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HIV infection is the cause of AIDS; persistent HIV/AIDS denialism relies on false information and is potentially deadly
Claim:
“HIV does not cause AIDS”
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Source: Instagram, Judy Mikovits, 2022-11-14 -
UnsupportedJustin Bieber’s facial paralysis is caused by a viral infection; no evidence that COVID-19 vaccine played a role
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Ramsay Hunt syndrome that caused Justin Bieber’s facial paralysis is linked to the COVID-19 vaccine
Source: Twitter/X, Substack, Facebook, Steve Kirsch, Social media users, 2022-06-10 -
IncorrectChoosing not to vaccinate places self and others at risk of potentially serious and preventable illnesses
Claim:
Unvaccinated children pose no threat to anyone
Source: Collective Evolution, Richard Enos, Tetyana Obukhanych, 2019-03-06 -
InaccurateMammograms don’t increase risk of dying from breast cancer; they reduce it
Claim:
Mammograms don’t prevent cancer; mammograms contribute to cancer development
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InaccurateThe main cause of death in COVID-19 patients is respiratory insufficiency arising from viral pneumonia, not clotting disorder as claimed in viral social media posts
Claim:
"Autopsies performed by the Italian pathologists [have] shown that [COVID-19] is not pneumonia but it is disseminated intravascular coagulation"
Source: Facebook, GistFlash, Facebook users, Chinonyerem Emmanuella, 2020-05-01 -
InaccuratePersistent myths that HIV was created by the West and that HIV medication causes HIV are both false
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“HIV was an invention created by the West”, people “took the HIV medication and got HIV”, you can “reverse HIV naturally”
Source: Facebook, Yahdan Yada, 2022-04-25 -
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UnsupportedFluoride level in U.S. drinking water is safe; people of all ages, including infants, can consume fluoridated water
Claim:
Babies shouldn’t drink fluoridated water; the blood-brain barrier in infants is not fully formed until six months of age
Source: Instagram, Robert W. B. Love, 2024-03-05 -
UnsupportedNo scientific evidence for claim by pathologist Ryan Cole that COVID-19 vaccines weaken the immune system
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines weaken the immune system; “Idaho doctor reports a ‘20 times increase’ of cancer in vaccinated patients”
Source: LifeSiteNews, Ryan Cole, 2021-09-13 -
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