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Reviews of articles by: Facebook user
CLAIM REVIEWS
Excess mucus is a common symptom rather than cause of disease; soursop is not a cancer treatment
CLAIM
“Mucus is the cause of all diseases”; “Soursop [is] 10,000 times more effective than chemotherapy for cancer”
SOURCE: Facebook User, Facebook
Published: 02 Sep 2021
VERDICT
No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause more severe disease; antibody-dependent enhancement has not been observed in clinical trials
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 27 Nov 2020
VERDICT
Mortality in the U.S. was more than 280,000 higher during the first eight months of 2020 than any of the previous five years over the same period
CLAIM
“U.S. mortalities this year are not materially different from the previous 5 years”
SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook
Published: 08 Oct 2020
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines do not modify the human genome and do not involve hydrogels; hydrogels are not internet-connecting devices
CLAIM
Hydrogels are part of the genome-modifying COVID-19 mRNA vaccines' delivery system; hydrogels will connect you to the internet
SOURCE: Facebook User, Facebook
Published: 25 Sep 2020
VERDICT
No vaccine contains strains of both the flu and the virus that causes COVID-19; COVID-19 is not the flu
CLAIM
The U.S. CDC encourages the use of a “[COVID-19] flu shot” on children.
SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook
Published: 20 Sep 2020
VERDICT
A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 would be useful even if the survival rate from COVID-19 is high
CLAIM
With the survival rate of COVID-19 close to 100% without a vaccine, what exactly will the purpose of the new vaccine be?
SOURCE: Facebook User, Facebook
Published: 28 Ago 2020
VERDICT
Current COVID-19 mortality rate does not predict the future probability of dying from the disease
CLAIM
“Chance of NOT dying from Covid-19: 99.96%”
SOURCE: Facebook User, Facebook
Published: 21 Ago 2020
VERDICT
Despite a decline in COVID-19 deaths from a peak in Spring 2020, the number of deaths in July 2020 may not be as low as preliminary data suggest
CLAIM
Deaths from COVID-19 are nearing zero in the U.S.
SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook
Published: 16 Jul 2020
VERDICT
Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens, not an unbalanced, acidic cellular environment
CLAIM
it is not the pathogens themselves which initiate disease, they only show up because of an acidic, compromised, cell terrain
SOURCE: Facebook user, Facebook
Published: 31 Mar 2020
VERDICT
Vaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe
CLAIM
Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism
SOURCE: Arjun Walia, Facebook users, Collective Evolution
Published: 24 Mar 2020
VERDICT