Ivermectin hasn’t proven effective in COVID-19 patients so far, despite persistent online claims

CLAIM
Ivermectin is a safe and effective COVID-19 treatment

SOURCE: Colleen Huber, The Epoch Times

Published: 02 Jan 2023

VERDICT

French political advisor Jacques Attali didn’t call for world depopulation through pandemics or vaccines

CLAIM
Attali wrote “the future will be about finding a way to reduce the population”, elites will “find a real cause, a pandemic” after having “taken care of having panned the treatment”

SOURCE: Instagram users, Instagram

Published: 02 Jan 2023

VERDICT

The Hoxsey herbal mixture doesn’t cure cancer

CLAIM
Harry Hoxsey’s herbal therapy effectively cures cancer

SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook

Published: 29 Dec 2022

VERDICT

Viral videos on Facebook promote unproven cancer cures; no evidence that pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. FDA are hiding the cure for cancer

CLAIM
Turmeric, ketogenic diet, ozone therapy, megadoses of vitamin C and adaptogens are cure for cancer, have been suppressed for four decades

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook

Published: 24 Dec 2022

VERDICT

Study led by FDA researchers didn’t find that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine caused blood clots, contrary to viral claims on social media

CLAIM
“Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Blood Clotting: FDA”

SOURCE: Zachary Stieber, The Epoch Times

Published: 23 Dec 2022

VERDICT

Medical exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines are granted for contraindications, not including history of blood clots or adverse reaction to prior vaccine

CLAIM
Medical exemptions are unavailable even for people who “shouldn't get the [COVID-19] vaccine”, including those with a history of blood clotting or an adverse reaction to a prior vaccine

SOURCE: Dan Bongino, The Dan Bongino Show

Published: 22 Dec 2022

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No, a German “autopsy report” didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines as “likely” cause of sudden deaths

CLAIM
“Major New Autopsy Report Reveals Those Who Died Suddenly Were Likely Killed by the Covid Vaccine”

SOURCE: Will Jones, Daily Sceptic

Published: 20 Dec 2022

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

Mask-wearing helps to reduce the spread of COVID-19; social media posts misinterpreted Annals of Internal Medicine study on N95 respirators

CLAIM
“‘Gold Standard’ Scientific Trial Deals Massive Blow to N95 and Surgical Masks as Way to ‘Stop Covid’”

SOURCE: Kyle Becker, Becker News

Published: 06 Dec 2022

VERDICT

Findings from researchers in Basel didn’t show an 800-fold increase in myocarditis in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated individuals

CLAIM
“The risk of myocarditis is 800 times higher for vaccinated than unvaccinated young adults, according to a recent Swiss study”

SOURCE: Kyle Becker, Trending Politics

Published: 29 Nov 2022

VERDICT