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Parkinson’s has no cure; nicotine patches haven’t been proven an effective treatment
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Nicotine patches can cure Parkinson’s disease
Search results for: "miscarriage risk calculator"
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Source: Flyover Conservatives, Bryan Ardis, 2024-04-14 -
MisleadingMarty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation
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The U.S. government spread misinformation that vaccinated immunity was far greater than natural immunity, that masks were effective, that myocarditis was more common after the infection than the vaccine
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Marty Makary, 2023-10-16 -
IncorrectViral copypasta posts mislead about cancer causes and testing, promote unproven cancer remedies such as ivermectin, fenbendazole, alkaline water, and vitamin B17
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A list of alternative cancer treatments can be “successfully used to treat certain cancers”
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Partially correctA proportion of COVID-19 survivors are likely to suffer from long-term health problems, but the actual risks are still unknown
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“For every one person who dies: 19 more require hospitalization; 18 of those will have permanent heart damage for the rest of their lives”
Source: Quora, Franklin Veaux, 2020-07-13 -
InaccurateJapanese government didn’t declare COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to be deadly
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Japan Officially Named Covid mRNA vaccines “Most Deadly Drug in History of Humankind”
Source: The People’s Voice, X/Twitter, Baxter Dmitry, Jim Ferguson, 2024-11-07 -
-1LowArticle by Michael Shellenberger mixes accurate and inaccurate claims in support of a misleading and overly simplistic argumentation about climate change
…change. These claims also contradict scientific studies showing that anthropogenic climate change has increased fire risk in the western U.S. and Canada[17-19]. The reviewers who analyzed this article rated its…
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UnsupportedClaim that the COVID-19 vaccine is riskier than the disease for children is based on an economist’s incorrect calculation of the metric “number needed to vaccinate”
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“more children will die from the vaccine than will die from COVID in the first place and there’s proof”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Substack, Toby Rogers, 2021-11-01 -
UnsupportedCOVID-19 mRNA vaccines saved lives by reducing risks of infection and severe COVID-19
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“the mRNA jab didn’t actually save any lives”
Source: Clash Daily, Wes Walker, 2023-05-15