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Reviews of articles from: YouTube
CLAIM REVIEWS
Flawed comparison of cancer mortality between fluoridated and non-fluoridated U.S. cities doesn’t provide sufficient evidence that fluoride causes cancer
CLAIM
Rise in cancer after water fluoridation was introduced shows fluoride causes cancer; “Fluoride amounts to public murder on a grand scale”
SOURCE: Dean Burk, Facebook, YouTube
Published: 22 May 2023
VERDICT
Sugar isn’t inherently cancer-causing; no evidence that removing sugar from diet cures cancer
CLAIM
Sugar causes cancer; eliminating sugar from the diet can cure cancer
SOURCE: Mark Hyman, Barbara O'Neill, The School of Greatness
Published: 05 May 2023
VERDICT
No evidence that a carnivore diet leads to “90% reduction in all diseases” or treats diabetes
CLAIM
Carnivore diet produces “a 90% reduction in all diseases” and a reduction in insulin use by diabetics
SOURCE: Mikhaila Peterson, YouTube
Published: 31 Mar 2023
VERDICT
Scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of heart attacks, contrary to Russell Brand video
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the rise in heart attacks in young people
SOURCE: Russell Brand, YouTube
Published: 30 Mar 2023
VERDICT
Studies indicate that COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase risk of death, despite misleading video on Europe excess death by John Campbell
CLAIM
EuroMOMO data shows excess deaths in people aged 0 to 14; excess deaths in Europe cannot be explained by COVID-19
SOURCE: John Campbell, YouTube
Published: 28 Jan 2023
VERDICT
Simulation exercises such as “Catastrophic Contagion” are a normal part of pandemic preparedness; they don’t predict future pandemics
CLAIM
The tabletop exercise “Catastrophic Contagion” means that “Bill Gates and WHO have announced when we will see the next pandemic”
SOURCE: Natali Morris, Clayton Morris, Youtube
Published: 10 Jan 2023
VERDICT
Video by John Campbell comparing historical and COVID-19 vaccines misleads on vaccine safety
CLAIM
A study showed that the number of serious adverse vaccine events associated with COVID-19 vaccines is “too high”
SOURCE: John Campbell, YouTube
Published: 06 Jan 2023
VERDICT
Monkeypox outbreak triggers conspiracy theories on social media claiming that it was planned or incorrectly linking it to COVID-19 vaccines
CLAIM
Monkeypox is caused by COVID-19 vaccines; a 2021 tabletop exercise portraying a monkeypox pandemic is evidence that global leaders planned the outbreak; the monkeypox vaccine was “ready” before the outbreak
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube
Published: 26 May 2022
VERDICT
Pfizer’s confidential document shows adverse events reported following vaccination; it doesn’t demonstrate that the vaccine caused the events or is unsafe
CLAIM
Safety surveillance data in the Pfizer’s document shows harmful effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
SOURCE: Liz Wheeler, John Campbell, Social media users, Children's Health Defense, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram
Published: 11 Mar 2022
VERDICT
There is no evidence of U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in Ukraine; claims to the contrary misrepresent the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
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There are U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in countries surrounding Russia; “Pentagon Funded Bio-Weapons Labs in the Ukraine”
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook
Published: 11 Mar 2022
VERDICT