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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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