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New study from Brazil doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of death in the long term
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COVID-19 vaccines had a short-term “negligible” benefit, but caused a "substantially greater risk of death”, a new study showed
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Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2024-12-28 -
UnsupportedIngredients in bird flu vaccine Audenz are safe in the amounts present; no evidence that they’re toxic or cause cancer
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Bird flu vaccine contains dog DNA and other ingredients that are toxic or carcinogenic
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-01-01 -
InaccurateTire fires in Kuwait have a much smaller climate influence than methane emissions from cows, contrary to claims
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Cow farts [methane emissions from cattle] are blamed for climate change, but there are bigger issues like people burning millions of tires in the deserts of Kuwait.
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-11-23 -
UnsupportedUterus doesn’t require “cleansing”; onion tea can’t cure gynecological conditions like fibroids, cysts, or irregular periods
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Onion tea can “cleanse” the uterus and eliminate fibroids, cysts, and irregular periods
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-12-15 -
UnsupportedClaim that herbs and mushrooms listed in Nicole Apelian’s book “The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies” are cures for herpes and HIV is baseless
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Several natural products like plants and mushrooms are a cure for herpes and HIV infection
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2024-12-17 -
CorrectFacebook meme correctly states that vaccines led to eradication of polio and smallpox, not “natural herd immunity”
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"I don't know who needs to hear this but Polio and smallpox never reached natural herd immunity, they were eradicated by vaccines"
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2024-12-10 -
UnsupportedMore evidence needed to confirm association between Alzheimer’s prevention and supplements like curcumin, green tea, or lion’s mane
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Three supplements (curcumin, green tea, and lion’s mane) can stop Alzheimer’s disease before it starts
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Robert W. B. Love, 2023-12-29 -
InaccurateNo, marine emissions study didn’t find that climate change is ‘greatly overestimated’, contrary to recent claims
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New study shows that climate change is greatly overestimated because oceans are cooling Earth far more than we thought
Source: Studyfinds.org, Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, 2024-12-10 -
InaccurateContrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
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Cow feed additive Bovaer is unsafe, makes milk unfit for human consumption
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
UnsupportedNo, study didn’t find that seed oils fuel “explosion of colon cancers in young people”
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“Doctors warn cooking oil used by millions may be fueling explosion of colon cancers in young people”
Source: Daily Mail, Emily Joshu, 2024-12-10
