Incorrect
There is currently no cure for AIDS; reports to the contrary are incorrect
Claim:
AIDS was cured in more than a dozen patients
Fernanda Ferreira
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Source: Facebook, Alfredo Bowman, 2019-04-01 -
InaccurateThe mRNA COVID-19 vaccines aren’t operating systems, and won’t transform the human body into a virus-making factory
Claim:
The mRNA vaccine is “an operating system that takes over the machinery of your cells” ; “...by the time you get your fourth shot your body will be making all four proteins that make up the COVID-19 virus.”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Abdul Alim Muhammad, Damon Jones, 2021-03-28 -
Lacks contextGoing vegan may lead to fewer pandemics, but it won’t eliminate them completely
Claim:
“In a vegan world there would be no pandemics. 100% of pandemics are zoonotic in origin.”
Source: Facebook, Richard Melville Hall (Moby), 2021-03-23 -
IncorrectBoth viruses and bacteria cause disease; pathogenic viruses aren’t naturally created in the body as a response to damage
Claim:
“You don’t catch viruses, you naturally create them inside of your body”; “bacteria and viruses don’t cause disease.”
Source: Facebook, Melissa Sell, 2021-03-17 -
InaccurateMask mandates are associated with reductions in the spread of COVID-19 cases and deaths; contrary to One America News article
Claim:
“CDC: Face Masks Don’t Prevent COVID-19, Study Finds Masks Have Negligible Impact on Coronavirus Numbers”; CDC “admitted such mandates do not make any statistical difference.”
Source: One America News Network, OANN editors, 2021-03-07 -
IncorrectBananas may be healthy, but consuming them won’t treat gastrointestinal diseases nor limit the replication of HIV
Claim:
“Bananas are a powerful antiviral food—so powerful that they have the capacity to repel growth of the retrovirus HIV“
Source: Medical Medium, Anthony William, 2021-02-21