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“Brote COVID en Escuela Militar. 25 cadetes hospitalizados”
Publisher’s rating: Impreciso
మనోజ్ అగర్వాల్ అనే భారతీయ వైద్య విద్యార్థి కంటి చూపుని మెరుగు పరిచే TopViz అనే ఒక కొత్త ఔషధాన్ని కనుగొన్నారు.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Pandemics occur every 100 years
Publisher’s rating: Several past pandemics that occurred without such synchrony have gone unnoticed by social media posts making these inaccurate claims.
La viande cultivée en laboratoire de Bill Gates provoque le cancer.
Publisher’s rating: Jusqu’à présent, aucune étude ne prouve que la viande cultivée en laboratoire soit cancérigène. Les publications Facebook se réfèrent à un article analysant les défis qui entourent la viande de culture. Le texte précise bien que la communauté scientifique s’accorde à dire que ces produits ne peuvent pas entraîner de cancer. Quant à Bill Gates, il a investi dans au moins une entreprise du secteur, mais ce n’est pas pour autant lui qui tire les ficelles.
Consuming Your Placenta Really Provide Health Benefits !!
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
دانسته‌ها و ابهامات درباره ادعای نقش تانکر نفتا در مسمومیت دختران دانش‌آموز
Publisher’s rating: تاکنون حداقل نادرستی دو ادعای جمهوری اسلامی درباره عامل مسمومیت دانش‌اموزان در شهر‌های دیگر توسط فکت‌نامه راستی‌ازمایی شده که یکی نشان نادرست و دیگری گمراه‌کننده گرفته است.
Vou falar. Receba o cartão de vacina, mas você não foi vacinado, não
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Pandemics follow a regular pattern by repeating every 100 years.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY examined a social-media infographic that presented COVID-19 as part of a century-long cycle, citing outbreaks around 1720, 1820 and 1920. Its review checked the dates and nature of those earlier events, then compared the proposed pattern with other major pandemics the infographic omitted. The dates do not form the sequence the post suggests. FACTLY reports that the Marseille Plague occurred from 1720 to 1722, the first cholera pandemic from 1817 to 1824, and the influenza pandemic from 1918 to 1919. Thus, the cholera and influenza dates do not match the post’s suggested 1820 and 1920 starting points. The review also says the 1720 Marseille outbreak was regional, not a pandemic. Most importantly, FACTLY points to major pandemics in intervening years: Asian flu in 1957–1958, Hong Kong flu in 1968–1969, and swine flu in 2009–2010. Their omission makes the infographic’s selected examples appear more regularly spaced than the broader record supports. FACTLY concludes that there is no empirical evidence for a 100-year pandemic cycle.
El doctor Tomás Borda promociona un medicamento para las várices, según muestra video.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Het in het laboratorium gekweekte vlees van Bill Gates veroorzaakt kanker bij consumenten.
Publisher’s rating: Er is geen studie die aantoont dat kweekvlees kankerverwekkend is. De Facebookposts verwijzen naar een artikel dat kweekvlees in een kwaad daglicht probeert te stellen. Toch wordt ook in dat artikel niet beweerd dat het product kanker veroorzaakt. Bill Gates heeft geïnvesteerd in ten minste één bedrijf dat kweekvlees produceert, maar uit niets blijkt dat hij er de baas is.
“Lula suspende o fornecimento gratuito do Cloridrato de Metformina pela Farmácia Popular”
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Asafoetida poses health risks for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers
Publisher’s rating: Despite its purported health benefits, asafoetida should be consumed with caution. It is not recommended for pregnant women, breastfeeding moms, infants, people with bleeding disorders, epilepsy, hypertension.
