Reviews of articles from: Facebook

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Misuse of drug tests on energy drinks like Red Bull produces false positives; doesn’t demonstrate these drinks contain cocaine and other drugs

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Red Bull contain cocaine and buprenorphine

SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok, Facebook

Published: 23 Nov 2023

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Social media posts wrongly claim that herbs can cure every disease including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s

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“There is a cure to every d!isease”; herbs can cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook

Published: 17 Nov 2023

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No evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme

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COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women is connected to an increase in U.S. infant mortality rate in 2022

SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook

Published: 15 Nov 2023

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No cure for diabetes currently exists; Facebook posts claiming otherwise use manipulated videos of news to promote fake diabetes cure

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“New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use”

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook

Published: 07 Nov 2023

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Viral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD

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Sugar causes ADHD in babies, dementia and Alzheimer's in adults, cancer

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok

Published: 27 Oct 2023

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Marty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation

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The U.S. government spread misinformation that vaccinated immunity was far greater than natural immunity, that masks were effective, that myocarditis was more common after the infection than the vaccine

SOURCE: Marty Makary, YouTube, Facebook

Published: 26 Oct 2023

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No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted or change people’s blood

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COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted to unvaccinated people; vaccines cause blood discoloration and weaken immune system

SOURCE: Aaron Lewis, Facebook

Published: 06 Oct 2023

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Peter McCullough makes inaccurate and misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines at event hosted by European political party

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COVID-19 vaccine mRNA cannot be broken down; COVID-19 vaccines cause excess death and unprecedented blood clots

SOURCE: Peter McCullough, Substack, Facebook

Published: 04 Oct 2023

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Lack of clinical evidence for claim that N-acetylcysteine is effective against COVID-19 and stops viral replication

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N-acetylcysteine inhibits viral replication, breaks up mucus, and is effective against COVID-19

SOURCE: Steve Lucchino, Facebook

Published: 21 Sep 2023

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VAERS death reports don’t prove COVID-19 vaccines killed hundreds of thousands, contrary to claim by Steve Kirsch

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VAERS reports show 410,000 Americans were killed by COVID-19 vaccines; the COVID-19 vaccine caused 41 times more deaths than reported

SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Facebook

Published: 20 Sep 2023

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