Unsupported Health Posted on: 2024-01-23 Russell Brand’s YouTube videos use flawed analyses and simplistic correlations to link COVID-19 vaccines to heart issues, cancer, excess deaths Claim: COVID-19 vaccines are associated with an increase in heart conditions, cancer Source: YouTube, Russell Brand, 2024-01-10
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2024-01-12 Hulda Clark’s “zapper” device is based on pseudoscience; doesn’t kill parasites or cure diseases Claim: A “zapper” can kill parasites, bacteria, and viruses; it cures all diseases Source: Facebook, TikTok, Hulda Clark, 2024-01-03
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-12-08 Headlines overlook risk of COVID-19 by claiming Estonia study shows natural immunity is superior to vaccination Claim: “Natural Immunity Better Than Protection From COVID-19 Vaccination, researchers in Estonia found” Source: The Epoch Times, Zachary Stieber, 2023-11-23
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-11-28 Public information film on coronavirus allegedly from the 1970s is a parody published in 2020 Claim: A public information film on the coronavirus was released in the 1970s Source: YouTube, Social media users, 2020-05-24
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-11-23 Misuse of drug tests on energy drinks like Red Bull produces false positives; doesn’t demonstrate these drinks contain cocaine and other drugs Claim: Red Bull contain cocaine and buprenorphine Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2023-11-06
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-11-17 Social media posts wrongly claim that herbs can cure every disease including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s Claim: “There is a cure to every d!isease”; herbs can cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2023-11-06
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-11-11 James Thorp spreads false claims that COVID-19 vaccines harm fertility, pregnancy, infant survival in The Sentinel Report interview Claim: “Americans are dropping dead” from COVID-19 vaccines; vaccines impair fertility, pregnancy, infant survival Source: The Sentinel Report, James Thorp, 2023-11-01
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-11-07 No cure for diabetes currently exists; Facebook posts claiming otherwise use manipulated videos of news to promote fake diabetes cure Claim: “New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use” Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2023-10-12
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-10-26 Marty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation Claim: The U.S. government spread misinformation that vaccinated immunity was far greater than natural immunity, that masks were effective, that myocarditis was more common after the infection than the vaccine Source: Facebook, YouTube, Marty Makary, 2023-10-16
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-10-17 Studies continue to show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t harm fertility Claim: New England Journal of Medicine “proves” 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; COVID-19 vaccines harm men’s and women’s fertility Source: Children's Health Defense, NVTV, Christiane Northrup, James Thorp, 2023-09-20