Misleading
Aluminum-based adjuvants in vaccines are safe, contrary to claims based on mouse study
Claim:
'Mice study that showed aluminium in vaccines causes cognitive deficits & possible cause of Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s disease'
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Facebook user
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Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2025-01-31 -
Misleading
Unvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths
Claim:
How are "Billions of Unvaxxed people with NO Boosters [...] still alive"? Unvaccinated people should be dead.
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-12-08 -
Misleading
Claim that there are “no deaths from cannabis use anywhere” is misleading
Claim:
“There are no deaths from cannabis use anywhere”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-10-26 -
Incorrect
Claim that flu is “natural healing process” overlooks flu-related hospitalizations and deaths
Claim:
Flu is the body “healing itself”, the flu vaccine removes that “natural healing process”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-09-08 -
Misleading
Only certified medical devices should be used to measure blood pressure, not unvalidated apps promoted on social media
Claim:
Blood pressure tracking apps can replace a cuff
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-04-08 -
Inaccurate
Herpes is a sexually transmitted infection; no strong evidence that herbs cure herpes
Claim:
Herpes is not a sexually transmitted disease; a commercially available plant product can cure herpes
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-04-12 -
Unsupported
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
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-03-12 -
Misleading
Methodologically flawed cholesterol study from 2016 used to support false claims that high cholesterol increases longevity
Claim:
“A new study found that 92 percent of people with a high cholesterol level lived longer”
Source: Facebook, Natural Solutions Magazine, Facebook user, 2023-03-11 -
Inaccurate
“Vitamin B17” is neither a vitamin nor a cancer treatment and can cause cyanide poisoning
Claim:
Vitamin B17 “was banned by the US because of its cancer-killing properties”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-03-01 -
Incorrect
Excess mucus is a common symptom rather than cause of disease; soursop is not a cancer treatment
Claim:
“Mucus is the cause of all diseases”; “Soursop [is] 10,000 times more effective than chemotherapy for cancer”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2021-08-18
