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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
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2023-11-06 -
InaccurateSocial 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 -
InaccurateThere are no genetically modified organisms in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines; no evidence these vaccines modify our DNA
Claim:
Unapproved genetically modified organisms in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could permanently change our DNA
Source: Dystopian Down Under, Julian Fidge, Rebekah Barnett, 2023-07-27 -
IncorrectNo evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women is connected to an increase in U.S. infant mortality rate in 2022
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-11-08 -
IncorrectElon Musk’s claim that ventilators killed COVID-19 patients confuses correlation with causation
Claim:
Ventilators, not COVID, killed hospitalized COVID patients
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Elon Musk, 2023-10-31 -
InaccurateSocial media post inaccurately claims natural remedy of garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can replace the flu shot
Claim:
A soup made of garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can replace the flu shot and cure other illnesses such as the common cold and norovirus
Source: Healthy Holistic Living, Anonymous, 2023-11-04 -
InaccurateJames 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 -
IncorrectPeter McCullough misinterprets study on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy; the study shows that vaccines are safe for pregnant women
Claim:
“No discernible benefit of covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy”; “higher rate of neonatal and all-cause readmissions among babies born to vaccinated mothers”
Source: Instagram, Substack, Peter McCullough, 2023-11-05 -
InaccurateStudy in Italy didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines have an “unacceptable” safety profile, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
Claim:
Study in Italy shows nearly 1 in 3 COVID vaccine recipients have neurological side effects, indicating an “unacceptable” safety profile
Source: The Epoch Times, Substack, Peter McCullough, Naveen Athrappully, 2023-10-30 -
Incorrect2018 coronavirus research in NIAID Montana lab is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to claim by Fox News’s Jesse Watters
Claim:
“Fauci frankensteined Covid bats on our soil a year before the pandemic, but then acted all shocked when the virus started spreading” ; Fauci’s goons went to the Wuhan lab, bottled up a virus and brought it to a lab in America”
Source: Facebook, Fox News, Jesse Watters, 2023-11-01
