Claim reviews
Epidemiological data refutes the claim that polio is renamed to hide the disease and the polio vaccine doesn’t work
CLAIM
Polio vaccine doesn’t work; India had no cases of non-polio paralysis until polio vaccine was introduced; polio was renamed to hide its existence
SOURCE: Jaclyn Simone, Instagram
Published: 01 Feb 2024
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Incorrect claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused a 143,233% surge in cancer results from flawed calculations that misuse adverse event reporting data
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“Official CDC data: 143,233% surge in fatal cancers among Vaxxed Americans”
SOURCE: Anonymous, The Exposé
Published: 01 Feb 2024
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False-positive HIV tests don’t imply that a person is immunodeficient, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
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“The HIV test can turn positive after COVID-19 as well as the vaccine”; “maybe a form of immunodeficiency is there”
SOURCE: Peter McCullough, Rumble, Instagram
Published: 30 Jan 2024
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Vaccines don’t cause childhood cancer, contrary to claim by Candace Owens
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Vaccines have caused an "explosion" of childhood cancer; vaccine package insert states vaccines weren’t tested for mutagenic effect
SOURCE: Candace Owens, Twitter
Published: 25 Jan 2024
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Russell Brand’s YouTube videos use flawed analyses and simplistic correlations to link COVID-19 vaccines to heart issues, cancer, excess deaths
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COVID-19 vaccines are associated with an increase in heart conditions, cancer
SOURCE: Russell Brand, YouTube
Published: 23 Jan 2024
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Folk remedy of placing raw onions on feet to cure illness lacks scientific evidence
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Placing raw onion on the bottom of the feet eliminates illness
SOURCE: Social Media Users, Facebook
Published: 20 Jan 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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Hulda Clark’s “zapper” device is based on pseudoscience; doesn’t kill parasites or cure diseases
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A “zapper” can kill parasites, bacteria, and viruses; it cures all diseases
SOURCE: Hulda Clark, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 12 Jan 2024
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COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause leprosy, aren’t responsible for leprosy cases in Florida
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COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy
SOURCE: Social media user, Instagram
Published: 11 Jan 2024
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