Lacks context Health Posted on: 2023-09-21 Lack of clinical evidence for claim that N-acetylcysteine is effective against COVID-19 and stops viral replication Claim: N-acetylcysteine inhibits viral replication, breaks up mucus, and is effective against COVID-19 Source: Facebook, Steve Lucchino, 2023-09-02
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-09-14 Robert Malone makes several misleading and unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 vaccines in Judicial Watch interview Claim: “Leaky vaccines” are causing SARS-CoV-2 to evolve rapidly; COVID-19 vaccines don’t prevent disease and death; childhood vaccine safety is doubtful Source: Judicial Watch, Robert Malone, 2023-09-07
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-09-08 Rebel News article lacks evidence for claiming COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe and unnecessary Claim: Natural immunity persists for decades; Pregnant women aren’t at risk from COVID-19; DNA plasmids are in COVID-19 vaccines; no evidence that COVID-19 boosters are safe Source: Rebel News, Tamara Ugolini, 2023-08-29
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-30 Daily Mail article provides misleading interpretation on South Korean mask study to imply mask-wearing is dangerous Claim: “Mask study published by NIH suggests N95 Covid masks may expose wearers to dangerous level of toxic compounds linked to seizures and cancer” Source: Daily Mail, Emily Joshu, 2023-08-27
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-08-25 Misleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk Claim: Higher COVID-19 vaccination rates in White people are related to higher COVID-19 death rates Source: Instagram, David Harris Jr., Carl Higbie, 2023-08-22
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-23 Conspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors Claim: Doctors murdered to protect Big Pharma profits and silence holistic health practitioners Source: TikTok, Katryna Benson, 2023-07-04
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-11 Video about blank COVID-19 vaccine insert falsely implies there are no safety data for COVID-19 vaccines Claim: Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2023-08-03
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-07 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t cause long-term spike protein production in the body, contrary to claims by retired professor Claim: COVID-19 RNA vaccines weren’t made with messenger RNA; vaccine RNA cannot be broken down in the body Source: The Epoch Times, Klaus Steber, 2023-07-27
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-07-28 Claim by Brian Hooker that unvaccinated children are healthier compared to vaccinated children relies on flawed studies Claim: Vaccinated children are more likely to have poorer health outcomes compared to unvaccinated children Source: Children's Health Defense, Brian Hooker, 2023-07-07
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-07-20 Claim that a mouse study shows COVID-19 vaccine causes “turbo cancer” distorts study findings Claim: “New Study Links Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine to ‘Turbo Cancer’” Source: The Florida Standard, Jonas Vesterberg, 2023-07-13