evidence: While the sun had entered a so-called "lockdown" period — when the number of sunspots on the star's surface decreased to few or none, technically called a "solar minimum" — by spring 2020, it was a normal occurrence for the star and was not projected by scientists to threaten life on Earth with famine, earthquakes, or freezing weather. [...] Recirculating sensational headlines on the concept — including the New York Post's May 14 article "The sun has entered a 'lockdown' period, which could cause freezing weather, famine" — numerous people reached out to Snopes to investigate the validity of the claim: that the power of our solar system's star had decreased to the point that life on Earth would be threatened by famine, earthquakes, and freezing temperatures. [...] They surrounded my accurate "quotes" (from the website) with false content about a "Solar Lockdown" and its imaginary consequences. The overall impression is that I have raised the alarm about Solar Minimum, famine, drought, earthquakes and so on. ... It's a sensational fabrication.