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No clinical evidence supports using cannabis to treat cancer or other conditions, although specific chemicals found in cannabis can be medically useful
Claim:
Cannabis can treat cancer, PTSD, seizures, anxiety, glaucoma, and depression
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Source: Facebook, Drug Possession Laws, 2022-09-04 -
MisleadingConsuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
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Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
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Consuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
Claim:
Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
MisleadingStudy claiming that ivermectin reduces COVID-19 mortality by 92% has important methodological problems
Claim:
“Ivermectin reduces COVID death risk by 92%, peer-reviewed study finds”; NIH now lists ivermectin as COVID-19 therapy
Source: Facebook, The Blaze, Twitter/X, Jake Shields, Paul Sacca, Robby Starbuck, 2022-09-03 -
InaccurateNo mercury or aluminum is present in vaccines; vaccine ingredients aren’t associated with disease
Claim:
“We allow toxic metals such as aluminum and mercury in shots”
Source: Truth Social, Mark Ghalili, 2022-08-31 -
InaccurateUnsubstantiated claims by Michael Palmer and Sucharit Bhakdi don’t demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccines harm organs
Claim:
mRNA vaccines cause “vascular and organ damage” that can lead to death
Source: Doctors for COVID Ethics, Sucharit Bhakdi, Michael Palmer, 2022-08-29 -
UnsupportedInsufficient evidence to support Kanye West’s claim that fluoride in toothpaste harms the pineal gland
Claim:
“Did you use toothpaste with fluoride today? It blocks your pineal gland. And they put children on it.”
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Kanye West, 2020-10-24 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines reduce the risk of death, contrary to Mark Steyn’s misleading interpretation of mortality data
Claim:
“[T]he peak of vaccine mandates in America […] coincides with massive excess mortality among people in the prime of life”
Source: GB News, Mark Steyn, 2022-08-24 -
Misleading
COVID-19 vaccines reduce the risk of death, contrary to Mark Steyn’s misleading interpretation of mortality data
Claim:
“[T]he peak of vaccine mandates in America […] coincides with massive excess mortality among people in the prime of life”
Source: GB News, Mark Steyn, 2022-08-24 -
IncorrectUnvaccinated people are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 in San Diego county; vaccines don’t cause COVID-19, contrary to claim by Shaun Frederikson
Claim:
“67% of the deaths are from the vaccinated”; “67% of your COVID deaths that you’re creating are from your virus that you’re putting within these people”
Source: Kusi News, Shaun Frederikson, 2022-08-17
