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Social media posts wrongly claim that herbs can cure every disease including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
Claim:
“There is a cure to every d!isease”; herbs can cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
Search results for: "Emotion-focused family therapy (EFFT) lafrance"
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Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2023-11-06 -
IncorrectA cancerous tumor is a mass of cancer cells, not “toxins”; biopsies and mammograms don’t cause cancer
Claim:
A tumor is a “bubble” of toxins from the body; "cancer is basically your friend"; biopsies and mammograms cause cancer
Source: Facebook, YouTube, iHealthTube, Leonard Coldwell, 2024-07-29 -
IncorrectVaccines are highly effective against COVID-19, but unvaccinated people can still endanger vaccinated people, contrary to Tucker Carlson’s claim on Fox News
Claim:
“If you are vaccinated against COVID-19, you face no conceivable danger whatsoever from people who have not been vaccinated”; many unvaccinated people “have natural immunity and are less likely to get sick than a vaccinated person from COVID”
Source: Fox News, Tucker Carlson, 2021-09-24 -
InaccurateAntarctica recently gained some ice; that doesn’t mark the end of ice loss, global warming or sea-level rise, contrary to viral claims
Claim:
Antarctica gained ice from 2021 to 2023 so global warming is over, sea-levels aren't rising, and ice loss has reversed in Antarctica.
Source: 2025-05-04 -
IncorrectNew study from Brazil doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of death in the long term
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines had a short-term “negligible” benefit, but caused a "substantially greater risk of death”, a new study showed
Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2024-12-28 -
InaccurateCDC study finds five percent of teens hospitalized due to COVID-19 require ventilation, vaccinating against COVID-19 can help reduce the risk of severe disease in teens
Claim:
“The kids who were [in hospital for other reasons] were the ones [...] on the ventilators. Not the kids who [were in hospital for COVID-19].”
Source: Facebook, Wendy Bell, 2021-06-07 -
Did the COVID-19 virus originate from a lab or nature? Examining the evidence for different hypotheses of the novel coronavirus’ origins
…bats (or both) and later developing the ability to infect humans. Their investigation focused mainly on the so-called spike (S) protein, which is located on the surface of the enveloping…
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-2Very lowAnalysis of “Updated NASA Data: Global Warming Not Causing Any Polar Ice Retreat”
…thing you’re studying. “Total polar ice area—factoring in both sea and land ice—had receded by much less than 10 percent, but alarmists focused on the sea ice loss as ‘proof’…
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MisleadingNon-pharmaceutical interventions, such as lockdowns and wearing face masks, are effective measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, contrary to claims in viral video
Claim:
Lockdowns and face masks do not work to control the COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Young Americans for Liberty, Tom Woods, 2020-11-13 -
CorrectThe long-term survival of polar bears is threatened by loss of sea-ice due to global warming, new study confirms
Claim:
"Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction"
Source: The New York Times, Henry Fountain, 2020-07-20