Incorrect
No evidence that “Dr. Sebi” could cure AIDS and other diseases using natural remedies or change in diet
Claim:
Dr. Sebi could cure a wide range of diseases using natural remedies or change in diet.
Articles tagged with
AIDS
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Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-06-10 -
InaccurateInstagram reel promotes the baseless claim that viruses don’t exist, ignoring more than a century of science about infectious diseases
Claim:
Viruses don’t exist, terrain theory explains why diseases occur
Source: Cultivate Elevate, Matt Roeske, 2024-02-11 -
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 -
InaccurateKaposi’s sarcoma is an opportunistic cancer that occurs in advanced AIDS patients; it’s not caused by poppers
Claim:
Poppers are the cause of Kaposi’s sarcoma
Source: Facebook, Robert Willner, 2023-03-31 -
AccurateA new, highly virulent HIV variant named VB variant was indeed identified in the Netherlands
Claim:
Highly infectious HIV 'VB' variant makes people ill twice as quickly
Source: Daily Mail, Emily Craig, 2022-02-03 -
UnsupportedClaims that people were being killed by zidovudine (AZT) instead of AIDS are unsubstantiated
Claim:
One time in the 80’s-90’s, people died from AZT and not the actual AIDS virus; Anthony Fauci pushed this treatment
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-08-25 -
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Claims that people were being killed by zidovudine (AZT) instead of AIDS are unsubstantiated
Zidovudine, also known as AZT, was the first FDA-approved HIV drug; it received approval after it was shown to lower AIDS mortality at least in the short term. Due to its high toxicity, fast-tracked approval, and the development of viral resistance when zidovudine is given as a monotherapy, the drug is controversial although it is still used today in combination HIV therapy. The claim that more people were killed by zidovudine than AIDS itself during the 80s and 90s comes from a speculative quote in a 1989 article by an AIDS denialist. Anthony Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), became the face of the U.S. government when it came to the AIDS epidemic, which included speaking to the media about zidovudine and its benefits. As the first FDA approved HIV drug, zidovudine was prescribed by many doctors treating HIV patients, and Fauci wasn’t the only doctor to promote zidovudine.
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IncorrectThere is currently no cure for AIDS; reports to the contrary are incorrect
Claim:
AIDS was cured in more than a dozen patients
Source: Facebook, Alfredo Bowman, 2019-04-01
