Claim reviews
Altered video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promotes unproven use of apple cider vinegar as diabetes cure
CLAIM
Apple cider vinegar is a cure for diabetes; it’s an effective substitute to metformin therapy and dietary changes
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 18 Feb 2025
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Flu vaccine reduces risk of flu-related illness and hospitalization, even though it hasn’t eradicated flu
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“We’ve had the flu vaccine for 78 years. We still have the flu.”
SOURCE: Social media users, Threads
Published: 14 Feb 2025
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Infants younger than 6 months had the second highest COVID-associated hospitalization rate for most of the pandemic
CLAIM
“Babies under 6 months have the second highest hospitalization rate after the elderly”
SOURCE: Social media user, Facebook
Published: 11 Feb 2025
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Viral copypasta posts mislead about cancer causes and testing, promote unproven cancer remedies such as ivermectin, fenbendazole, alkaline water, vitamin B17
CLAIM
A list of alternative cancer treatments can be “successfully used to treat certain cancers”
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 06 Feb 2025
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Japanese study misrepresented in posts claiming “heart failure surges among Covid-vaccinated”
CLAIM
“Japan sounds alarm as heart failure surges among Covid-vaccinated”
SOURCE: Social media users, Frank Bergman, Facebook, TikTok, Slay News
Published: 06 Feb 2025
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No evidence of mass deaths among vaccinated people, contrary to 2022 prediction by Dolores Cahill
CLAIM
Everyone who received at least one dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine would "die within three to five years."
SOURCE: Dolores Cahill, Facebook
Published: 05 Feb 2025
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Aluminum-based adjuvants in vaccines are safe, contrary to claims based on mouse study
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'Mice study that showed aluminium in vaccines causes cognitive deficits & possible cause of Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s disease'
SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook
Published: 05 Feb 2025
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Flawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism
CLAIM
“New peer-reviewed study again confirms childhood vaccines are likely responsible for nearly 80% of the autism cases in US”
SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Substack, X/Twitter
Published: 31 Jan 2025
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Vaccines don’t cause mercury toxicity; the mercury compound present in some vaccines is different from the one in seafood
CLAIM
“Doctors: don't eat fish when you're pregnant to avoid mercury getting into your baby Also doctors: vaccines containing mercury are safe to inject into your baby”
SOURCE: Kaylee Winfield, Threads
Published: 30 Jan 2025
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Did the CIA conclude that SARS-CoV-2 came from a Chinese lab? Beware of misleading headlines in the Daily Mail and elsewhere
CLAIM
“CIA now says Covid DID come from Chinese lab”
SOURCE: Joe Hutchison, Daily Mail
Published: 29 Jan 2025
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