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Castor 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”
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-03-12 -
UnsupportedNo clinical evidence supports using cannabis to treat cancer or other conditions, although specific chemicals found in cannabis can be medically useful
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Cannabis can treat cancer, PTSD, seizures, anxiety, glaucoma, and depression
Source: Facebook, Drug Possession Laws, 2022-09-04 -
Authorities undertaking climate action targeted by viral “Climate lockdowns” narrative on social media
…officials. Thousands also marched in the streets to protest, with placards repeating online claims. Fact-checkers addressed “climate lockdowns” claims in Europe Thousands of social media posts claiming that Oxford was…
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IncorrectClaim that fungi are the sole cause of cancer misinterprets data, makes baseless assumptions
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Fungi are the cause of cancer
Source: Know The Cause, Doug Kaufmann, 2024-04-30 -
Partially correctSome evidence suggests that vitamin C and D supplementation might prevent or treat respiratory infections, but their effectiveness is still being tested with COVID-19
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Vitamins C and D are now finally being adopted in the conventional treatment of SARS-CoV-2; Vitamin C at extremely high doses acts as an antiviral drug, actually killing viruses; vitamin D helps the body fight SARS-CoV-2 infection and can cut infection risk.
Source: Mercola, Joseph Mercola, 2020-04-02 -
UnsupportedClaims that flu cases are used to inflate COVID-19 case counts are misleading, based on inaccurate numbers
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“Flu cases down by 95%” between 2019 and 2020 for the weeks 40 to 41; flu is being diagnosed as COVID-19, leading to fewer flu cases being recorded
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-10-18 -
-2Very lowVideo interview of Ian Plimer at Sky News falsely claims that a new study announces an incoming ice age, partly based on an incorrect Daily Mail headline
…information, and presented in a way to make the correct scientific information seem like a farce. For example, the direct link between human emissions of carbon dioxide and global warming…
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IncorrectNo device can plug into your car’s fusebox to improve engine efficiency and turn it into a hybrid
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Plugging this device into a car’s fuse box can reduce fuel consumption by at least 35% and up to 75% by converting the car into a hybrid.
Source: Christianity Today, Anonymous, 2021-04-15 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 RNA vaccines are safe, cannot modify human DNA; death rate in vaccinated people isn’t higher than in unvaccinated people
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“The protein then can bind to your DNA and irreversibly change it”; “[It] has several different type of lipids on it that have never been injected into human beings before”; “We could be looking at right now as many as 12,000 deaths”
Source: Daystar, Sherri Tenpenny, 2021-03-11 -
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