Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-06-10 No scientific evidence supports claims that plant-based food supplements reduce blood sugar to normal levels and cure type 2 diabetes Claim: Food supplements get “perfect sugar levels restored” and “help with type 2 [diabetes]” Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-06-02
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-06-03 Published research from the Wuhan Institute of Virology didn’t describe artificially created monkeypox strains; the research is unrelated to the 2022 monkeypox outbreak Claim: Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) “assembled monkeypox strains” Source: The National Pulse, Natalie Winters, 2022-05-22
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-05-27 No scientific data support the existence of orgone and its ability to cure cancer Claim: “Wilhelm Reich invented a way to cure cancer” Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-05-14
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-05-20 Event 201 isn’t evidence that authorities knew or planned the COVID-19 pandemic Claim: Event 201 is evidence that officials already knew about COVID-19 Source: This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2022-05-11
Accurate Health Posted on: 2022-05-17 The U.S. COVID-19 death toll reached the 1 million mark in May 2022; 15 million estimated deaths worldwide Claim: U.S. deaths from COVID-19 hit 1 million Source: Associated Press, Carla Johnson, 2022-05-16
Accurate Health Posted on: 2022-05-17 The U.S. COVID-19 death toll reached the 1 million mark in May 2022; 15 million estimated deaths worldwide Claim: U.S. deaths from COVID-19 hit 1 million Source: Associated Press, Carla Johnson, 2022-05-16
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-05-06 The CGG CGG genetic sequence and furin cleavage sites also exist in naturally-occurring viruses; these features aren’t evidence of genetic manipulation Claim: “the CGG CGG coding [...] does not appear in nature”, this and the furin cleavage site from the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein gene suggests the virus wasn't transmitted from animals to humans Source: Facebook, Dan Bongino, 2022-04-23
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-04-20 Insufficient clinical evidence demonstrating that turmeric cures or prevents cancer Claim: “turmeric prevents cancer” Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2022-04-10
Lacks context Health Posted on: 2022-04-13 Comparing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate of vaccinated and unvaccinated populations doesn’t reflect the real COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness Claim: The SARS-CoV-2 infection rate is higher among vaccinated than unvaccinated in the UK Source: Facebook, Gregg Schmedes, 2022-04-06
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-04-08 Menstrual cycles are natural and regulated by hormones; many mammals apart from humans also menstruate Claim: “The menstrual cycle isn’t natural” Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-04-01