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Are AirPods and other wireless communication devices harmful, as claimed on social media? A look at the evidence
Claim:
AirPods emit dangerous levels of radiation that harm the body
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Source: Instagram, Paul Saladino, 2024-02-25 -
Flawed reasoningFalse claim shared by President Trump that only 6% of CDC-reported deaths are from COVID-19 is based on flawed reasoning
Claim:
only 6% of all the 153,504 deaths recorded actually died from Covid, the rest had other serious illnesses
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-08-29 -
What we know about the safety of mifepristone for medical abortions and the effectiveness of progesterone for “abortion reversal”
…well as how the findings were reported, Colorado Newsline reported in August 2023. He pointed out that “the study doesn’t actually show […] that medication abortion leads to significantly high…
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UnsupportedNo evidence that John D. Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing” or had practitioners arrested and jailed
Claim:
Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing modalities” to profit from petroleum-based medicine, had natural medicine practitioners arrested and jailed
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2023-05-09 -
-1.3LowViral news article misinterprets classification of processed meat as carcinogenic in claiming it is “as harmful as cigarettes”
Scientists’ Feedback SUMMARY This article from a news website called “Truth Reporter”, which has been widely shared on social media, comments on the 2015 decision by the International Agency for…
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How health problems after COVID-19 vaccination are sometimes used to feed misinformation narratives
…event reports alone don’t demonstrate that the vaccine caused the adverse event. Therefore, despite how anti-vaccine groups have tried to portray them, these reports aren’t a reliable catalog of vaccine…
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IncorrectCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause leprosy, aren’t responsible for leprosy cases in Florida
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy
Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-01-04 -
UnsupportedEvidence so far doesn’t indicate an association between COVID-19 vaccines and autoimmune diseases
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a higher risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Source: The Megyn Kelly Show, YouTube, Megyn Kelly, 2023-09-06 -
InaccurateNo proof for the existence of a mystery element named ether
Claim:
Ether was removed from history books and the periodic table due to a conspiracy by powerful interests.
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-12-09 -
InaccurateVarious childhood vaccines have been tested in saline placebo-controlled randomized trials, contrary to claims by those opposed to vaccination
Claim:
“No childhood vaccine has ever been through a double blind placebo controlled trial.”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-24