Claim reviews
Endocannabinoids in human breast milk are important for human development, but not present in cannabis
CLAIM
human breast milk naturally contains the same cannabinoids found in the Cannabis plant
SOURCE: Anonymous, CBDLife
Published: 15 Nov 2019
VERDICT
Vitamin D has not been shown to be more effective than the flu vaccine at preventing flu
CLAIM
Vitamin D is more effective than [the] flu vaccine
SOURCE: Joseph Mercola, Health Impact News
Published: 08 Nov 2019
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In spite of evidence to the contrary, Rizza Islam claims that the MMR vaccine is used for depopulation
CLAIM
The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa
SOURCE: Rizza Islam, Sway’s Universe
Published: 31 Oct 2019
VERDICT
Vaccines do not cause autism, diabetes or cancer, contrary to Shiv Chopra’s claim
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All these diseases [...] use [sic] to be rare. Autism use [sic] to be 1 in 10,000. Now it’s 1 in 50. Now, where is it all coming from? Vaccines are doing it.
SOURCE: Shiv Chopra, Natural Nana
Published: 30 Oct 2019
VERDICT
Human error in vaccine preparation led to the deaths of two children in Samoa after MMR shot – MMR vaccine itself is safe and effective
CLAIM
Samoa withdraws vaccine protecting against measles, mumps and rubella after two babies die within minutes of receiving the routine shot
SOURCE: Lauren Ferri, Daily Mail
Published: 24 Oct 2019
VERDICT
ADHD prevalence in France is similar to that of other developed countries like the US, cultural differences notwithstanding
CLAIM
These two very different cultures have different ADHD levels in children, in America the rate is 19 percent, and in France, it’s .5% – a half of a percent
SOURCE: Anonymous, Marilyn Wedge, World's Finest New Recipes, Psychology Today
Published: 21 Oct 2019
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresents WHO causality assessment for adverse events following vaccination, wrongly claims it enables cover-up of vaccine deaths
CLAIM
[It] is nearly impossible to categorize post-vaccine deaths as vaccine-related
SOURCE: Baxter Dmitry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Children's Health Defense, NewsPunch
Published: 15 Oct 2019
VERDICT
Study did not report that cannabis smoking leads to “complete remission” of Crohn’s disease, contrary to widely-circulated claim
CLAIM
smoking marijuana causes ‘complete remission’ of Crohn’s disease
SOURCE: Anonymous, UK Health Expert, BloomsMag
Published: 10 Oct 2019
VERDICT
Claim that ginger is more effective than chemotherapy for cancer treatment is unsupported
CLAIM
ginger is 10,000x more effective at killing cancer than chemo
SOURCE: Anonymous, Feature Remedies, Health Holistic Living
Published: 30 Sep 2019
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Claim that fasting regenerates the human immune system is unsupported, only based on study in mice
CLAIM
the act of fasting for as little as three days can regenerate the entire immune system
SOURCE: Anonymous, Daily Health Post
Published: 27 Sep 2019
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