Incorrect
There is currently no cure for AIDS; reports to the contrary are incorrect
Claim:
AIDS was cured in more than a dozen patients
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Source: Facebook, Alfredo Bowman, 2019-04-01 -
InaccurateThe energy costs of manufacturing wind turbines are recouped in one to six months; turbines are financially profitable over their lifetimes
Claim:
Wind turbines in the US are made of toxic materials that pollute the environment, are mostly built in Germany, and will not pay off their manufacturing costs within their lifetimes.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-03-17 -
InaccurateThe mRNA COVID-19 vaccines aren’t operating systems, and won’t transform the human body into a virus-making factory
Claim:
The mRNA vaccine is “an operating system that takes over the machinery of your cells” ; “...by the time you get your fourth shot your body will be making all four proteins that make up the COVID-19 virus.”
Source: Instagram, Facebook, Damon Jones, Abdul Alim Muhammad, 2021-03-28 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA after clinical trials demonstrated that they are safe and effective; COVID-19 vaccines aren’t experimental
Claim:
“Not one [COVID-19] vaccine is FDA approved. [...] They are all experimental.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-03-08 -
InaccurateHeart attack victims shouldn’t use “cough CPR” on themselves, contrary to chain email dating back to 1999
Claim:
Heart attack “victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 1999-06-30 -
Lacks contextGoing vegan may lead to fewer pandemics, but it won’t eliminate them completely
Claim:
“In a vegan world there would be no pandemics. 100% of pandemics are zoonotic in origin.”
Source: Facebook, Richard Melville Hall (Moby), 2021-03-23 -
IncorrectBoth viruses and bacteria cause disease; pathogenic viruses aren’t naturally created in the body as a response to damage
Claim:
“You don’t catch viruses, you naturally create them inside of your body”; “bacteria and viruses don’t cause disease.”
Source: Facebook, Melissa Sell, 2021-03-17 -
InaccurateJamaica already recorded tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases as of March 2021, contrary to viral meme suggesting that smoking cannabis prevents infections
Claim:
“Jamaica has not recorded any cases of the coronavirus”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-03-19 -
Flawed reasoningOxygen in the air doesn’t prevent people from getting tetanus through cuts with dirty or rusty objects; the vaccine is important to prevent infection
Claim:
“The tetanus bacteria is an anaerobic bacteria. That means that it cannot live in the presence of oxygen. You cannot get tetanus by stepping on a rusty nail.“
Source: Facebook, Steven Baker, 2021-03-07 -
IncorrectConnecting a generator to the wheel of an electric vehicle won’t recharge its battery
Claim:
The rotating wheel of an electric vehicle can recharge the vehicle’s battery by affixing a generator
Source: Facebook, Ozzy's Classics, 2021-03-06
