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
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Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-04-12 -
UnsupportedNo 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: Facebook, TikTok, Facebook user, 2023-03-12 -
MisleadingMethodologically 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
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Vitamin B17 “was banned by the US because of its cancer-killing properties”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-03-01 -
IncorrectExcess mucus is a common symptom rather than cause of disease; soursop is not a cancer treatment
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“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 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause more severe disease; antibody-dependent enhancement has not been observed in clinical trials
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COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-11-21 -
InaccurateMortality in the U.S. was more than 280,000 higher during the first eight months of 2020 than any of the previous five years over the same period
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“U.S. mortalities this year are not materially different from the previous 5 years”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-10-06 -
IncorrectCOVID-19 vaccines do not modify the human genome and do not involve hydrogels; hydrogels are not internet-connecting devices
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Hydrogels are part of the genome-modifying COVID-19 mRNA vaccines' delivery system; hydrogels will connect you to the internet
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-09-16 -
InaccurateNo vaccine contains strains of both the flu and the virus that causes COVID-19; COVID-19 is not the flu
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The U.S. CDC encourages the use of a “[COVID-19] flu shot” on children.
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-09-15 -
Lacks contextA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 would be useful even if the survival rate from COVID-19 is high
Claim:
With the survival rate of COVID-19 close to 100% without a vaccine, what exactly will the purpose of the new vaccine be?
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-08-21