Inaccurate
Nature Biotechnology study misrepresented in social media posts claiming “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
Claim:
Nature study shows “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
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Source: X/Twitter, Facebook, Social media users, 2025-01-15 -
Correct
Facebook meme correctly states that vaccines led to eradication of polio and smallpox, not “natural herd immunity”
Claim:
"I don't know who needs to hear this but Polio and smallpox never reached natural herd immunity, they were eradicated by vaccines"
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2024-12-10 -
UnsupportedNo, study didn’t find that seed oils fuel “explosion of colon cancers in young people”
Claim:
“Doctors warn cooking oil used by millions may be fueling explosion of colon cancers in young people”
Source: Daily Mail, Emily Joshu, 2024-12-10 -
InaccurateClaim that 79.4% of SIDS deaths occurred on same day as vaccination misinterprets CDC study
Claim:
“79.4% of babies who die of SIDS had a vaccine the same day”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
IncorrectBleaching agent chlorine dioxide is toxic, isn’t cure for autism
Claim:
Chlorine dioxide cures autism
Source: Digital Social Hour, Jonathan Otto, 2024-01-05 -
Unsupported
No evidence that John D. Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing” or had practitioners arrested and jailed
Claim:
Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing modalities” to profit from petroleum-based medicine, had natural medicine practitioners arrested and jailed
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2023-05-09 -
Misleading
Flawed analysis by Peter McCullough and others used to promote baseless claim that brain blood clots “112,000% more likely” after COVID-19 vaccine than flu vaccine
Claim:
Brain blood clots are 112,000% more likely to occur after COVID-19 vaccine than after the flu vaccine
Source: McCullough Foundation, Peter McCullough, 2024-09-06 -
Inaccurate
ACE inhibitors aren’t snake venom, no evidence they cause cancer
Claim:
ACE inhibitors are snake venom and cause turbo cancer
Source: Conversations With Adrian, Bryan Ardis, 2024-11-03 -
Inaccurate
Sunscreen doesn’t cause melanoma; most melanoma cases are due to excess UV radiation from the sun
Claim:
Melanoma wasn’t a problem until after sunscreen was invented; low vitamin D is associated with melanoma
Source: Instagram, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-08-12 -
Misleading
Claim that there are “no deaths from cannabis use anywhere” is misleading
Claim:
“There are no deaths from cannabis use anywhere”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-10-26
