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Facebook reel misinterprets patents for proposed therapies and vaccines as patents for viruses
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Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS
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Source: Facebook, Twitter, Social media users, 2024-08-01 -
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IncorrectRobert Malone’s statements on The Dana Show about vaccine safety and virus variants are inaccurate and unsupported
Claim:
Booster COVID-19 vaccine doses can “shut down the immune response”; heart damage following vaccination is “quite frequent”; “many of these [SARS-CoV-2] mutations are being driven by the evolutionary selection caused by the vaccines”
Source: The Dana Show, Robert Malone, 2021-12-09 -
UnsupportedCastor oil is only medically recognized as a laxative; other alleged medical benefits, including treating cancer, lack scientific support
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“Scar tissue, bone spurs, tumors, [castor oil is] excellent for breaking that up”
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-03-12 -
IncorrectSolar forcing is not the main cause of current global warming, contrary to claim by Alex Newman in the Epoch Times
Claim:
The Sun and not human emissions of carbon dioxide may be the main cause of warmer temperatures in recent decades. There is a systemic bias in UN IPCC's data selection.
Source: The Epoch Times, The Western Journal, Newsmax, Alex Newman, 2021-08-16 -
UnsupportedViral claim using Dr. Sebi image misleads on the effects of cortisol in the body, recommends unproven moringa supplement to lower cortisol levels
Claim:
Moringa supplements lower cortisol levels, improve overall health
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2024-10-05 -
IncorrectClaim that ingredients in flu vaccine are known neurotoxins found to be incorrect
Claim:
Each of these ingredients [thimerosal, ovalbumin, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate] is a known neurotoxin
Source: Health Nut News, Erin Elizabeth, 2016-10-08 -
MisleadingContrary to Wide Awake Media’s misleading claims, wind turbines are greener than fossil fuels by multiple measures
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A staggering quantity of CO2 emissions are required to erect a single wind turbine. A significant proportion of retired turbine blades end up in landfill sites, unable to be recycled.
Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, 2025-01-27 -
InaccurateNo, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness
Claim:
“Danish researchers [...] found protection against Omicron turned negative three months after the second dose”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2022-01-06 -
MisleadingPfizer’s confidential document shows adverse events reported following vaccination; it doesn’t demonstrate that the vaccine caused the events or is unsafe
Claim:
Safety surveillance data in the Pfizer’s document shows harmful effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Source: Instagram, YouTube, Children's Health Defense, The Liz Wheeler Show, Facebook, Social media users, John Campbell, Liz Wheeler, 2022-03-03