Modified RNA in COVID-19 vaccines isn’t linked to cancer development

CLAIM
A review “has found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development”

SOURCE: Social media users, America's Frontline Doctors

Published: 29 Apr 2024

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Eating excess salt increases the risk of high blood pressure, contrary to wellness coach’s claims

CLAIM
“Salt does not raise blood pressure”

SOURCE: Sean Christopher, Facebook

Published: 26 Apr 2024

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Current scientific evidence doesn’t demonstrate that coconut oil prevents or treats Alzheimer’s

CLAIM
“Coconut oil in your diet is a remedy for Alzheimer’s”

SOURCE: John Gray, Social media users, Facebook

Published: 25 Apr 2024

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No evidence budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin combination is “silver bullet” for COVID-19, contrary to Texas doctor’s claim

CLAIM
Richard Bartlett found ‘“Silver Bullet” Covid Protocol’ but was silenced

SOURCE: Richard Bartlett, Big Honker Podcast

Published: 25 Apr 2024

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Current evidence shows COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase risk of sudden cardiac death

CLAIM
“COVID-19 vaccinations affect your risk” of sudden cardiac death

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram

Published: 22 Apr 2024

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Video of person smoking in a pile of body bags isn’t a staging of COVID-19 victims but part of a Russian music video

CLAIM
A video showed people “preparing body bags for the evening news clip during the pandemic”

SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook

Published: 17 Apr 2024

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Virologist Geert Vanden Bossche makes unsupported prediction that mass COVID-19 vaccination will cause an immune “collapse”

CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines will cause a “massive tsunami” of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths due to immune escape; Immune “dysregulation” in vaccinated people is turning COVID-19 into “a more chronic disease that we call long COVID”

SOURCE: KunstlerCast, Kunstlercast

Published: 15 Apr 2024

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Country-to-country comparison doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, contrary to Facebook post by journalist Sharyl Attkisson

CLAIM
“As more people got vaccinated for Covid, more people got Covid.”

SOURCE: Sharyl Attkisson, Facebook

Published: 15 Apr 2024

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Mamavation report doesn’t provide sufficient evidence for the claim that Band-Aids contain “cancer-causing forever chemicals”

CLAIM
Cancer-causing forever chemicals found in Band Aids

SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok

Published: 12 Apr 2024

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It’s safe to use aluminum foil when cooking food; no evidence to date showing it causes Alzheimer’s or cancer

CLAIM
Cooking with aluminum foil can cause Alzheimer’s, cancer

SOURCE: Social media user, Facebook

Published: 05 Apr 2024

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