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Insufficient evidence for the claim that benzoyl peroxide in skincare products poses cancer risk
Claim:
Benzene in benzoyl peroxide-containing skincare products poses a cancer risk
Search results for: "The Guardian science reporting evaluation"
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Source: TikTok, Social media users, 2024-03-07 -
Lacks contextTweet by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene misinterpreted; no evidence that XBB.1.5 preferentially infects vaccinated people
Claim:
“Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect those who are vaccinated, officials say”
Source: Fox News, Julia Musto, 2023-01-14 -
MisleadingPregnancy tests don’t provide a conclusive diagnosis for testicular cancer; not all testicular cancers produce the hormone detected by pregnancy tests
Claim:
For men, a positive pregnancy test equals testicular cancer
Source: Facebook, The Adley Show, 2021-09-15 -
InaccurateIn the U.S. new COVID-19 cases are concentrated in areas with low vaccination rates
Claim:
The non-vaccinated don’t get tested, so the increase in COVID-19 cases is made up or due to the vaccinated
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-07-19 -
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InaccuratePfizer CEO’s wife didn’t die from vaccine complications; Myriam Bourla is alive and well
Claim:
“Wife of Pfizer’s CEO dies after complications from the vaccine”
Source: Conservative Beaver, Anonymous, 2021-11-10 -
UnsupportedThere is no evidence that dietary supplements containing zinc and a zinc ionophore, such as the one promoted by Vladimir Zelenko, are effective against COVID-19
Claim:
Zinc supplements can protect against COVID-19; Zinc “kills the virus” and zinc ionophores are a “a zinc delivery system” that “allows zinc to go from outside the cell to inside the cell”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Vladimir Zelenko, 2021-01-06 -
Lacks contextA safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for children would protect children and at-risk people by reducing the virus’ spread
Claim:
Survival is over 99.9% so 'why are they insisting that children get this experimental treatment?'; 'mRNA vaccines are not vaccines but an mRNA treatment'
Source: Wendy Bell Radio, Wendy Bell, 2021-05-04 -
InaccurateClaim that the antiviral drug remdesivir is killing people is baseless
Claim:
“Remdesivir is proven to kill lives”
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Bryan Ardis, 2021-03-22 -
InaccurateInfants’ immune systems are perfectly able to safely cope with several vaccines in one day
Claim:
A “baby’s immune system” cannot “safely handle 8 different antigens ???? (toxins, bacteria, DNA) in 1 day”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-03-23