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Claim that herbs and mushrooms listed in Nicole Apelian’s book “The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies” are cures for herpes and HIV is baseless
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Several natural products like plants and mushrooms are a cure for herpes and HIV infection
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Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2024-12-17 -
CorrectFacebook meme correctly states that vaccines led to eradication of polio and smallpox, not “natural herd immunity”
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"I don't know who needs to hear this but Polio and smallpox never reached natural herd immunity, they were eradicated by vaccines"
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2024-12-10 -
UnsupportedMore evidence needed to confirm association between Alzheimer’s prevention and supplements like curcumin, green tea, or lion’s mane
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Three supplements (curcumin, green tea, and lion’s mane) can stop Alzheimer’s disease before it starts
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Robert W. B. Love, 2023-12-29 -
InaccurateContrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
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Cow feed additive Bovaer is unsafe, makes milk unfit for human consumption
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
UnsupportedNo, study didn’t find that seed oils fuel “explosion of colon cancers in young people”
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“Doctors warn cooking oil used by millions may be fueling explosion of colon cancers in young people”
Source: Daily Mail, Emily Joshu, 2024-12-10 -
MisleadingUnvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths
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How are "Billions of Unvaxxed people with NO Boosters [...] still alive"? Unvaccinated people should be dead.
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-12-08 -
InaccurateClaim that 79.4% of SIDS deaths occurred on same day as vaccination misinterprets CDC study
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“79.4% of babies who die of SIDS had a vaccine the same day”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
InaccurateAI-generated videos promote false herbal cure for COPD, a currently incurable lung disease
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“A revolutionary pill that combines over 60 natural herbs” cures COPD within three days
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-11-26 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccine manufacturers produced more than 11 billion doses in 2021
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It would take decades to produce enough COVID-19 to vaccinate the world population
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2024-12-01 -
IncorrectScientific evidence shows fluoride in water and toothpaste is safe at recommended levels
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Fluoridated toothpaste can be deadly to children; fluoride causes dental fluorosis, cavities, and cancer
Source: Facebook, Ty Bollinger, 2024-11-27
