Claim reviews
The flu shot is safe and does not cause cancer, contrary to popular claim by chiropractor
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The flu shot is made with cancer-causing ingredients
SOURCE: John Bergman, Anonymous Notables
Published: 10 Dec 2019
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Mike Adams falsely claims cancer genes and “entire genetic code” are found in vaccines, based on unverified report
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Vaccines [have been] found laced with entire genetic code for abnormal human loaded with cancer genes
SOURCE: Mike Adams, Natural News, Corvelva
Published: 02 Dec 2019
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Studies worldwide demonstrate HPV vaccine safety and no association with serious autoimmune and neurological diseases or problems during pregnancy
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the autoimmune diseases and menstrual cycle problems and fertility problems [...] and all of the other things that we’ve now seen are associated with the [HPV] vaccine
SOURCE: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Children's Health Defense
Published: 25 Nov 2019
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Bone spurs occasionally form at the base of human skulls, but their growth has not been linked to the use of handheld devices
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‘Horns’ are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.
SOURCE: Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post
Published: 19 Nov 2019
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Endocannabinoids in human breast milk are important for human development, but not present in cannabis
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human breast milk naturally contains the same cannabinoids found in the Cannabis plant
SOURCE: Anonymous, CBDLife
Published: 15 Nov 2019
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Vitamin D has not been shown to be more effective than the flu vaccine at preventing flu
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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
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The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa
SOURCE: Rizza Islam, Sway’s Universe
Published: 31 Oct 2019
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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
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Human error in vaccine preparation led to the deaths of two children in Samoa after MMR shot – MMR vaccine itself is safe and effective
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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
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ADHD prevalence in France is similar to that of other developed countries like the US, cultural differences notwithstanding
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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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