Inaccurate
Breast cancer cases haven’t doubled in U.S. women under 45, despite social media claims
Claim:
“There is a huge boom in cancer, especially in female breast cancer in the younger ages of 45 and below.”
Ian Le Guillou
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2023-06-18 -
Lacks context
Draft U.S. government report doesn’t conclude that fluoride is harmful at low levels
Claim:
“As fluoride goes up [...] IQ goes down in the developing brains of our kids”
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-04-17 -
Incorrect
Mucus doesn’t cause arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions; cold weather doesn’t “detox” the body of excess mucus
Claim:
Excessive mucus causes bronchitis, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, and glaucoma
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-03-10 -
Inaccurate
Sweetgum balls don’t contain Tamiflu’s active ingredient and there’s no evidence of an antiviral effect against COVID-19
Claim:
Sweetgum balls contain the same active ingredient that Tamiflu contains, which is shikimic acid; It kills viruses including SARS-CoV-2
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2023-01-17 -
Inaccurate
Excess deaths in the U.K. remain below the pandemic peak and aren’t linked to COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
More people are dying now than at the peak of the pandemic; the COVID-19 vaccines are the cause of the excess deaths seen in late 2022
Source: Facebook, 2023-01-09 -
Misleading
Contrary to viral Instagram videos, COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against severe disease
Claim:
Vaccine effectiveness has fallen from 100% to 20%; the early reported vaccine effectiveness figures were lies
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2022-12-01 -
Misleading
COVID-19 vaccines have enhanced reporting requirements for vaccine safety database, so death reports cannot be simply compared to other vaccines
Claim:
“More people have been killed by the COVID vaccines in the last 20 months than all the other vaccines in the world over the last thirty years combined.”
Source: One America News Network, Pearson Sharp, 2022-11-01 -
Correct
Complete vaccine coverage in the U.S. could have prevented almost a quarter of COVID-19 deaths
Claim:
“Quarter of U.S. covid deaths were probably preventable with vaccination”
Source: The Washington Post, Philip Bump, 2022-04-21 -
Unsupported
Neither medical treatments nor errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Claim:
“The third leading cause of death is MD-directed treatments”
Source: TikTok, Peter Glidden, 2022-09-18 -
Unsupported
There is no evidence to support claim that Solfeggio frequencies remove toxins from the body
Claim:
Solfeggio frequencies can regenerate the body, remove toxins, remove negativity
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-09-19
