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No evidence supports the use of medicinal plants mullein and marshmallow to cure or mitigate COVID-19
Claim:
Mullein leaves and marshmallow roots treat COVID-19
Reviews of content from
TikTok
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-03-12 -
Incorrect
Alleged Morgellons test with cranberry juice doesn’t show nanoparticles, but precipitates from tannin-protein interactions
Claim:
Morgellons test using cranberry juice pulls out nanoparticles from chemtrails and air pollution
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2023-01-21 -
Inaccurate
Sweetgum balls don’t contain Tamiflu’s active ingredient and there’s no evidence of an antiviral effect against COVID-19
Claim:
Sweetgum balls contain the same active ingredient that Tamiflu contains, which is shikimic acid; It kills viruses including SARS-CoV-2
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2023-01-17 -
Inaccurate
mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 don’t modify humans, and don’t make them patentable or owned by any entities
Claim:
“if a human is injected with a GMO it becomes a patented piece of property from the government”, “they take away all your rights with mRNAs”
Source: Instagram, TikTok, Instagram users, 2022-11-14 -
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Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, but evidence so far doesn’t show that diabetes causes Alzheimer’s
Claim:
“Alzheimer’s most of the time is preventable. It’s not genetic, and it’s type 3 diabetes, which is insulin resistance of the brain”
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-29 -
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Little clinical evidence supports the use of high-dose intravenous vitamin C to treat cancer
Claim:
Intravenous vitamin C specifically kills only cancer cells and not healthy cells
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-08-21 -
Misleading
Biden’s 2021 remarks on the role of COVID-19 vaccines in hurricane preparedness misrepresented in social media posts
Claim:
President Joe Biden told people to get vaccinated to protect themselves from hurricanes
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-27 -
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Neither medical treatments nor errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Claim:
“The third leading cause of death is MD-directed treatments”
Source: TikTok, Peter Glidden, 2022-09-18 -
Misleading
The amount of potassium chloride in Dasani bottled water is safe and won’t cause cardiac arrest
Claim:
“Potassium chloride actually causes cardiac arrest […] and we’re drinking it in Dasani water.”
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-16 -
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There is no evidence to support claim that Solfeggio frequencies remove toxins from the body
Claim:
Solfeggio frequencies can regenerate the body, remove toxins, remove negativity
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-09-19
