Claim reviews
Pfizer didn’t release a list of COVID-19 vaccine side effects in 2025, contrary to allegations on social media
CLAIM
“Pfizer just released a few days ago the side effects of the jab” ; this lists contains more than forty medical conditions that are side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 10 Jan 2025
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New study from Brazil doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of death in the long term
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COVID-19 vaccines had a short-term “negligible” benefit, but caused a "substantially greater risk of death”, a new study showed
SOURCE: Patrick Flynn, Facebook
Published: 08 Jan 2025
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Ingredients in bird flu vaccine Audenz are safe in the amounts present; no evidence that they’re toxic or cause cancer
CLAIM
Bird flu vaccine contains dog DNA and other ingredients that are toxic or carcinogenic
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 06 Jan 2025
VERDICT
Uterus doesn’t require “cleansing”; onion tea can’t cure gynecological conditions like fibroids, cysts, or irregular periods
CLAIM
Onion tea can “cleanse” the uterus and eliminate fibroids, cysts, and irregular periods
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram
Published: 30 Dec 2024
VERDICT
Claim that herbs and mushrooms listed in Nicole Apelian’s book “The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies” are cures for herpes and HIV is baseless
CLAIM
Several natural products like plants and mushrooms are a cure for herpes and HIV infection
SOURCE: Social media user, Facebook
Published: 28 Dec 2024
VERDICT
Facebook meme correctly states that vaccines led to eradication of polio and smallpox, not “natural herd immunity”
CLAIM
"I don't know who needs to hear this but Polio and smallpox never reached natural herd immunity, they were eradicated by vaccines"
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 26 Dec 2024
VERDICT
More evidence needed to confirm association between Alzheimer’s prevention and supplements like curcumin, green tea, or lion’s mane
CLAIM
Three supplements (curcumin, green tea, and lion’s mane) can stop Alzheimer’s disease before it starts
SOURCE: Robert W. B. Love, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 20 Dec 2024
VERDICT
Contrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
CLAIM
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
VERDICT
No, study didn’t find that seed oils fuel “explosion of colon cancers in young people”
CLAIM
“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
VERDICT
Unvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths
CLAIM
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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