Inaccurate
Nicotine is addictive, drives tobacco dependence; nicotine patches cannot be replaced by eggplants
Claim:
“nicotine is not addictive”; consuming eggplants could replace nicotine patches
Articles tagged with
Virus
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Source: Facebook, Instagram, Bryan Ardis, 2024-10-27 -
UnsupportedOnions don’t cure RSV; limited evidence to suggest that tryptophan improves sleep quality
Claim:
Onions can help you sleep at night and cure RSV
Source: Facebook, Esther Candace Brubaker, 2024-10-05 -
InaccurateFacebook reel misinterprets patents for proposed therapies and vaccines as patents for viruses
Claim:
Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS
Source: Twitter, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-08-01 -
IncorrectFolk remedy of placing raw onions on feet to cure illness lacks scientific evidence
Claim:
Placing raw onion on the bottom of the feet eliminates illness
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2023-12-27 -
Partially correct
Infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms; other factors may determine an individual’s susceptibility to infection, but the microorganism is still the cause
Claim:
“…a virus is not the cause of an illness. It’s a necessary cause […] but it is not the cause.”
Source: Facebook, Lisa Feldman Barrett, 2021-04-06
