Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-08-15 Vaccines undergo strict safety testing before they are licensed for use in the U.S. and many other countries; no validity to the claim of a 33% “death rate” from COVID-19 vaccine Claim: “Would you take a vaccine with a 33% death rate to feel safe from a virus with a .06% death rate?” Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-30
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-08-09 Contrary to claim in viral Facebook post, the flu vaccine does work and certain types of cancers can be cured Claim: “Can't make a vaccine that works for influenza. No vaccine for RSV. Can't cure cancer. But they sure as shit can make a vaccine in 6 months for an illness that they STILL don't understand” Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-27
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-08-04 Health authorities encourage the general public to wear face masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission Claim: Health authorities like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discourage people from wearing face masks Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-14
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-07-29 Baseless speculations underpin a retracted editorial claiming spontaneous generation of SARS-CoV-2 in skin cells exposed to 5G waves Claim: 5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells Source: Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, Infowars, GreenMedInfo, Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, 2020-07-16
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-07-27 Scientific evidence supports the use of face masks for reducing the transmission of respiratory diseases including COVID-19 Claim: Masks do nothing to prevent the spread of pathogens Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-05-17
Partially correct Health Posted on: 2020-07-22 A proportion of COVID-19 survivors are likely to suffer from long-term health problems, but the actual risks are still unknown Claim: “For every one person who dies: 19 more require hospitalization; 18 of those will have permanent heart damage for the rest of their lives” Source: Quora, Franklin Veaux, 2020-07-13
Misleading Health Posted on: 2020-07-17 Infant deaths did not decrease during the pandemic due to a reduced use of vaccines; vaccines are not associated with sudden infant death syndrome Claim: Vaccines are a cause of sudden infant death death syndrome; infant deaths decreased dramatically during the lockdown, when the number of vaccines administered was reduced Source: Children's Health Defense, Health Choice, Mark Blaxill, Amy Becker, 2020-06-18
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-07-12 People have died from the coronavirus, contrary to article claiming to report pathologist’s “revelations” on COVID-19 Claim: “no one has died from the coronavirus” Source: OffGuardian, Patrick Corbett, Rosemary Frei, 2020-07-02
Misleading Health Posted on: 2020-07-06 Videos use gas sensors to misleadingly claim that wearing a face mask causes oxygen deficiency Claim: Gas sensors show that wearing a face mask leads to oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide toxicity Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-06-24
Misleading Health Posted on: 2020-07-06 COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are mainly detected by highly specific molecular testing, not antibody testing Claim: Antibodies for the common cold produce a positive COVID-19 test; false-positive results from COVID-19 antibody testing are behind the COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S. Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-01