Misleading
Claim that not all smokers develop lung discoloration ignores severe health risks linked to smoking
Claim:
The black lung lie: It’s the widespread belief that smokers’ lungs turn black.
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Source: cfrankdavis.wordpress.com, Frank Davis, 2012-08-06 -
MisleadingRobert Malone makes several misleading and unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 vaccines in Judicial Watch interview
Claim:
“Leaky vaccines” are causing SARS-CoV-2 to evolve rapidly; COVID-19 vaccines don’t prevent disease and death; childhood vaccine safety is doubtful
Source: Judicial Watch, Robert Malone, 2023-09-07 -
IncorrectScientific evidence shows fluoride in water and toothpaste is safe at recommended levels
Claim:
Fluoridated toothpaste can be deadly to children; fluoride causes dental fluorosis, cavities, and cancer
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IncorrectClaim that flu is “natural healing process” overlooks flu-related hospitalizations and deaths
Claim:
Flu is the body “healing itself”, the flu vaccine removes that “natural healing process”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-09-08 -
Flawed reasoningFalse-positive HIV tests don’t imply that a person is immunodeficient, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
Claim:
“The HIV test can turn positive after COVID-19 as well as the vaccine”; “maybe a form of immunodeficiency is there”
Source: Rumble, Instagram, Peter McCullough, 2024-01-19 -
Lacks contextFlu vaccine reduces risk of flu-related illness and hospitalization, even though it hasn’t eradicated flu
Claim:
“We’ve had the flu vaccine for 78 years. We still have the flu.”
Source: Threads, Social media user, 2025-02-08 -
MisleadingAmid measles outbreak in Texas, RFK Jr. misleads on measles vaccine safety in Fox News interview
Claim:
Measles vaccine causes deaths every year and the same illnesses caused by measles
Source: Fox News, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2025-03-11 -
Lacks contextStudy on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies levels following infection don’t prove that recovered patients are protected from reinfection
Claim:
A study from Johns Hopkins on natural immunity to COVID-19 demonstrates that infection provides better protection than vaccination, challenging official vaccine recommendations for previously infected people
Source: Family Research Council, Joshua Arnold, 2022-02-03 -
UnsupportedNo evidence for chiropractor Bryan Ardis’ claim that nicotine cures Parkinson’s and other diseases
Claim:
Nicotine cures Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, ulcerative colitis, and multiple sclerosis; nicotine is a treatment for autism
Source: Human Garage, TikTok, Bryan Ardis, 2025-03-10 -
MisleadingViral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD
Claim:
Sugar causes ADHD in babies, dementia and Alzheimer's in adults, cancer
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2023-09-15