Claim reviews
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT