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Castor oil is only medically recognized as a laxative; other alleged medical benefits, including treating cancer, lack scientific support
Claim:
“Scar tissue, bone spurs, tumors, [castor oil is] excellent for breaking that up”
Iria Carballo-Carbajal
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-03-12 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill
Claim:
“U.S. doctors found that ’long Covid’ developed in 70 percent of cases after vax injection, not after infection”
Source: Disclose.tv, The Hill, Pierre Kory, Paul Marik, 2024-03-06 -
InaccurateChildhood vaccine ingredients are safe in the amount present in vaccines; cells, animal products, and viruses aren’t part of these ingredients
Claim:
Childhood vaccines contain “mixed up toxins” including formaldehyde, aluminum, aborted fetal DNA, fetal bovine serum, monkey kidney cells, mercury, pig circoviruses
Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-03-03 -
MisleadingTennessee House Bill HB1894 isn’t evidence that vaccines are present in food at grocery stores; edible vaccines remain hypothetical for now
Claim:
Researchers have “already perfected the ability to put human vaccines” into certain foods “right now”; grocery vegetables might contain human vaccines
Source: Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-21 -
How health problems after COVID-19 vaccination are sometimes used to feed misinformation narratives
While illness can occur shortly after vaccination, it doesn’t mean that the vaccine must be the cause. Illness can also occur simply by coincidence, since diseases have existed long before vaccines arrived. Part of evaluating whether a vaccine is the cause of an illness requires determining if vaccinated people are at a higher risk of the illness compared to unvaccinated people—something that anecdotes alone cannot provide.
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MisleadingThe American Red Cross doesn’t prevent people vaccinated against COVID-19 from donating blood, contrary to rehashed viral claim
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccine recipients might not be eligible for blood donation
Source: Twitter, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-21 -
IncorrectIncorrect claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused a 143,233% surge in cancer results from flawed calculations that misuse adverse event reporting data
Claim:
“Official CDC data: 143,233% surge in fatal cancers among Vaxxed Americans”
Source: The Exposé, Anonymous, 2024-01-27 -
UnsupportedRussell 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 -
IncorrectHulda 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: TikTok, Facebook, Hulda Clark, 2024-01-03 -
MisleadingHeadlines 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
