Misleading
Side effects from vaccination aren’t more dangerous than measles outbreaks
Claim:
Media exaggerates the harm of some measles cases while it ignores millions of “vaccine injury reports”
Iria Carballo-Carbajal
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Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2025-02-20 -
MisleadingSodium azide in some at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits only linked to toxicity due to accidental ingestion and other non-intended uses
Claim:
At-home COVID-19 test kits contain harmful substances like sodium azide, proving “PCR testing is not good for anyone”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-02-12 -
IncorrectViral copypasta posts mislead about cancer causes and testing, promote unproven cancer remedies such as ivermectin, fenbendazole, alkaline water, and vitamin B17
Claim:
A list of alternative cancer treatments can be “successfully used to treat certain cancers”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-01-28 -
MisleadingVaccines don’t cause mercury toxicity; the mercury compound present in some vaccines is different from the one in seafood
Claim:
“Doctors: don't eat fish when you're pregnant to avoid mercury getting into your baby Also doctors: vaccines containing mercury are safe to inject into your baby”
Source: Threads, Social media user, @mommavspharma, Kaylee Winfield, 2025-01-25 -
UnsupportedMel Gibson makes baseless claim on Joe Rogan’s podcast that dewormers ivermectin and fenbendazole are effective cancer cures
Claim:
Ivermectin, fenbendazole have been used to cure stage four cancer
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan, Mel Gibson, 2025-01-09 -
InaccurateContrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
Claim:
Cow feed additive Bovaer is unsafe, makes milk unfit for human consumption
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
Inaccurate
AI-generated videos promote false herbal cure for COPD, a currently incurable lung disease
Claim:
“A revolutionary pill that combines over 60 natural herbs” cures COPD within three days
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-11-26 -
Inaccurate
Margarine and plastic are chemically unrelated substances, contrary to persistent online claim
Claim:
“Margarine is one molecule away from plastic”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-11-19 -
Incorrect
Population aging, not margarine or a low-cholesterol diet, is behind the rise in Alzheimer’s
Claim:
75% of the brain is myelin, which is 100% cholesterol; “Alzheimer’s never existed until 1979”; in the 1970s, animal fats in margarine were replaced with low-cholesterol vegetable oils
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2024-10-04 -
Inaccurate
Infectious diseases like chickenpox and measles are much more likely to cause serious health problems than vaccination
Claim:
Chickenpox and measles aren’t diseases but infections; unlike diseases, infections go away, leaving behind “a lifetime of immunity”; when you vaccinate, you are potentially “causing a disease”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-25
