Misleading
Consuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
Claim:
Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Ian Le Guillou
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
Misleading
Consuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
Claim:
Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
Inaccurate
The CDC hasn’t classified monkeypox as airborne; transmission is typically through sustained physical contact
Claim:
CDC has now classified [monkeypox] as airborne and anybody within 15 ft can catch it; [it] is now classified as a form of herpes [...] lasts 2-4 months [and] can lead to being paralyzed
Source: Fathers Matter, Anonymous, 2022-08-04 -
Inaccurate
The CDC hasn’t classified monkeypox as airborne; transmission is typically through sustained physical contact
Claim:
CDC has now classified [monkeypox] as airborne and anybody within 15 ft can catch it; [it] is now classified as a form of herpes [...] lasts 2-4 months [and] can lead to being paralyzed
Source: Fathers Matter, Anonymous, 2022-08-04 -
Misleading
Following COVID-19 vaccination, the spike protein is produced in small quantities in the body, which have not been shown to be harmful
Claim:
“[Spike] is harmful to the human body in at least eight different ways [and] can persist in the human body for weeks, or even months, after a person gets vaccinated”
Source: The Epoch Times, Roman Balmakov, 2022-05-19 -
Incorrect
The COVID-19 vaccines protect people from severe COVID-19 and don’t weaken the immune system
Claim:
“Worldwide Data suggests Fully Vaccinated [people] are developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome”
Source: The Exposé, Anonymous, 2022-01-22 -
Misleading
CDC director’s comments that 75% of COVID-19 deaths are among people with four comorbidities applies only to vaccinated people
Claim:
75% of deaths were people with ‘at least four comorbidities’
Source: The Joe Pags Show, Anonymous, 2022-01-11 -
Lacks context
The COVID-19 vaccines provide strong protection against hospitalization and death; number of vaccinated people in hospital does not indicate evidence against this
Claim:
“the vaccinated population accounted for 72% of Covid-19 hospitalisations”; “the vaccinated population accounted for 83% of Covid-19 deaths”
Source: The Exposé, The Joe Rogan Experience, Jonathan Allen-Walker, Alex Berenson, 2021-10-21 -
Misleading
Vaccines are highly effective at reducing the risk of death from COVID-19; The Exposé misleadingly claims the UK vaccination campaign has failed
Claim:
“Covid-19 vaccinated people have accounted for 81% of Covid-19 deaths this summer”; “Covid-19 deaths are over twelve times higher than the same period last year”; “vaccine programme has clearly failed”
Source: The Exposé, Jonathan Allen-Walker, 2021-10-05 -
Incorrect
Excess mucus is a common symptom rather than cause of disease; soursop is not a cancer treatment
Claim:
“Mucus is the cause of all diseases”; “Soursop [is] 10,000 times more effective than chemotherapy for cancer”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2021-08-18
