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Reviews of articles from: Facebook
CLAIM REVIEWS
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
Viral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD
CLAIM
Sugar causes ADHD in babies, dementia and Alzheimer's in adults, cancer
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok
Published: 27 Oct 2023
VERDICT
Marty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation
CLAIM
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
VERDICT
No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted or change people’s blood
CLAIM
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
VERDICT
Peter McCullough makes inaccurate and misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines at event hosted by European political party
CLAIM
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
VERDICT
Lack of clinical evidence for claim that N-acetylcysteine is effective against COVID-19 and stops viral replication
CLAIM
N-acetylcysteine inhibits viral replication, breaks up mucus, and is effective against COVID-19
SOURCE: Steve Lucchino, Facebook
Published: 21 Sep 2023
VERDICT
VAERS death reports don’t prove COVID-19 vaccines killed hundreds of thousands, contrary to claim by Steve Kirsch
CLAIM
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
VERDICT