Claim reviews
Contrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
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Cow feed additive Bovaer is unsafe, makes milk unfit for human consumption
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter
Published: 20 Dec 2024
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No, study didn’t find that seed oils fuel “explosion of colon cancers in young people”
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“Doctors warn cooking oil used by millions may be fueling explosion of colon cancers in young people”
SOURCE: Emily Joshu, Daily Mail
Published: 19 Dec 2024
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Unvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths
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How are 'Billions of Unvaxxed people with NO Boosters [...] still alive'? Unvaccinated people should be dead.
SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook
Published: 18 Dec 2024
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Claim that 79.4% of SIDS deaths occurred on same day as vaccination misinterprets CDC study
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“79.4% of babies who die of SIDS had a vaccine the same day”
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 12 Dec 2024
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AI-generated videos promote false herbal cure for COPD, a currently incurable lung disease
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“A revolutionary pill that combines over 60 natural herbs” cures COPD within three days
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 12 Dec 2024
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COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers produced more than 11 billion doses in 2021
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It would take decades to produce enough COVID-19 to vaccinate the world population
SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok, Facebook
Published: 11 Dec 2024
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Scientific evidence shows fluoride in water and toothpaste is safe at recommended levels
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Fluoridated toothpaste can be deadly to children; fluoride causes dental fluorosis, cavities, and cancer
SOURCE: Ty Bollinger, Facebook
Published: 06 Dec 2024
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Flu shots don’t contain dogs as ingredients; cell lines of canine origin are used during the manufacturing process and eliminated from the final vaccine product
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Dogs are an ingredient in flu shots
SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook
Published: 05 Dec 2024
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Bleaching agent chlorine dioxide is toxic, isn’t cure for autism
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Chlorine dioxide cures autism
SOURCE: Jonathan Otto, Digital Social Hour
Published: 05 Dec 2024
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No evidence that John D. Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing” or had practitioners arrested and jailed
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Rockefeller suppressed “natural healing modalities” to profit from petroleum-based medicine, had natural medicine practitioners arrested and jailed
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 28 Nov 2024
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