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Reviews of articles by: Facebook users
CLAIM REVIEWS
Activated charcoal tablets are unlikely to be effective in counteracting date rape drugs; individuals who have been given date rape drugs should seek medical attention
CLAIM
“Buy yourselves charcoal activated tablets […] it will counteract most date rape drugs”
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 29 Jun 2021
VERDICT
Fully vaccinated individuals are exempt from wearing a mask because they are less vulnerable to infection by SARS-CoV-2 than unvaccinated people
CLAIM
Unvaccinated people have to wear masks to protect vaccinated people
SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook
Published: 04 Jun 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines contain metals or microchips that cause magnets to attach to the arm of vaccinated people
SOURCE: Facebook users, Instagram users, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 20 May 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
CLAIM
“Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”
SOURCE: Jackie Salo, Instagram/Facebook users, New York Post, Instagram/Facebook
Published: 26 Apr 2021
VERDICT
Clinical trials and post-trial monitoring show that COVID-19 vaccines reduce the spread and occurrence of the disease
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines are experimental and don’t prevent infection or transmission; most of us have a 0.05% chance of dying from COVID-19
SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook
Published: 10 Apr 2021
VERDICT
The energy costs of manufacturing wind turbines are recouped in one to six months; turbines are financially profitable over their lifetimes
CLAIM
Wind turbines in the US are made of toxic materials that pollute the environment, are mostly built in Germany, and will not pay off their manufacturing costs within their lifetimes.
SOURCE: Internet User, Facebook
Published: 08 Apr 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA after clinical trials demonstrated that they are safe and effective; COVID-19 vaccines aren’t experimental
CLAIM
“Not one [COVID-19] vaccine is FDA approved. [...] They are all experimental.”
SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook
Published: 31 Mar 2021
VERDICT
Heart attack victims shouldn’t use “cough CPR” on themselves, contrary to chain email dating back to 1999
CLAIM
Heart attack “victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously”
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 30 Mar 2021
VERDICT
Jamaica already recorded tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases as of March 2021, contrary to viral meme suggesting that smoking cannabis prevents infections
CLAIM
“Jamaica has not recorded any cases of the coronavirus”
SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook
Published: 23 Mar 2021
VERDICT
The U.S. leads the world in number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, but not in the proportion of the population vaccinated
CLAIM
“In five weeks, America has administered the most COVID vaccine shots than any other country in the world.”
SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook
Published: 04 Mar 2021
VERDICT
