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Water fluoridation hasn’t been associated with cognitive or other health problems so far, contrary to widespread claims
Claim:
“Harvard Study Confirms: Fluoride Reduces Children’s IQ”
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Source: Herbs Health and Happiness, Anonymous, Social media users, 2022-09-21 -
Computing Forever interview with Dolores Cahill contains numerous inaccuracies about COVID-19 and vaccines
…received more than 500,000 views. While the original video has since been removed from YouTube for violating the platform’s policies on misinformation according to a report by Business Insider, copies…
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InaccurateVaccination recruits both the innate and adaptive immune system; COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children
Claim:
“clearly [COVID-19] vaccines are dangerous for kids”, they cause myocarditis; children are protected from COVID-19 by innate immunity which is bypassed by vaccination
Source: Instagram, Joseph Mercola, Michelle Perro, 2023-03-13 -
InaccurateFacebook reel propagates vaccine and statin misinformation from health book author Raymond Francis
Claim:
Vaccines cause autism, ADHD, and cancer; statins “provide no benefit”, cause cancer and memory loss
Source: Facebook, Silicon Valley Health Institute, Raymond Francis, 2015-07-16 -
InaccurateOnline posts encouraging the use of Vicks VapoRub inside the vagina are unsubstantiated and dangerous
Claim:
Applying Vicks VapoRub to the vagina “stops bladder leaks”, removes parasites
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-09 -
InaccurateJournalist Alex Berenson misrepresents German study on COVID-19 mRNA vaccination
Claim:
“mRNA Covid jabs change genetic structures in ways linked to cancer and autoimmune disorders”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, Michael Nevradakis, 2025-03-31 -
UnsupportedMel Gibson makes baseless claim on Joe Rogan’s podcast that dewormers ivermectin and fenbendazole are effective cancer cures
Claim:
Ivermectin, fenbendazole have been used to cure stage four cancer
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan, Mel Gibson, 2025-01-09 -
UnsupportedNo current evidence to support social media fad of “blood type diet”
Claim:
Eating specific foods based on your blood type can optimize your health
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-07-07 -
IncorrectPragerU post by Happer uses flawed reasoning to claim that climate models always fail
Claim:
"climate models that attempt to predict the future temperature of the planet...don’t work. They haven’t worked in the past. They don’t work now."; "the number of factors that influence climate—the sun, the earth’s orbital properties, oceans, clouds, and, yes, industrial man—is huge and enormously variable"; "CO2 is a minor contributor to the warming of the earth"
Source: PragerU, William Happer, 2021-01-24 -
UnsupportedNeither medical treatments nor errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Claim:
“The third leading cause of death is MD-directed treatments”
Source: TikTok, Peter Glidden, 2022-09-18