Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-30 Daily Mail article provides misleading interpretation on South Korean mask study to imply mask-wearing is dangerous Claim: “Mask study published by NIH suggests N95 Covid masks may expose wearers to dangerous level of toxic compounds linked to seizures and cancer” Source: Daily Mail, Emily Joshu, 2023-08-27
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-08-25 Misleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk Claim: Higher COVID-19 vaccination rates in White people are related to higher COVID-19 death rates Source: Instagram, Carl Higbie, David Harris Jr., 2023-08-22
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-23 Conspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors Claim: Doctors murdered to protect Big Pharma profits and silence holistic health practitioners Source: TikTok, Katryna Benson, 2023-07-04
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-11 Video about blank COVID-19 vaccine insert falsely implies there are no safety data for COVID-19 vaccines Claim: Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2023-08-03
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-07 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t cause long-term spike protein production in the body, contrary to claims by retired professor Claim: COVID-19 RNA vaccines weren’t made with messenger RNA; vaccine RNA cannot be broken down in the body Source: The Epoch Times, Klaus Steber, 2023-07-27
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-07-28 Claim by Brian Hooker that unvaccinated children are healthier compared to vaccinated children relies on flawed studies Claim: Vaccinated children are more likely to have poorer health outcomes compared to unvaccinated children Source: Children's Health Defense, Brian Hooker, 2023-07-07
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-07-20 Claim that a mouse study shows COVID-19 vaccine causes “turbo cancer” distorts study findings Claim: “New Study Links Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine to ‘Turbo Cancer’” Source: The Florida Standard, Jonas Vesterberg, 2023-07-13
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-07-12 Analysis of adverse event variation between Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine batches doesn’t indicate safety problems, contrary to claim by John Campbell Claim: Danish researchers show high rates of side effects from Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, indicating problems with safety Source: YouTube, John Campbell, Vibeke Manniche, 2023-07-05
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2023-07-08 No scientific evidence indicates that parasites are the key cause of autoimmunity Claim: “the number 1 indicator of parasites is actually an autoimmune condition” Source: TikTok, Austin Lake, 2023-06-23
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-06-23 Claim that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain DNA contaminants based on study of vials of “unknown provenance”; no evidence COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can alter DNA in people Claim: DNA in COVID mRNA shots “may have the ability to alter the human genome”; “SV40 has been linked to cancer in humans”; “Regulatory Agencies Knew There Was a Contamination Problem” Source: The Epoch Times, The Healthcare Channel, Joseph Mercola, Sucharit Bhakdi, Kevin McKernan, 2023-06-11