Inaccurate
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 -
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 -
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: Fox News, Facebook, Jesse Watters, 2023-11-01 -
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MisleadingViral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD
Claim:
Sugar causes ADHD in babies, dementia and Alzheimer's in adults, cancer
Source: TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Social media users, 2023-09-15 -
MisleadingMarty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation
Claim:
The U.S. government spread misinformation that vaccinated immunity was far greater than natural immunity, that masks were effective, that myocarditis was more common after the infection than the vaccine
Source: YouTube, Facebook, Marty Makary, 2023-10-16 -
InaccurateNo evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted or change people’s blood
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted to unvaccinated people; vaccines cause blood discoloration and weaken immune system
Source: Facebook, Aaron Lewis, 2023-09-27 -
InaccuratePeter McCullough makes inaccurate and misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines at event hosted by European political party
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccine mRNA cannot be broken down; COVID-19 vaccines cause excess death and unprecedented blood clots
Source: Substack, Facebook, Peter McCullough, 2023-09-17 -
Lacks contextLack of clinical evidence for claim that N-acetylcysteine is effective against COVID-19 and stops viral replication
Claim:
N-acetylcysteine inhibits viral replication, breaks up mucus, and is effective against COVID-19
Source: Facebook, Steve Lucchino, 2023-09-02