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Did the CIA conclude that SARS-CoV-2 came from a Chinese lab? Beware of misleading headlines in the Daily Mail and elsewhere
Claim:
“CIA now says Covid DID come from Chinese lab”
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Source: Daily Mail, Joe Hutchison, 2025-01-25 -
Mostly correctGrapefruit can cause negative effects when mixed with certain antidepressants, such as sertraline (Zoloft)
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Eating grapefruit while using antidepressants can cause overdose, other complications
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2025-01-13 -
InaccurateModerna booster vaccine trials didn’t cause “mass heart attacks” in children, contrary to online claims
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“Moderna Covered Up ‘Mass Heart Attacks of Toddlers’ in COVID Jab Trials”
Source: The People’s Voice, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2025-01-08 -
InaccurateNature Biotechnology study misrepresented in social media posts claiming “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
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Nature study shows “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
Source: Facebook, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2025-01-15 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines not shown to have “negative efficacy”, contrary to claim by Nicolas Hulscher
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New research from Japan shows COVID-19 vaccines have “negative efficacy”
Source: Substack, Nicolas Hulscher, 2025-01-06 -
MisleadingExperimental study using mosquitoes to vaccinate against malaria wasn’t funded by Bill Gates
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“Researchers Funded by Bill Gates Turn Mosquitoes into ‘Flying Syringes’ to Deliver Vaccines”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-01-02 -
Wildfires in LA influenced by Santa Ana winds and dry vegetation; climate change a likely factor, contrary to viral misinformation
Wildfires occur when several unfortunate conditions align; they cannot be blamed on one factor alone, contrary to recent misinformation. Climate change increases the risk and severity of wildfires by worsening the conditions that lead and sustain them (e.g., arid/dry conditions).
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UnsupportedMel Gibson makes baseless claim on Joe Rogan’s podcast that dewormers ivermectin and fenbendazole are effective cancer cures
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Ivermectin, fenbendazole have been used to cure stage four cancer
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Mel Gibson, Joe Rogan, 2025-01-09 -
MisleadingEarth was hotter in the past, but that doesn’t make humans safer from modern climate change
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It is not too hot now. Temperatures and CO2 are lower now than they have been throughout nearly the entire history of the Earth.
Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, Patrick Moore, 2025-01-07 -
InaccurateThe human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been circulating for decades and isn’t a side effect of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Claim:
“Pfizer has disclosed that Human Metapneumovirus is one of the potential side effects of their mRNA vaccine”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-01-06