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Reviews of articles from: Facebook
CLAIM REVIEWS
Various childhood vaccines have been tested in saline placebo-controlled randomized trials, contrary to claims by those opposed to vaccination
CLAIM
“No childhood vaccine has ever been through a double blind placebo controlled trial.”
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Facebook
Published: 01 Mar 2024
VERDICT
Folk remedy of placing raw onions on feet to cure illness lacks scientific evidence
CLAIM
Placing raw onion on the bottom of the feet eliminates illness
SOURCE: Social Media Users, Facebook
Published: 20 Jan 2024
VERDICT
Hulda Clark’s “zapper” device is based on pseudoscience; doesn’t kill parasites or cure diseases
CLAIM
A “zapper” can kill parasites, bacteria, and viruses; it cures all diseases
SOURCE: Hulda Clark, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 12 Jan 2024
VERDICT
Scam ads use a fake endorsement by Ben Carson to promote unproven hypertension treatment
CLAIM
Ben Carson endorsed CBD gummies and “3 completely natural ingredients” to cure hypertension
SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook
Published: 08 Jan 2024
VERDICT
Dubious Facebook ads promote unproven supplement SightCare alleged to restore “perfect” vision and cure macular degeneration
CLAIM
Natural supplement SightCare restores “perfect 20/20 vision without glasses, contacts or surgery”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook
Published: 05 Jan 2024
VERDICT
Approved COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain HIV proteins and don’t cause AIDS, contrary to claim misquoting BBC documentary
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines contain proteins from HIV; “if you have taken the third dose, go and take a test for AIDS, then sue your government”
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 27 Dec 2023
VERDICT
Misuse of drug tests on energy drinks like Red Bull produces false positives; doesn’t demonstrate these drinks contain cocaine and other drugs
CLAIM
Red Bull contain cocaine and buprenorphine
SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok, Facebook
Published: 23 Nov 2023
VERDICT
Social media posts wrongly claim that herbs can cure every disease including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
CLAIM
“There is a cure to every d!isease”; herbs can cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 17 Nov 2023
VERDICT
No evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme
CLAIM
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
VERDICT
No cure for diabetes currently exists; Facebook posts claiming otherwise use manipulated videos of news to promote fake diabetes cure
CLAIM
“New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook
Published: 07 Nov 2023
VERDICT