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CLAIM REVIEWS
Sweetgum balls don’t contain Tamiflu’s active ingredient and there’s no evidence of an antiviral effect against COVID-19
CLAIM
Sweetgum balls contain the same active ingredient that Tamiflu contains, which is shikimic acid; It kills viruses including SARS-CoV-2
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 27 Jan 2023
VERDICT
Excess deaths in the U.K. remain below the pandemic peak and aren’t linked to COVID-19 vaccines
CLAIM
More people are dying now than at the peak of the pandemic; the COVID-19 vaccines are the cause of the excess deaths seen in late 2022
SOURCE: Antony Newby, Facebook
Published: 13 Jan 2023
VERDICT
Contrary to viral Instagram videos, COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against severe disease
CLAIM
Vaccine effectiveness has fallen from 100% to 20%; the early reported vaccine effectiveness figures were lies
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram
Published: 08 Dec 2022
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines have enhanced reporting requirements for vaccine safety database, so death reports cannot be simply compared to other vaccines
CLAIM
“More people have been killed by the COVID vaccines in the last 20 months than all the other vaccines in the world over the last thirty years combined.”
SOURCE: Pearson Sharp, Twitter
Published: 04 Nov 2022
VERDICT
Complete vaccine coverage in the U.S. could have prevented almost a quarter of COVID-19 deaths
CLAIM
“Quarter of U.S. covid deaths were probably preventable with vaccination”
SOURCE: Philip Bump, The Washington Post
Published: 28 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Neither medical treatments nor errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
CLAIM
“The third leading cause of death is MD-directed treatments”
SOURCE: Peter Glidden, TikTok
Published: 05 Oct 2022
VERDICT
There is no evidence to support claim that Solfeggio frequencies remove toxins from the body
CLAIM
Solfeggio frequencies can regenerate the body, remove toxins, remove negativity
SOURCE: Facebook users, TikTok users, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 30 Sep 2022
VERDICT
Consuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
CLAIM
Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok, Facebook
Published: 08 Sep 2022
VERDICT
The CDC hasn’t classified monkeypox as airborne; transmission is typically through sustained physical contact
CLAIM
CDC has now classified [monkeypox] as airborne and anybody within 15 ft can catch it; [it] is now classified as a form of herpes [...] lasts 2-4 months [and] can lead to being paralyzed
SOURCE: Anonymous, Fathers Matter
Published: 04 Aug 2022
VERDICT
Following COVID-19 vaccination, the spike protein is produced in small quantities in the body, which have not been shown to be harmful
CLAIM
“[Spike] is harmful to the human body in at least eight different ways [and] can persist in the human body for weeks, or even months, after a person gets vaccinated”
SOURCE: Roma Balmakov, The Epoch Times
Published: 25 May 2022
VERDICT
INSIGHTS
How were mRNA vaccines developed for COVID-19?
— 02 Jun 2021
The vaccines for COVID-19 produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were the first mRNA vaccines authorized for use in the general public. mRNA vaccines were a long-standing ambition...