearing had lower death rates. [...] Masks may be more effective as a "source control" because they can prevent larger expelled droplets from evaporating into smaller droplets that can travel farther. [...] The latest forecast from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation suggests that 33,000 deaths could be avoided by October 1 if 95 percent of people wore masks in public.


“Bill Gates’ shoddily-hastened vaccine has been determined to make all animal test subjects get COVID-19 when exposed to the virus“

Cherry-picking: The article selectively highlights the finding that viral genetic material was isolated from vaccinated monkeys, but fails to report that vaccinated monkeys were protected from developing viral pneumonia, a common COVID-19 complication. Misleading: The article refers to the Oxford group’s vaccine as Bill Gates’ vaccine, suggesting that Gates has a direct hand in vaccine research and development. While Bill Gates does contribute funding to COVID-19 vaccine efforts, he is not a scientist, nor does he have any medical or scientific credentials, and therefore is not qualified to conduct vaccine research and development.


“Vitamin D3 is radiated sheep’s wool mixed with chloroform”, “Vitamin D3 IS RAT POISON !!”, “D levels are low because of lack of light and high vitamin A diets.”

Support your immune system with Puori D3 – a potent dose of Vitamin D (2500IU) from a natural source (sheep's wool), dissolved in organic coconut oil for optimal absorption. [...] Naturally sourced vitamin D from lanolin, a natural component extracted from sheep’s wool. [...] The vitamin D in Puori D3 is extracted from lanolin, a natural component of sheep’s wool. The wool is gently sheared from the sheep and undergoes a purification and cleaning process. From the wool a pre-state of vitamin D is extracted. Radiation with UV light of the pre-vitamin D forms active vitamin D, comparable to how sunlight initiates the vitamin D formation in our skin. Afterwards, the vitamin D is mixed with organic virgin coconut oil.


“There is a huge boom in cancer, especially in female breast cancer in the younger ages of 45 and below.”

Mubarik, S. et al. Epidemiological and sociodemographic transitions of female breast cancer incidence, death, case fatality and DALYs in 21 world regions and globally, from 1990 to 2017: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis. J Adv Res37, 185–196, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2021.07.012 (2022). Li, Y. et al. Global Burden of Female Breast Cancer: Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Incidence Trends From 1990 to 2019 and Forecasts for 2035. Front Oncol12, 891824, https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.891824 (2022). [...] Arshi, A. et al. Expression Analysis of MALAT1, GAS5, SRA, and NEAT1 lncRNAs in Breast Cancer Tissues from Young Women and Women over 45 Years of Age. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids12, 751–757, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2018.07.014 (2018).


5G at 60 GHz “stops the human body and blood absorbing oxygen”; this is what doctors are describing in COVID-19 cases

Novel 60 GHz Band Spatial Synthetic Exposure Setup to Investigate Biological Effects of 5G and Beyond Wireless Systems on Human Body - PMID: 34938710 - PMCID: PMC8685201 - DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.777712 Novel 60 GHz Band Spatial Synthetic Exposure Setup to Investigate Biological Effects of 5G and Beyond Wireless Systems on Human Body The global spread of 5th generation (5G) wireless systems causes some concern about health effects of millimeter waves (MMW). To investigate biological effects of local exposure to 5G-MMW on human body, a novel 60 GHz band exposure setup was developed, and its performance was validated. A spatial synthetic beam-type exposure setup using two dielectric lens antennas was proposed to achieve high intensity 60 GHz irradiation to the target area of human skin. Variety distributions and intensities of electromagnetic fields at the exposed area, which is modified by incident angles of the combined beams, were simulated using finite-difference time-domain methods. The exposure performance we estimated was verified by temperature elevations of surface in a physical arm-shaped silicone phantom during the MMW exposure. The interference fringes generated in the exposed area due to the combined two-directional beam radiations were observed both in the simulation and in the phantom experiment but eliminated by applying an orthogonalizing polarized feeding structure. Under these exposure conditions, the local temperature changes, which could evoke warmth sensations, were obtained at the target area of the human forearm skin, which means the achievement of exposure performance we intended.


the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has climbed to a level last seen more than 3 million years ago — before humans even appeared on the rocky ball we call home

Last year will go down in history as the year when the planet’s atmosphere broke a startling record: 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide. The last time the planet’s air was so rich in CO2 was millions of years ago, back before early predecessors to humans were likely wielding stone tools; the world was a few degrees hotter back then, and melted ice put sea levels tens of meters higher. [...] The last time the planet had a concentration of 300 to 400 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere was during the mid-Pliocene, 3 million years ago — recently enough for the planet to be not radically different than it is today. Back then, temperatures were 2 degrees C to 3 degrees C (3.6 to 5.4°F) above pre-industrial temperatures (though more than 10 degrees C hotter in the Arctic), and sea levels were at least 15-25 meters higher. Forest grew in the Canadian north and grasslands abounded worldwide; the Sahara was probably covered in vegetation. Homo habilis (aka "handy man"), the first species in the Homo line and probably the first stone-tool users, got a taste of this climate as they arrived on the scene 2.8 million years ago. (Homo sapiens didn’t show up until 400,000 years ago at the earliest.)


Raw manuka honey kills every bacteria scientists throw at it, including antibiotic-resistant superbugs

We previously reviewed a claim that "raw manuka honey kills every bacteria scientists throw at it, including antibiotic-resistant superbugs", found to be partially correct: reviewers explained that manuka honey had potent antibacterial effects, even on some antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but only through topical application, not ingestion.


“sunscreen and then skin cancer, it's a direct correlation”; wearing sunglasses increases the risk of sunburn; sunscreen reduces vitamin D production

Skin cancers were the most common group of cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2022. Although some sunlight stimulates vitamin D production and provides health benefits, overexposure to ultraviolet sun radiation is the primary cause of skin cancer. Medical associations and public health authorities recommend limiting exposure and using sunscreen regularly when outdoors to minimize this risk.


Laboratory measurements first established that CO2 is a greenhouse gas in the 1850s—a result that is easily confirmed today. This means that it absorbs radiation at infrared wavelengths, allowing sunlight to pass through to the Earth but trapping heat that is emitted back to space.


“New Study Links Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine to ‘Turbo Cancer’”

FULL CLAIM: "New Study Links Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine to ‘Turbo Cancer’"; "A recent scientific study published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology links the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the development of aggressive cancer." On 13 July 2023, the website The Florida Standard published an article carrying the headline "New Study Links Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine to ‘Turbo Cancer’". Screenshots of the article’s headline circulated on social media in July 2023, with some users implying that this showed COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe like in this Instagram post. The claim is based on a study published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology in May 2023. [...] In summary, claims that a mouse study by Eens et al. shows COVID-19 vaccination causes "turbo cancer" misinterpret the study’s findings and fail to understand its limitations. The Florida Standard article distorted the conclusions of the study by claiming it showed a "link to ‘turbo cancer’", incorrectly lending readers the impression that the study was relevant to humans.


Best available data show sea-level rise is not accelerating. Local and regional sea levels continue to exhibit typical natural variability—in some places rising and in others falling.

Globally, sea level is rising due to melting glacial ice and warming oceans, and the current rate of sea level rise is faster than past rates.


COVID-19 is caused by snake venom, not a virus; snake venom is in the COVID-19 vaccines and causes miscarriage

COVID-19 is caused by a virus, not snake venom; no snake venom in COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to claim by chiropractor Bryan Ardis [...] Factually inaccurate: COVID-19 is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. There’s no snake venom in COVID-19 vaccines, and the current scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase the risk of negative pregnancy outcomes. [...] In the sequel to "Watch The Water", Ardis built on his earlier claims about snake venom and COVID-19, now asserting that L-amino-acid oxidase, which is present in snake venom, is also present in COVID-19 vaccines and increases the risk of miscarriage.


Human-produced carbon might be one of the factors [of climate change], but there’s simply no evidence that it is a significant one.

There is overwhelming evidence that current climate change is significantly caused by human carbon emissions contrary to claim in Townhall [...] Misleading: The effects of these factors (the sun, volcanoes...) have all been quantified, and human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are clearly the dominant cause of current global warming. [...] Careful analysis that attempts to take into account all major factors and their evolution in time indicates that anthropogenic increases in greenhouse gasses account for more than 100% of the observed warming on the century timescale (requiring cancellation from cooling influences). See the summary graphic from Carbon Brief, below.


“The unvaccinated Amish rarely get cancer, autism, or heart disease.”

Posts on social media claim that not a single Amish child has been diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, or autism. Many of the posts include a screenshot of an article, published by Slay News on July 9, 2023, with the headline "Zero Amish Children Diagnosed with Cancer, Diabetes or Autism." [...] The claims are based on a senate testimony from tech entrepreneur turned anti-vaccine activist Steve Kirsch. According to the Slay News article, "a new comprehensive study has found that no Amish children have been diagnosed with chronic conditions that impact the rest of America." It states that Amish children are strictly 100 percent unvaccinated and rarely presented with any long-term diseases or lifelong disorders, including cancer, autism, heart disease and others. The study was allegedly presented by Steve Kirsch to the Pennsylvania State Senate. [...] Kirsch did give testimony in a Pennsylvania State Senate hearing on June 9, 2023. Talking about vaccines and the Amish, he said, "The Amish are a perfect example of a large group of people who are largely unvaccinated. And there is no – we can’t find an autistic kid who was unvaccinated. It’s very, very rare. In the Amish community, very, very rare. You won’t find transsexuals, you won’t find homosexuals. You won’t find kids with ADD, with auto-immune disease, with PANDAS, PANS, with epilepsy. You just don’t find any of these chronic diseases in the Amish."


Study shows myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccination carries serious risk of death

Several other studies have highlighted the association between COVID-19 vaccination and the risk of myocarditis and other cardiac events. Vaccination with mRNA vaccines is associated with an increased risk of myocarditis or myopericarditis, especially in young people, in investigation using data from the US21,22, Denmark11, and England23, with higher increased risk generally found among young males24. We found little evidence of increased risk of death due to cardiac events after an mRNA vaccine for either sex. Whilst there was some indication of a potential increase in risk for men after a second dose of a mRNA vaccine, the result was sensitive to the choice of the risk period. [...] Whilst COVID-19 vaccination has been linked to an increased risk of myocarditis and other cardiac events in young people, we found no evidence of substantially increased mortality risk, either due to cardiac events or overall, from mRNA vaccines, which suggest that cases of myocarditis or myopericarditis due to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to be fatal. We do, however, find evidence of an increased risk of cardiac death after a first dose of a non mRNA vaccine among females. It should also be noted that non mRNA vaccines are no longer used in the UK vaccination programme28. This provides reassurance that mRNA vaccines pose minimal risk of increased mortality in the first twelve weeks post-vaccination in young individuals. However, it is important to continue to monitor mortality after vaccination as more deaths are being registered, and extend the surveillance to other age groups and deaths from other causes.


“Mask study published by NIH suggests N95 Covid masks may expose wearers to dangerous level of toxic compounds linked to seizures and cancer”

01 Sept. 2023 – Peter McCullough, MD [...] N95 Covid masks may expose wearers to dangerous level of toxic compounds linked to seizures and cancer 24 Aug. 2023 – HW 7:39 – Del Bigtree [...] FN Health and Spiritual Blog


Pfizer documents confirm that mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations contain graphene oxide

COVID-19 vaccines were rigorously tested in clinical trials before they were permitted to be used in the general public. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t contain graphene oxide nor is graphene listed on any credible ingredient lists of any COVID-19 vaccine provided by public health authorities and regulators. However, some have misrepresented a Pfizer document to claim otherwise. In fact, the document describes a microscopy study that was part of the structural characterization of the vaccine spike protein, in which scientists used graphene oxide as a support material for sample processing and visualization.


“COVID Vaccines Were Never Safe for Pregnant Women, Pfizer’s own data show”

Covid vaccines safe in pregnancy, data shows The UK's Health Security Agency says its analysis of English data shows Covid vaccines are safe in pregnancy, reinforcing international evidence. [...] "Every pregnant woman who has not yet been vaccinated should feel confident to go and get the jab and that this will help to prevent the serious consequences of catching Covid in pregnancy," she said.


The pandemic was planned; respiratory illness surge in New York and China isn’t airborne but due to chlorine and benzene in food and water

WASHINGTON — The "upsurge" in respiratory illness in China is not from "a new or novel pathogen," the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reassured members of Congress on Thursday. [...] Chinese authorities have attributed the uptick to the lifting of many of the strictest pandemic restrictions late last year, with this year marking the first full flu season since the end of the country's "zero-Covid" policies. Such a surge in respiratory illnesses is characteristic of other countries that have lifted strict Covid restrictions, including Australia and New Zealand.


New England Journal of Medicine “proves” 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; COVID-19 vaccines harm men’s and women’s fertility

Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines harming fertility is a widespread myth that has damaged public trust in the vaccines. While the original vaccine clinical trials didn’t evaluate the effects of COVID-19 vaccines on fertility, scientific studies and safety surveillance data later on have shown that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for pregnant women and don’t cause pregnancy or fertility problems. COVID-19 itself is associated with an increased risk of pregnancy complications, which vaccination can help prevent. [...] Northrup’s speech supposedly provided evidence that COVID-19 vaccines harm fertility, particularly in women. However, the data that Northrup cited doesn’t support her claim, as they don’t come from reliable scientific studies but from partial analyses with many critical flaws, as we will explain below. [...] Claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause fertility and pregnancy problems are unsubstantiated and contradict the available evidence. Published studies so far show that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for pregnant women and not associated with pregnancy complications or infertility in men or women. It is COVID-19 itself that increases the risk of pregnancy complications and poses a risk to both the mother and the baby. Contrary to these claims, COVID-19 vaccination helps reduce the risk of harm to the mother and baby.


The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine

CDC data did not show an increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine. This claim is based on a study that was later retracted due to its methodological flaws which produced spurious results. Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that vaccines do not cause autism.


“No discernible benefit of covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy”; “higher rate of neonatal and all-cause readmissions among babies born to vaccinated mothers”

Covid-19 vaccination is the safest and most effective way for people who are pregnant to protect themselves and their babies against severe covid-19 disease. Available data do not support an increased risk of adverse outcomes following covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy, so vaccination should be recommended as the benefits of vaccination during pregnancy seem to outweigh any potential risks. The immunogenicity of vaccinations in pregnancy seems to be similar to that in the non-pregnant population; however, the optimal timing of vaccination in pregnancy for neonatal/infant benefit remains uncertain. Additional information on non-mRNA vaccines, vaccination early in pregnancy, and longer term infant outcomes are also needed. Given that pregnant people are at increased risks for severe complications from covid-19, increasing the data and knowledge surrounding vaccination in this population is important to help to reduce vaccine hesitancy. Along with more data, directed personal vaccine counseling by obstetric providers to pregnant patients may also improve vaccination rates. To meet all these goals, pregnant people around the world must be prioritized in covid-19 vaccine research.


“…a virus is not the cause of an illness. It’s a necessary cause […] but it is not the cause.”

Factors like nutrition, genetics and age can influence an individual’s susceptibility to a microorganism, such as a virus or a bacteria. These factors make individuals more or less likely to develop infections after they were exposed to a microorganism. That being said, even individuals who are young and healthy can develop infectious diseases because the cause of infectious diseases is still the microorganism.


Each of these ingredients [thimerosal, ovalbumin, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate] is a known neurotoxin

The ingredients include egg protein, octylphenol ethoxylate (Triton X-100) ≤150 mcg, sodium phosphate-buffered isotonic sodium chloride solution, thimerosal (multi-dose vials), formaldehyde (≤100 mcg), and gelatin (≤0.05). [...] The other ingredients include egg protein (ovalbumin), formaldehyde (≤100 mcg), Octylphenol ethoxylate (≤250 mcg), and sodium phosphate-buffered isotonic sodium chloride solution. [...] Other ingredients include formaldehyde (≤100 mc) and Octylphenol ethoxylate (≤250 mcg).


Alzheimer’s disease is a “physician-caused disease” that arises due to nutritional deficiencies

Additionally, it is important to determine the actual cause of the cognitive symptoms, as they may not be caused by Alzheimer’s disease and many causes, such as depression, drug interaction, thyroid problems, and vitamin deficiencies, are reversible if detected early and treated appropriately.


COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted to unvaccinated people; vaccines cause blood discoloration and weaken immune system

COVID-19 vaccines do not contain a live virus, so there isn’t a biological path for a vaccinated person to "shed" the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to those around them. Nor is there any evidence the vaccines cause reproductive problems. That means there’s no basis for social media claims that "shedding" causes reproductive issues in unvaccinated people. None of the COVID-19 vaccines used in the United States contains a live virus with the ability to reproduce itself. Therefore, there’s no scientific basis to support the claim that people who’ve received the authorized COVID-19 vaccines can spread or shed the virus to unvaccinated people. [...] "The COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized by the FDA are not live virus vaccines, and there is no medical or scientific evidence to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines shed," Dr. Christopher M. Zahn, an obstetrician-gynecologist, retired Air Force officer and vice president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said in a statement sent to FactCheck.org. "This is a conspiracy that has been created to weaken trust in a series of vaccines that have been demonstrated in clinical trials to be safe and effective and that are our single best tool for confronting a global pandemic that has taken 600,000 lives in this country alone."


Ancient civilizations once inhabited Antarctica, as shown by the pyramids there, but the continent’s position and climate rapidly changed due to ‘tectonics and pole shift’.

The rocky pyramid-shaped feature in Antarctica is a natural landform called a ‘horn’ or ‘pyramidal peak’. These peaks form when three or four intersecting glaciers carve out mountain faces in different directions, thus making a horn or pyramidal shape. They are common in Antarctica and found in many other places on Earth. Scientific evidence shows that Antarctica slowly drifted to its current position over millions of years through tectonic plate movement; not a sudden shift of the poles or crust.


Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism

Vaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe Scientific evidence shows that vaccines are safe and not associated with autism. The amount of aluminum present in vaccines is very low, in fact much lower than the amount of aluminum in the diet of infants. Furthermore, the biologically active form of aluminum cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, hence it cannot cause damage to the brain or autism. [...] Several Facebook posts containing screenshots of Google search results purporting to show evidence linking aluminum in vaccines with neurological damage and autism were published in early March 2020. An article published by Collective Evolution in mid-February reported a similar claim made by Christopher Exley, professor of bioinorganic chemistry at Keele University, based on the findings of his study[1].


"Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction"

Sea-ice loss due to global warming is the most important threat to long-term survival and reproduction of polar bears. Under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, all but a few polar bear subpopulations are at risk of extinction by 2100. In the moderate greenhouse gas emissions scenario, some polar bear subpopulations could persist through the century.


Childhood vaccines contain “mixed up toxins” including formaldehyde, aluminum, aborted fetal DNA, fetal bovine serum, monkey kidney cells, mercury, pig circoviruses

Misleading Health Posted on: 2024-05-07 Vaccines don’t contain cells or tissues of aborted fetuses Claim: Some vaccines "incorporate aborted fetal tissue" Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2024-04-23 [...] Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2024-03-07 Childhood vaccine ingredients are safe in the amount present in vaccines; cells, animal products, and viruses aren’t part of these ingredients Claim: Childhood vaccines contain "mixed up toxins" including formaldehyde, aluminum, aborted fetal DNA, fetal bovine serum, monkey kidney cells, mercury, pig circoviruses Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-03-03


Salt and corn gluten meal are used to kill mice, they are hazardous to humans

Sodium chloride and corn gluten meal aren’t hazardous to humans, even though they are used as mouse poison [...] Misleading: The reel cited the fact that salt and corn gluten meal are both present in mouse poison and some processed food to imply that this food is hazardous to humans. However, this claim overlooks the fact that these ingredients are hazardous to rodents but not to humans or other animals because their bodies work differently. [...] In summary, while table salt and corn gluten meal are used in rodenticides, this doesn’t mean that they’re toxic to humans. Both ingredients are lethal to rodents because they form a thick plug that physically obstructs the airway of rodents. Since rodents are unable to vomit, this obstruction leads to suffocation and death. However, this mechanism doesn’t occur in humans. It’s safe for humans to consume salt and corn-derived products as part of a balanced diet.


"Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists [have] shown that [COVID-19] is not pneumonia but it is disseminated intravascular coagulation"

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Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines

A Facebook reel posted on 3 August 2023 showed a person speaking to a CVS pharmacist, asking for COVID-19 vaccine inserts. Upon finding a blank sheet of paper except for text indicating the paper was left "intentionally blank", the person asked "How is it informed consent when all of the […] placebo safety studies are not listed from their manufacturer?" and claimed that it showed people "don’t know what we’re injecting into ourselves". [...] Inaccurate to claim there’s no safety and effectiveness studies on COVID-19 vaccines [...] Earlier fact-checks by Reuters and AFP reported that blank COVID-19 vaccine inserts aren’t evidence that there aren’t any safety or effectiveness studies about the vaccines. FDA spokesperson Alison Hunt told AFP that information for approved vaccines is provided in package inserts. But in the case of the authorized vaccines, the information was communicated via patient Fact Sheets that were posted on the FDA website.


FULL CLAIM: Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic; its CEO, Stéphane Bancel, predicted the pandemic [...] Another iteration of that type of claim is that Stéphane Bancel, CEO of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine company Moderna, declared that Moderna was already producing 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2019, prior to the pandemic. This declaration would have occurred during a panel titled "The state of the pandemic" at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 18 January 2023. However, this is a misinterpretation of Bancel’s declaration, as we explain below. [...] Never did he specify that he was talking about COVID-19 vaccine doses. In fact, Bancel was commenting on the general Moderna manufacturing capacity in 2019 for any kind of vaccines. Moderna has been producing mRNA therapeutics since 2010 and was already working on mRNA vaccine candidates for other diseases in 2019. Moderna’s report to investors for the third quarter of 2019 shows that Moderna’s pipeline had at least three mRNA vaccine candidates, for Zika, RSV, and CMV. Furthermore, nowhere in the report is mentioned the development or production of mRNA vaccines for any coronavirus.


Babies under six months shouldn’t drink water as it can result in health risks

Breastfeeding is recommended by numerous health agencies for providing the necessary nutrition and antibodies to a growing infant. Water isn’t necessary for babies to drink, and giving it to them can lead to overhydration and health effects such as nutrition deficiency, electrolyte imbalances, and in severe cases, hyponatremia, a condition that can cause seizures, coma, and death.


So that means that probably about half, maybe half of that nine-tenths of the degree [of total warming] might be caused by greenhouse gases

Multiple factors—some human-caused and some natural—combine to influence global temperatures. However, human activities were already causing warming in the first half of the 20th century, and are responsible for approximately 100% of the more-rapid warming taking place after 1950. Thus, humans are responsible for most of the warming since 1900.


Sea level rise could reach six or seven feet by the year 2100.

The message for the world’s leaders and decision makers is that sea level rise is real and is only going to get worse. Indeed, we make the case in our recent book, The Rising Sea, that governments and coastal managers should assume the inevitability of a seven-foot rise in sea level. This number is not a prediction. But we believe that seven feet is the most prudent, conservative long-term planning guideline for coastal cities and communities, especially for the siting of major infrastructure; a number of academic studies examining recent ice sheet dynamics have suggested that an increase of seven feet or more is not only possible, but likely. Certainly, no one should be expecting less than a three-foot rise in sea level this century. [...] Seeking to correct the IPCC’s failure to come up with a comprehensive forecast for sea level increase, a number of state panels and government committees have produced sea level rise predictions that include an examination of melting ice sheets. For example, sea level rise panels in Rhode Island and Miami-Dade County have concluded that a minimum of a three- to five-foot sea level rise should be anticipated by 2100. A California report assumes a possible 4.6-foot rise by 2100, while the Dutch assume a 2.5-foot rise by 2050 in the design of their tidal gates.


Many of the people posting about this shared an article from The Epoch Times, which The New York Times has called a "leading purveyor of right-wing misinformation." The headline on the article read, "Growing number of leprosy cases reported after COVID-19 vaccination," and the newspaper reported that researchers in the U.K. said two cases of leprosy could have been caused by the vaccine. Additionally, the article said, "At least 14 other cases of leprosy or a leprosy reaction within 14 days of COVID-19 vaccination have been reported in the literature, including eight in India." Under X’s new policy that allows readers to challenge controversial claims, a follow-up post was added that said, "COVID vaccines do not cause leprosy. The study does NOT show that COVID-19 vaccination causes leprosy, or reduces a person’s immunity and makes it easier to get leprosy. Study participants already had been infected with leprosy months or years before COVID-19 vaccinations." [...] It’s easy to see how people skimming headlines could make that association. Conduct an internet search for "leprosy" and "COVID vaccines" and you’ll find studies that have been published about how the vaccine could affect people who already have Hansen’s disease.


“Most of the victims of the Spanish flu didn’t die from the Spanish flu. They died from bacterial pneumonia. And the bacterial pneumonia was caused by [...] wearing masks”

The claim: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci found Spanish flu victims died from pneumonia caused by mask-wearing. [...] "And the bacterial pneumonia was caused by... wait for it, wait for it... wearing masks." [...] We rate this claim FALSE because it is not supported by our research. Dr. Anthony Fauci and colleagues did write a 2008 paper determining victims of the 1918 Spanish flu died from bacterial pneumonia brought on by the flu. Masks are not mentioned anywhere, whether as source for the bacteria or otherwise.


The WHO declaration of a public health emergency is a scheme to use vaccines “stocked up in warehouses”; bird flu, parvovirus B19, and monkeypox are “rebranding” of the same virus

Monkeypox: WHO declares a public health emergency of international concern - PMID: 35882402 - DOI: 10.1136/bmj.o1874 Monkeypox: WHO declares a public health emergency of international concern WHO declared monkeypox a public-health emergency of international concern: A case for prevention rationale.Int J Surg. 2022 Sep;105:106850. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106850. Epub 2022 Aug 24. Int J Surg. 2022. PMID: 36028142 Free PMC article. No abstract available.


Several online stories inaccurately claim that the new coronavirus contains HIV "insertions" and shows signs of being created in a lab. But there is no evidence that the new virus was bioengineered, and every indication it came from an animal. [...] A ZeroHedge article with the headline, "Coronavirus Contains ‘HIV Insertions,’ Stoking Fears Over Artificially Created Bioweapon," pounced on some of the language in the preprint to argue that the scientists were saying the virus might be "man-made." The story also cited tweets from a visiting scientist at Harvard who had commented on the preprint and stated that the scientist’s tweets suggested that the virus "might have been genetically engineered for the purposes of a weapon." [...] Only one "insertion" is not fully shared with the bat virus, Bedford explained, and "in no way suggests engineering" since it is consistent with the types of insertions and deletions that happen in coronaviruses. "There is absolutely no evidence for either (1) sequence insertions or (2) their relationship to HIV," he concluded.


A public information film on the coronavirus was released in the 1970s

Right… this is quite complex! There’s an aspect of political history to this, as well as an aspect of communication theory. Firstly… it’s not that there are no Public Information Films being made. There are. In fact, during the Coronavirus period, people may have seen films from the government giving advice about handwashing and staying alert… possibly during ad breaks, but also online. Most of the ones I’ve seen haven’t been particularly creative in their style, but they have been made. Government departments have still commissioned films, just not through the Central Office of Information.


“The clothing industry contributes up to 10% of the pollution driving the climate crisis.”

Fast fashion is an enormous, rapidly growing industry. The number of new garments made per year has nearly doubled over the past 20 years, and our global consumption of fashion has increased by 400%. The fast fashion industry is a significant contributor to the climate crisis, responsible for as much as 10% of global carbon emissions. Animal-based textiles like wool are responsible for water pollution, widespread habitat loss from deforestation, and other harms to wildlife. Slow down your fashion by caring for your clothes, repairing when possible and, when you need new clothes, shop secondhand or join clothing swaps. If you must buy new, look past the greenwashing and purchase clothing made of truly sustainable materials like organic cotton or Tencel from brands that are made to last. Read about greenwashing of the wool industry and the harms of fast fashion.


“Fauci frankensteined Covid bats on our soil a year before the pandemic, but then acted all shocked when the virus started spreading” ; Fauci’s goons went to the Wuhan lab, bottled up a virus and brought it to a lab in America”

"Fauci frankensteined Covid bats on our soil a year before the pandemic, but then acted all shocked when the virus started spreading" […] "Lock Fauci up, lock everybody up in Montana that is responsible […] let’s just try to save as many lives as possible". [...] According to Watters, the animal rights group White Coat Waste Project, which shared misinformation about Fauci in the past, had uncovered documents describing coronavirus research done in Montana using Egyptian fruit bats. [...] "In 2018, Fauci’s goons went to the Wuhan lab, bottled up a virus and brought it to a lab in America" ; "Grabbed a dozen Egyptian fruit bats, threw them in the back of a van"


Unapproved genetically modified organisms in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could permanently change our DNA

Concerns over the potential health effects of residual DNA in biological products like vaccines aren’t new or unknown to regulatory agencies. Regulatory agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have recommended specific limits on the amount of residual DNA in a vaccine. DNA-containing vaccines, such as the chickenpox vaccine—a live attenuated vaccine containing a DNA virus—have also been widely used before the pandemic and have been shown to be safe.


COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling

In June 2024, posts circulated on Instagram claiming COVID-19 mRNA vaccines weren’t actually vaccines under "traditional medical definitions". The posts reference an article published 8 June 2024 on InfoWars, which claimed that the "9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the COVID-19 mRNA jabs do not qualify as vaccines". [...] Yet the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t rule that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines—rather, they determined the case should be sent back to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, where the case was first argued, for further review. This is the function of an appellate court, as explained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: [...] As the expression goes, the jury is still out on whether the U.S. federal court system may determine COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to be "medical treatments" rather than vaccines. The plaintiffs argue that vaccines should prevent infection and transmission of the disease, and that COVID-19 vaccines "[do] neither". However, this is a misconception about how vaccines work in general, and isn’t consistent with the data available on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.


Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality

The aluminum contained in vaccines is similar to that found in a liter (about 1 quart or 32 fluid ounces) of infant formula. While infants receive about 4.4 milligrams* of aluminum in the first six months of life from vaccines, they receive more than that in their diet. Breast-fed infants ingest about 7 milligrams, formula-fed infants ingest about 38 milligrams, and infants who are fed soy formula ingest almost 117 milligrams of aluminum during the first six months of life. [...] Why Is Aluminum in Vaccines? Isn’t It Dangerous? [...] Given the quantities of aluminum we are exposed to on a daily basis, the quantity of aluminum in vaccines is miniscule. Aluminum-containing vaccines have been used for decades and have been given to more than 1 billion people without problem. In spring 2000, the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) reviewed aluminum exposure through vaccines and determined that no changes to vaccine recommendations were needed based on aluminum content. The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, part of the World Health Organization (WHO), has also reviewed studies and found no evidence of health risks that would require changes to vaccine policy.


A “zapper” can kill parasites, bacteria, and viruses; it cures all diseases

The zapper is a device invented by Dr Clark. It electrically kills parasites, bacteria, viruses, moulds and fungi. Viruses and bacteria disappear in three minutes; tapeworms, flippers, roundworms in five and mites in seven. All that is needed is a positive offset powered by a battery with a very low voltage of 5 to 10 volts. The zapper kills parasites and bacteria wherever the current reaches them. But it does not reach the eyes, appendix, testicles, inner ear bones. The current flows along the stomach or intestinal wall, not through its contents. It does not reach gallstones or living cells. The current does not flow evenly through the body. With regular zapping, the current passes mainly through our fluids, i.e. our lymphatic and vascular system, with a small fraction reaching all the organs and tissues of our body. Blood and lymph are the most important places to zap. [...] Independence of frequency. Any frequency positively shifted kills all bacteria, viruses and parasites simultaneously under sufficient voltage (5 to 10 volts, a duration of seven minutes and a frequency of 10 Hz to 500,000 Hz). Passes mainly through the fluids of our body, the lymphatic and blood system. The Varizapper is ideal for standard zapping.


[T]he raw data, the actual thermometer data[...] shows that the US has been cooling for 80 to 90 years. But the graphs they release to the public show warming trend, and it's all because they've altered the data.

This was very disturbing to both NASA and NOAA. Their CO2 warming theory was failing badly, so they simply changed the data, turning cooling into warming. This happened at the same time Michael Mann was erasing the Medieval Warm Period. The blue line below shows the five year mean of the average annual temperature at all NOAA United States Historical Climatology Network Stations. The red line shows the graph they release to the public, and has been highly altered to create the appearance of warming – which does not exist in the thermometer data. If they believe there is error in the data, the correct way to handle it is to leave the data intact, and put error bars on it. Not alter the data and pass it to the public as if it represents the actual thermometer data.


“An accurate reporting by Pfizer would have shown equal numbers of clinical trial deaths in the vaccine and placebo groups and thus, no benefit of vaccination”

No Changes in All-Cause Mortality in Pfizer’s Clinical Trial for mRNA Vaccine: Why? In the 6-month trial, 21 deaths occurred in the mRNA vaccine group and 17 in the placebo group. [...] To state this article’s conclusion early, yes, no reduction in all-cause mortality rate was seen in the mRNA vaccine group in Pfizer’s 6-month clinical trial. But there are reasons for this; for example, very few participants are at high risk of fatal Covid-19, making this trial unsuitable for studying mortality rate. Other observational studies on Covid-19 vaccines and all-cause mortality show otherwise.


Vaccines have caused an "explosion" of childhood cancer; vaccine package insert states vaccines weren’t tested for mutagenic effect

Misrepresents source: The fact that vaccine package inserts state a vaccine hasn’t been tested for carcinogenicity or mutagenicity doesn’t mean we have no data on whether vaccines cause cancer. Such tests weren’t performed because the safety of these vaccines had already been demonstrated through data acquired earlier, and vaccine ingredients aren’t present in quantities that pose a cancer risk. In January 2024, political commentator and talk show host Candace Owens posted a tweet on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that vaccine package inserts state vaccines haven’t been tested for carcinogenic or mutagenic effect, that there has been an "explosion" of childhood cancers after manufacturers were removed from liability, and that "vaccines can cause childhood cancers". [...] To sum up, the reason why vaccine package inserts state that "the vaccine has not been tested for carcinogenic or mutagenic effect" is because there’s no scientific grounds to think the vaccine would cause either effect. Childhood vaccines don’t use novel adjuvants or additives and vaccine ingredients aren’t present in quantities that are expected to cause cancer, based on previous research.


Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents

Furthermore, to solidify collaboration and coordination at the highest levels of government, all of WHO’s 194 Member States resolved in December 2021 to develop an international agreement, referred to as a pandemic accord (and sometimes called a pandemic treaty), which will define rules and norms for how countries can better prevent pandemics from happening and respond to future health emergencies in order to protect the safety and well-being of people everywhere. [...] Countries are negotiating the pandemic accord based on the principles of solidarity, equity, science and evidence, respect for human rights, and protection of national sovereignty over all health decision-making. [...] What it would not do is hand over control of domestic public health policies to WHO or any other international body. As with other international agreements, the pandemic accord would not affect countries’ sovereignty. How each country goes about implementing the agreement would depend on its own domestic laws and policies.


Father of Global Warming’ Scientist Finally Admits Theory Is Wrong

Father Of Global Warming Admits: It Used To Be Hotter Than It Is Now [...] James Hansen, the famed NASA scientist who stirred the climate scare when in 1988 he told a Senate committee that "global warming" -- yes, he used those words -- "is already happening now," has never backed off his claims, despite the fact that he's been demonstrably wrong. No one this side of Al Gore has had a larger impact on trafficking in fear and trying so hard to sow panic. [...] Hansen has even admitted this.


"Cat parasite" causes toxoplasmosis; toxoplasmosis increases ghrelin hormone levels

Toxoplasmosis is caused by an infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite is most commonly found in contaminated food (especially raw and undercooked meat), but it can also be found in cat feces. Most T. gondii infections in people with healthy immune systems are asymptomatic and resolve on their own within a few weeks or months. Ghrelin is a hormone produced by the stomach and often called the “hunger hormone”. There is currently no evidence supporting an association between toxoplasmosis and increased ghrelin hormone levels.


HPV vaccine increases the risk of developing cervical cancer

Some things can increase a person’s risk of getting cancer. These are called risk factors. There are some general risk factors for developing cancer. And there are some that increase the risk of developing a specific type of cancer. [...] - Human papilloma virus (HPV), which increases the risk of cervical cancer and is linked to cancers of the head and neck, anus, vulva, vagina and penis - hepatitis B and C, which are linked to liver cancer - HIV, which can increase the risk of cancers including lymphoma and sarcoma. [...] If you have an increased risk of cancer caused by HPV, you may be able to have an HPV vaccine. Your GP, local sexual health clinic or HIV clinic can give you more information.


“99.2% of U.S. COVID deaths in June were unvaccinated people”

COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have proved highly effective at preventing severe disease and death in vaccinated individuals. Over 95% of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths from the past few months occurred among unvaccinated people and could have been avoided by vaccination.


Sweetgum balls contain the same active ingredient that Tamiflu contains, which is shikimic acid; It kills viruses including SARS-CoV-2

I like sweetgum trees, but most people run from them, versus wanting to plant them. The spiny fruit does contain seeds, in fact, quite a few. Each sweetgum ball has about 40 to 60 capsules, with each containing one or two seeds. Fertile seeds are black with wings on either side; infertile seeds are yellow and wingless. Harvest the sweetgum balls when they are fully brown, but before they dry out. Once they dry, they open and scatter the seeds. Harvest the sweetgum balls and let them dry out on sheet of paper. Then when the seeds start to fall out, collect them and put the fertile seeds inside a plastic bag filled with moist sterile potting soil. Put that in your refrigerator for three months and then plant the seeds in a pot outside. This cool, moist storage period in the refrigerator is known as stratification and is needed to break the seed dormancy. As an aside, researchers have discovered that the unripe fruit of the sweetgum tree contains a key ingredient used in Tamiflu called Shikimic acid.


Switzerland stops COVID-19 vaccines due to safety concerns

COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at protecting against severe illness and death. Vaccine recommendations change in response to the changes in the need for vaccination, which depends on factors like the level of immunity in the population, the level of threat posed by an infectious agent, and the benefit-risk tradeoff of a vaccine.


[NASA] has been adjusting temperatures from the past[...] downward, while adjusting current-day temperatures upward, and those changes are responsible for most of the claimed global warming during that time.

There are two specific changes to the U.S. temperature observation network over the last century that have resulted in systemic cooling biases: time of observation changes at most of the stations from late afternoon to early morning, and a change in most of the instruments from liquid in glass thermometers to MMTS electronic instruments. Back in July I posted a general introduction to U.S. temperature adjustments that looked at the relative effect of each adjustment. Here I will focus in detail on the Time of Observation adjustment, which is responsible for the majority of the change in U.S. temperatures vis-à-vis raw data. In a future post I will address the pairwise homogenization algorithm, which attempts to correct for factors like the MMTS transition and the impact of urbanization on temperature trends. [...] The net effect of adjustments to correct for time of observation changes is shown in Figue 2. TOBs adjustments increase the amount of warming in the historical temperature record by just under 0.3 C, with similar adjustments to both minimum and maximum temperatures. This adjustment alone is responsible for the majority of the difference between raw and adjusted temperatures reported by NCDC.


“Myocarditis and pericarditis only occur after vaccination and not after COVID-19 infection.”

In June 2024, the news outlet The Epoch Times claimed that new data from England’s National Health Service (NHS) showed that "myocarditis and pericarditis only occur after vaccination and not after COVID-19 infection." The Epoch Times has repeatedly published vaccine misinformation. [...] In order to support The Epoch Times’ claim that myocarditis "only occur[s] after vaccination and not after COVID-19 infection", one would need to compare people who were exposed to one of two things: a COVID-19 vaccine or COVID-19, but not both. If a vaccinated person also got COVID-19 and then developed myocarditis, it would be impossible to know for sure if the cause was the vaccine or COVID-19 without additional information. [...] - 3 – Wong et al. (2022) Risk of myocarditis and pericarditis after the COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in the USA: a cohort study in claims databases. The Lancet.


Forward projections of solar cyclicity imply the next few decades may be marked by global cooling rather than warming, despite continuing CO2 emissions.

While regional and seasonal effects might be larger, the expected global temperature response to a future grand solar minimum similar to the Maunder Minimum is a cooling of about 0.1°C. It should be pointed out that this cooling would occur on the background of current anthropogenic warming which is about a factor of 10 larger[…] It is also clear from these numbers that a future grand solar minimum (which would last only for a few decades anyway) would not save us from global warming, as we have shown in a scientific paper* and explained in this RealClimate post. The marginal temperature differences between warming scenarios with and without a future Maunder Minimum is illustrated here: [...] Forward projections of solar variability are fraught with deep uncertainties, as exemplified by the last solar minimum. Satellite observations show this to be the weakest solar cycle in over a century. [...] The claim that the Earth may cool in coming decades due to solar variability is incorrect (even in the word "may"). It has no bearing in any climate science, model projections, or basic physical theory. The forcing from solar variability to the heat content of the Earth system is small relative to the accelerating forcing provided by human CO2 emissions.


COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women is connected to an increase in U.S. infant mortality rate in 2022

- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu and Tdap Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women – United States, April 2022. Flu, Tdap, and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women – United States, April 2022 | FluVaxView | Seasonal Influenza (Flu) | CDC - DeSisto CL, Wallace B, Simeone RM, et al. Risk of Stillbirth Among Women With and Without COVID-19 Delivery Hospitalization — United States, March 2020–September 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:1640–1645. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7047e1 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. COVID-19 Vaccination Among Pregnant People aged 18-49 years overall, by race and ethnicity, and date reported to CDC – Vaccine Safety Datalink , United States. Accessed on March 1, 2023. CDC COVID Data Tracker: Vaccination Among Pregnant People - Brewer, LI, Ommerborn, MJ, Nguyen, AL, et al. Structural inequities in seasonal influenza vaccination rates. BMC Public Health. 2021;21: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11179-9 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A Guide for Community Partners. Increasing COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Members of Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities. Accessed on April 5, 2023.


Vitamin B17 “was banned by the US because of its cancer-killing properties”

- Health "Vitamin B17" is neither a vitamin nor a cancer treatment and can cause cyanide poisoning [...] Factually inaccurate: The so-called "vitamin B17" is actually amygdalin, a compound that isn’t a vitamin and which decades of research have shown to be ineffective as a cancer treatment. [...] On 1 March 2023, a Facebook reel with more than 1.6 million views claimed that "Vitamin B17", a compound present in apricot kernels, "was banned by the U.S. because of its cancer-killing properties".


“Since the vaccine rolled out, [a midwife]’s seen no normal placenta […] they’re all compromised”

Vaccines could attack the placenta - No evidence


HPV vaccines are ineffective and cause side effects including autoimmune and neurological disorders, based on VAERS reports

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection can be spread by skin-to-skin contact, often through vaginal, anal, or oral sex. While many HPV infections are eventually cleared by the body’s immune system, certain types of HPV can cause cancers of the cervix, vagina, vulva, penis, anus, or back of the throat. HPV vaccination, combined with regular cervical cancer screenings, can reduce the risk of cervical cancer.


Poppers are the cause of Kaposi’s sarcoma

New analysis of old data suggests that "poppers" -- chemical inhalant stimulants used by some homosexuals -- may trigger Kaposi's sarcoma, a kind of cancer commonly associated with AIDS. [...] The only significant difference discovered was that those who developed Kaposi's sarcoma used the most poppers, or amyl nitrite, as a sexual stimulant. "Kaposi's sarcoma is a cancer of blood vessels, and nitrites cause the blood vessels to dilate, so you have the product having an effect in roughly the same place you're getting the cancer," he explains.


Blocks of color printed on toothpaste tubes indicate whether the toothpaste is made of safe ingredients

Incorrect: Colored squares printed at the ends of toothpaste tubes aren’t a secret code for the safety of toothpaste ingredients. Instead, they allow light sensors on the toothpaste production line to recognize the end of the tube, so that tubes can be filled, cut, and sealed correctly. [...] In the clip, TikTok celebrity and podcast host Carlos Juico claimed that color blocks at the end of toothpaste tubes indicated whether the toothpaste ingredients were natural or "chemical". More specifically, he asserted that a green color block meant the toothpaste was all-natural; a blue color block meant the toothpaste was "natural plus medicine"; and a black color block meant the toothpaste was "all chemical". [...] In summary, the conspiracy theory that toothpaste tubes carry a secret color code indicating the safety of toothpaste ingredients is baseless. If people wish to know which ingredients are present in their toothpaste, they can simply read the ingredient list printed on toothpaste packaging.