What do we know about the possible link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism?
Photo by Freepik Each week, approximately 23% of the adult U.S. population use a fever reducer and painkiller, such as…
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InaccurateConsuming sufficient vitamin C is necessary for health and plays an important role in many of the body’s chemical processes
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“The herbs heal [...] not vitamin C, because the body is not composed of any vitamin C”
Source: Facebook, Alfredo Bowman, 2022-06-29 -
UnsupportedAbortifacient plants are dangerous, and ineffective as an abortion method
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Plants such as pennyroyal, blue and black cohosh or mugwort are an effective alternative abortion method
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2022-06-24 -
UnsupportedThe claim that medical doctors are more likely to kill than firearms isn’t supported by evidence
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“In America, you’re 6x more likely to be killed by a Doctor than a gun”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-06-13 -
UnsupportedNo scientific evidence supports claims that plant-based food supplements reduce blood sugar to normal levels and cure type 2 diabetes
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Food supplements get “perfect sugar levels restored” and “help with type 2 [diabetes]”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-06-02 -
InaccuratePublished research from the Wuhan Institute of Virology didn’t describe artificially created monkeypox strains; the research is unrelated to the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
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Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) “assembled monkeypox strains”
Source: The National Pulse, Natalie Winters, 2022-05-22 -
UnsupportedNo scientific data support the existence of orgone and its ability to cure cancer
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“Wilhelm Reich invented a way to cure cancer”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-05-14 -
UnsupportedEvent 201 isn’t evidence that authorities knew or planned the COVID-19 pandemic
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Event 201 is evidence that officials already knew about COVID-19
Source: This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2022-05-11 -
AccurateThe U.S. COVID-19 death toll reached the 1 million mark in May 2022; 15 million estimated deaths worldwide
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U.S. deaths from COVID-19 hit 1 million
Source: Associated Press, Carla Johnson, 2022-05-16 -
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The U.S. COVID-19 death toll reached the 1 million mark in May 2022; 15 million estimated deaths worldwide
Claim:
U.S. deaths from COVID-19 hit 1 million
Source: Associated Press, Carla Johnson, 2022-05-16
