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Sodium chloride and corn gluten meal aren’t hazardous to humans, even though they are used as mouse poison
Claim:
Salt and corn gluten meal are used to kill mice, they are hazardous to humans
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Source: Facebook, Michelle Jorgensen, 2024-06-29 -
InaccurateNHS data doesn’t support Epoch Times’ claim that myocarditis only occurs after COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
“Myocarditis and pericarditis only occur after vaccination and not after COVID-19 infection.”
Source: The Epoch Times, Marina Zhang, 2024-06-03 -
InaccurateMammograms don’t increase risk of dying from breast cancer; they reduce it
Claim:
Mammograms don’t prevent cancer; mammograms contribute to cancer development
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-05-22 -
UnsupportedEvidence so far doesn’t indicate an association between COVID-19 vaccines and autoimmune diseases
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a higher risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Source: The Megyn Kelly Show, YouTube, Megyn Kelly, 2023-09-06 -
UnsupportedNo research shows that dandelion can kill cancer cells or treat cancer in humans
Claim:
Dandelion is able to “kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours”
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-05-06 -
MisleadingVaccines don’t contain cells or tissues of aborted fetuses
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Some vaccines “incorporate aborted fetal tissue”
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2024-04-23 -
UnsupportedModified RNA in COVID-19 vaccines isn’t linked to cancer development
Claim:
A review “has found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development”
Source: The Highwire, America's Frontline Doctors, Social media users, 2024-04-16 -
InaccurateVideo of person smoking in a pile of body bags isn’t a staging of COVID-19 victims but part of a Russian music video
Claim:
A video showed people “preparing body bags for the evening news clip during the pandemic”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2024-04-11 -
Flawed reasoningCountry-to-country comparison doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, contrary to Facebook post by journalist Sharyl Attkisson
Claim:
“As more people got vaccinated for Covid, more people got Covid.”
Source: Facebook, Sharyl Attkisson, 2024-04-01 -
MisleadingFebrile seizures after COVID-19 vaccination are rare and aren’t linked to long-term health problems, contrary to implication in Gateway Pundit article
Claim:
“FDA admits” that “young children are at a ‘significantly elevated’ risk of seizure after taking the COVID-19 vaccine”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Ben Kew, 2024-03-24
