Incorrect Health Posted on: 2024-10-03 Decline in autism among high-income white households not caused by a decrease in childhood vaccination, vaccines don’t cause autism Claim: Autism and vaccination decreased over the same time period among high-income white households from California, indicating a possible causal relationship Source: Children's Health Defense, Toby Rogers, 2024-08-08
Misleading Health Posted on: 2024-09-19 Higher COVID-19 death toll under Biden than Trump reflects longer presidential term spent managing the COVID-19 pandemic Claim: More deaths from COVID-19 occurred during Biden's administration than Trump's Source: Threads, Social media user, 2024-09-10
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2024-09-11 Gout is an inflammatory disease caused by uric acid crystals, not liver dysfunction Claim: Gout is “a liver condition”; uric acid crystals “aren’t the cause of gout or the cause of gout’s pain” Source: Instagram, Anthony William, 2024-09-04
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2024-09-06 Numbers on fruit and vegetable stickers don’t indicate whether they are genetically modified or not Claim: Five-digit numbers starting with eight on fruit and vegetable stickers indicate that they are genetically modified; “If you see this sticker on a fruit DO NOT buy it at any cost” Source: The Daily Mail, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-08-31
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2024-09-05 Alex Jones was fined 1.5 billion dollars for defaming families of Sandy Hook shooting victims; no evidence he was fined for warning about “Covid crimes” Claim: Alex Jones was fined 150 billion dollars for warning about crimes related to COVID-19 Source: Instagram, Brandon Tatum, 2024-08-31
Flawed reasoning Health Posted on: 2024-08-30 People experiencing homelessness died more frequently from COVID-19 than the general population Claim: COVID-19 was not deadly, otherwise homeless people would not have survived the pandemic Source: Threads, Social media user, 2024-08-21
Misleading Health Posted on: 2024-08-21 Fauci quoted out of context in misleading video, didn’t change his views about benefits of COVID-19 vaccines Claim: Fauci changed his views on COVID-19 vaccines benefits; Fauci’s remarks show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t work as advertised Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-08-13
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2024-08-20 WHO declaration of public health emergency triggered by worsening of mpox outbreak in Africa, not a ploy to push for using vaccine stocks Claim: The WHO declaration of a public health emergency is a scheme to use vaccines “stocked up in warehouses”; bird flu, parvovirus B19, and monkeypox are “rebranding” of the same virus Source: Instagram, Rizza Islam, 2024-08-14
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2024-08-15 Oral birth control doesn’t cause PCOS or uterine fibroids; wild yam and castor oil are unproven treatments Claim: Oral contraceptive pills are “the number one” cause of polycystic ovary syndrome; a combination of wild yam and castor oil can cure polycystic ovary syndrome and uterine fibroids Source: Instagram, YouTube, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-07-25
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2024-08-05 Calcium is an essential component of bones and helps prevent osteoporosis, contrary to claim by Barbara O’Neill Claim: Bones “are not made of calcium”; wild yam is a treatment for osteoporosis Source: Facebook, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-07-24