Misleading
Vitamin A doesn’t cure or prevent measles; vaccine is most effective prevention
Claim:
Vitamin A can prevent measles or treat measles symptoms
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Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-02-28 -
What do we know about the safety of COVID-19 vaccine mRNA in breast milk?
…of Hanna et al. in 2023, some people implied that the study had revealed results contradicting official guidance by public health agencies that the vaccine mRNA would only remain at…
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InaccurateChildhood vaccines are an important protection against preventable diseases, not “poison” as claimed by Candace Owens
Claim:
Doctors are ‘injecting poison’ into babies every two months.
Source: Twitter, Candace Owens, 2024-02-12 -
-1.8Very lowVideo promoted by John Stossel for Earth Day relies on incorrect and misleading claims about climate change
…Projected Response to Anthropogenic Warming. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 3 – Kossin et al. (2020) Global increase in major tropical cyclone exceedance probability over the past four decades….
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IncorrectRobust scientific evidence supports that human activity drives global warming, contrary to claims in a CO2 Coalition blog post by Andy May
Claim:
"There is no evidence, other than models, that human CO2 emissions drive climate change and abundant evidence that the Sun, coupled with natural climate cycles, drives most, if not all, of recent climate changes"
Source: CO2 Coalition, Andy May, 2022-03-03 -
An unfair (algorithmic?) advantage: a popularity premium for low-credibility accounts on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram before the 2024 European Parliament elections
…Disagreements between platforms’ and our estimates of accounts credibility This study rests on the credibility assessment of the social media accounts. We took an “abundance of caution” approach by: Leveraging…
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UnsupportedNo evidence for sudden bird deaths from lithium evaporation ponds, contrary to claims in viral meme
Claim:
Lithium leach fields are neurotoxic and kill birds within minutes of landing in them; leach ponds contents are what go into electric car batteries.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2024-08-14 -
UnsupportedUterus doesn’t require “cleansing”; onion tea can’t cure gynecological conditions like fibroids, cysts, or irregular periods
Claim:
Onion tea can “cleanse” the uterus and eliminate fibroids, cysts, and irregular periods
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-12-15 -
Cattle have numerous impacts on Earth’s climate and natural environments, despite misconceptions
…in Brazil, for example, are created through deforestation. Cattle production can also drive land degradation, soil acidification, and overabundance of nutrients that disrupt the balance of aquatic ecosystems. Planet-warming greenhouse…
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InaccuratePregnant women can decide whether to receive the COVID-19 vaccine; safety monitoring suggests that COVID-19 vaccines don’t pose any specific risk for pregnant women
Claim:
“Health officials push pregnant women to get covid shots, despite known risks”
Source: Children's Health Defense, Anonymous, 2021-02-23