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
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TikTok
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-27 -
UnsupportedNeither 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 -
MisleadingThe 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 -
UnsupportedThere 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 -
Lacks contextLittle clinical evidence supports the use of papaya seeds to treat intestinal parasites
Claim:
“Papaya seeds contain compounds that naturally kill parasites”
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-11 -
MisleadingConsuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
Claim:
Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
Misleading
Consuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
Claim:
Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
IncorrectMonkeypox outbreak triggers conspiracy theories on social media claiming that it was planned or incorrectly linking it to COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
Monkeypox is caused by COVID-19 vaccines; a 2021 tabletop exercise portraying a monkeypox pandemic is evidence that global leaders planned the outbreak; the monkeypox vaccine was “ready” before the outbreak
Source: TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-05-13 -
InaccurateClaim that the antiviral drug remdesivir is killing people is baseless
Claim:
“Remdesivir is proven to kill lives”
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Bryan Ardis, 2021-03-22 -
IncorrectLack of oxygen isn’t the root cause of cancer; no scientific evidence for claims that oxygen or ozone therapy cures cancer
Claim:
“Oxygen kills cancer”; Otto Warburg won two Nobel Prizes for proving lack of oxygen is the cause of cancer
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Robert Barefoot, Kevin Trudeau, 2022-03-02
