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No research shows that dandelion can kill cancer cells or treat cancer in humans
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Dandelion is able to “kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours”
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2024-05-06 -
MisleadingTennessee House Bill HB1894 isn’t evidence that vaccines are present in food at grocery stores; edible vaccines remain hypothetical for now
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Researchers have “already perfected the ability to put human vaccines” into certain foods “right now”; grocery vegetables might contain human vaccines
Source: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Social media users, 2024-02-21 -
UnsupportedNaturopath promotes scientifically unsubstantiated claim that cayenne pepper is “the most powerful blood thinner”
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Cayenne pepper is “the most powerful blood thinner”
Source: TikTok, Barbara O'Neill, 2023-08-27 -
MisleadingThe FDA continues to recommend against ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19, despite claims to the contrary
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“The FDA is now saying that it is OK to prescribe ivermectin [for COVID-19]”
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2023-08-15 -
InaccurateTire fires in Kuwait have a much smaller climate influence than methane emissions from cows, contrary to claims
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Cow farts [methane emissions from cattle] are blamed for climate change, but there are bigger issues like people burning millions of tires in the deserts of Kuwait.
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-11-23 -
UnsupportedLittle clinical evidence supports the use of high-dose intravenous vitamin C to treat cancer
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Intravenous vitamin C specifically kills only cancer cells and not healthy cells
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-08-21 -
Anti-vaccine claims about the Alexis Lorenze case mislead on vaccine risks
…to evaluate the scientific credibility of the claim that Lorenze’s experience demonstrates that vaccines are dangerous. Drawing on Lorenze’s own retelling of events, which she posted on her TikTok account,…
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UnsupportedClaim that herbs and mushrooms listed in Nicole Apelian’s book “The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies” are cures for herpes and HIV is baseless
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Several natural products like plants and mushrooms are a cure for herpes and HIV infection
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2024-12-17 -
UnsupportedNeither medical treatments nor errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
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“The third leading cause of death is MD-directed treatments”
Source: TikTok, Peter Glidden, 2022-09-18 -
InaccurateFauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
Claim:
Fauci’s emails prove he knew that masks don’t work against the spread of COVID-19, that hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19, and that the virus is likely engineered, and he lied about these things to the public
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Social media users, 2021-06-01