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No, former WHO scientist doesn’t face death penalty for advising against using ivermectin for COVID-19
Claim:
“WHO scientist faces death penalty” in India for advising against using ivermectin to treat COVID-19
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Source: L’Observateur du Maroc et d’Afrique, The People’s Voice, Social media users, 2024-06-17 -
InaccurateNinth Circuit Court appeal regarding mRNA vaccines misinterpreted by Infowars and social media posts
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COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling
Source: Twitter, Infowars, Instagram, Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-08 -
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InaccurateFalse claims that pandemic treaty abolishes nations’ sovereignty and allows WHO to impose health policies circulate on social media
Claim:
Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents
Source: The People’s Voice, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-06 -
InaccurateSea levels have risen for over 100 years, despite misleading photos shared on social media
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Sea-level rise is not occurring or showing any impacts, based on photographic evidence.
Source: Facebook, 2024-06-06 -
Partially correctCats can transmit toxoplasmosis to humans, but no evidence links toxoplasmosis to increased “hunger hormone” ghrelin
Claim:
"Cat parasite" causes toxoplasmosis; toxoplasmosis increases ghrelin hormone levels
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Chervin Jafarieh, Social media user, 2024-06-06 -
InaccurateNHS data doesn’t support Epoch Times’ claim that myocarditis only occurs after COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
“Myocarditis and pericarditis only occur after vaccination and not after COVID-19 infection.”
Source: The Epoch Times, Marina Zhang, 2024-06-03 -
MisleadingRisk of secondary cancer from chemotherapy is low; chemo ingredients aren’t just 100% mustard gas
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Chemotherapy is 100% mustard gas, chemotherapy causes cancer
Source: Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Alexander Hickman (aka Yahki Rapha Elohim), 2024-05-28 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines lowered excess deaths during the pandemic, contrary to headline by the Daily Telegraph
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“Covid vaccines may have helped fuel rise in excess deaths”
Source: New York Post, The Telegraph, Sarah Knapton, 2024-06-04 -
IncorrectDead things transform into fossil fuels in Earth’s crust over millions of years; no evidence of deeper origins or renewable source
Claim:
Oil and gas are not "fossil fuels"; they are a renewable energy source generated in Earth's deeper interior (i.e., upper mantle)
Source: X/Twitter, Robin Monotti, 2024-05-25
