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How we know Earth is round, not flat: a review of claims and misconceptions about Earth’s shape
Claim:
Observations show that the Earth is flat.
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
IncorrectBleaching agent chlorine dioxide is toxic, isn’t cure for autism
Claim:
Chlorine dioxide cures autism
Source: Digital Social Hour, Jonathan Otto, 2024-01-05 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that John D. Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing” or had practitioners arrested and jailed
Claim:
Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing modalities” to profit from petroleum-based medicine, had natural medicine practitioners arrested and jailed
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2023-05-09 -
InaccurateMargarine and plastic are chemically unrelated substances, contrary to persistent online claim
Claim:
“Margarine is one molecule away from plastic”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-11-19 -
MisleadingFlawed analysis by Peter McCullough and others used to promote baseless claim that brain blood clots “112,000% more likely” after COVID-19 vaccine than flu vaccine
Claim:
Brain blood clots are 112,000% more likely to occur after COVID-19 vaccine than after the flu vaccine
Source: McCullough Foundation, Peter McCullough, 2024-09-06 -
IncorrectPopulation aging, not margarine or a low-cholesterol diet, is behind the rise in Alzheimer’s
Claim:
75% of the brain is myelin, which is 100% cholesterol; “Alzheimer’s never existed until 1979”; in the 1970s, animal fats in margarine were replaced with low-cholesterol vegetable oils
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-04 -
InaccurateJapanese government didn’t declare COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to be deadly
Claim:
Japan Officially Named Covid mRNA vaccines “Most Deadly Drug in History of Humankind”
Source: The People’s Voice, X/Twitter, Jim Ferguson, Baxter Dmitry, 2024-11-07 -
InaccurateACE inhibitors aren’t snake venom, no evidence they cause cancer
Claim:
ACE inhibitors are snake venom and cause turbo cancer
Source: Conversations With Adrian, Bryan Ardis, 2024-11-03 -
IncorrectRecent global warming driven by human CO2 emissions, not ‘little ice age’ or urban heat island effects
Claim:
“even IF mankind is influencing the temperature, it is insignificant compared to the natural forces”
Source: Facebook, Steve Milloy, 2024-11-10 -
InaccurateInfectious diseases like chickenpox and measles are much more likely to cause serious health problems than vaccination
Claim:
Chickenpox and measles aren’t diseases but infections; unlike diseases, infections go away, leaving behind “a lifetime of immunity”; when you vaccinate, you are potentially “causing a disease”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-25