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Reviews of articles by: Social media users
CLAIM REVIEWS
Insufficient evidence for the claim that benzoyl peroxide in skincare products poses cancer risk
CLAIM
Benzene in benzoyl peroxide-containing skincare products poses a cancer risk
SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok
Published: 14 Mar 2024
VERDICT
Tennessee House Bill HB1894 isn’t evidence that vaccines are present in food at grocery stores; edible vaccines remain hypothetical for now
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Researchers have “already perfected the ability to put human vaccines” into certain foods “right now”; grocery vegetables might contain human vaccines
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok
Published: 01 Mar 2024
VERDICT
Various childhood vaccines have been tested in saline placebo-controlled randomized trials, contrary to claims by those opposed to vaccination
CLAIM
“No childhood vaccine has ever been through a double blind placebo controlled trial.”
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Facebook
Published: 01 Mar 2024
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The level of aluminum in childhood vaccines is safe, even for babies
CLAIM
Per FDA guidelines, babies are too small to safely handle the amount of aluminum in childhood vaccines
SOURCE: Instagram Users, Instagram
Published: 28 Feb 2024
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France passed a law targeting health-threatening psychological manipulation and influence, but didn’t criminalize criticism of mRNA vaccines
CLAIM
“France will send citizens to jail if they question mRNA vaccines”; “It’s now a crime in France to oppose the mRNA vax”
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram
Published: 23 Feb 2024
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The American Red Cross doesn’t prevent people vaccinated against COVID-19 from donating blood, contrary to rehashed viral claim
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccine recipients might not be eligible for blood donation
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 23 Feb 2024
VERDICT
Global COVID Vaccine Safety study identified already-known risks, doesn’t show that risks are greater than benefits
CLAIM
Global COVID Vaccine Safety study shows that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous, inadequately tested; getting vaccinated is more dangerous than getting COVID-19
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 23 Feb 2024
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Rat study alleged to link COVID-19 vaccines to autism cannot be generalized to humans and contains important limitations
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“COVID-19 Shots Linked to Autism in Vaccinated Rats: Study”
SOURCE: Social media users, The Epoch Times, Substack, Twitter
Published: 18 Jan 2024
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Johns Hopkins report on the 2025 SPARS pandemic isn’t evidence that an upcoming pandemic is being planned
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“they already have the pandemic planned”; “there’s an 89-page pdf about how they’ll push everything”
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram
Published: 15 Jan 2024
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Addressing false claims that Vitamin K shots have toxic levels of aluminum, Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients, and more
CLAIM
Vitamin K shots are dangerous because of toxic levels of aluminum; Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram
Published: 13 Dec 2023
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