Inaccurate
Cancer and heart disease remain the two leading causes of death in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic
Claim:
“No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started”
Search results for: "Emotion-focused family therapy (EFFT) lafrance"
-
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-08-14 -
Inaccurate1996 paper is about human evolution, not potential for genius
Claim:
“Black Africans possess more DNA series than any other group on earth”; The more DNA series you have, the greater your potential for genius”; “they copyrighted that study, to hide that truth”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-09-10 -
InaccurateStudy led by UCSF researchers didn’t study vaccinated people’s susceptibility to variants; it found vaccine breakthrough cases to be a minority of infections
Claim:
“The California study finds that vaccinated individuals are more susceptible to COVID variant infections than unvaccinated”
Source: The Conservative Treehouse, Anonymous, 2021-10-03 -
UnsupportedThere is no evidence of U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in Ukraine; claims to the contrary misrepresent the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
Claim:
There are U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in countries surrounding Russia; “Pentagon Funded Bio-Weapons Labs in the Ukraine”
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Social media users, 2022-03-05 -
Following the misinformation URL trail to identify key spreaders: A case study on Twitter
…contain inaccurate or misleading information. Given that we’re studying misinformation, we only focused on the latter ones. Using this list of URLs as input, we set out to see how…
-
UnsupportedNo scientific evidence supports the claim that consuming apple cider vinegar is a rapid and effective long-term weight control approach
Claim:
Apple cider vinegar and thermogenic supplements are effective for rapid weight loss
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-05-01 -
Germany-based network of websites and Facebook accounts amplify clickbait content to monetize web traffic via Google AdSense and e-commerce
…These two websites focused on the theme of conspiracy theories, such as the baseless claim that Ukraine has secret U.S. biological labs (see articles here and here). derwaechter.com was identified…
-
UnsupportedThe COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective; claim that they have caused an “international medical crisis” is baseless
Claim:
“there is an international medical crisis due to the diseases and deaths co-related to the administration of products known as ‘COVID-19 vaccines’”
Source: One America News Network, Daily Sceptic, Social media users, 2022-09-10 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines provide important benefits; SSRN preprint didn’t find COVID-19 vaccines to be “98 times worse” than the virus
Claim:
“Covid-19 Vaccines 98 Times Worse Than the Virus”
Source: The Florida Standard, Gateway Pundit, Jonas Vesterberg, Jim Hoft, 2022-09-12 -
UnsupportedAnalysis by Florida Department of Health about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contains multiple methodological problems
Claim:
Florida study found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related death, especially in men
Source: Twitter/X, Fox News, Joseph Ladapo, 2022-10-07