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Mucus doesn’t cause arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions; cold weather doesn’t “detox” the body of excess mucus
Claim:
Excessive mucus causes bronchitis, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, and glaucoma
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-03-10 -
InaccurateMasks are effective at reducing COVID-19 primary transmission through respiratory droplets; the CDC acknowledges airborne transmission via aerosols can also occur
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“CDC says [the SARS-CoV-2] virus was never airborne, rendering masks worthless”
Source: Banned.video, Owen Shroyer, 2020-09-22 -
IncorrectCancer is caused by mutations, not the body’s acidity; eating alkaline foods can’t alter the body’s pH to prevent or treat cancer
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Cancer occurs when “your body is full of acidity”; alkalizing your body prevents cancer
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-07-23 -
UnsupportedJohns Hopkins report on the 2025 SPARS pandemic isn’t evidence that an upcoming pandemic is being planned
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“they already have the pandemic planned”; “there’s an 89-page pdf about how they’ll push everything”
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-01-12 -
Natural gas may be cleaner than coal, but it isn’t cleaner than nuclear or renewable energy
…to some 40,000 premature deaths each year; another study in the same year blamed NO2 for 19,000 premature deaths in the U.S. annually[11], as we’ve covered in a prior article….
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2Very highAnalysis of "Amid higher global temperatures, sea ice at record lows at poles"
…“skeptics”). The sea ice gain since 2000 has been attributed to natural, decadal variability in the tropical Pacific*. Land ice gain is a false claim, and mostly refers to slight…
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IncorrectClaim that flu is “natural healing process” overlooks flu-related hospitalizations and deaths
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Flu is the body “healing itself”, the flu vaccine removes that “natural healing process”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-09-08 -
MisleadingConsuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
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Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin
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COVID-19 vaccines contain metals or microchips that cause magnets to attach to the arm of vaccinated people
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Instagram users, Facebook users, 2021-05-10 -
ImpreciseClaim that CO2 is cooling the planet is misleading, anthropogenic CO2 emissions overall cause global warming
Claim:
Global warming slowing down? 'Ironic' study finds more CO<sub>2</sub> has slightly cooled the planet
Source: Express, Sebastian Kettley, 2020-02-18