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The U.S. is “requiring 72 jabs for our beautiful, healthy, lovely, delicate little children.”
Publisher’s rating: False
“Vats of vaccine are currently pumped into your child’s body."
Publisher’s rating: False
Trump's executive order on Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations "finally aligns the United States with other advanced and developed nations around the world.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
"You have the MMR [measles, mumps, rubella vaccine]. We want it in three separate vaccinations, given at separate times. Together, there could be a possibility they're quite lethal. And separately, it looks like they are not at all lethal but just very effective."
Publisher’s rating: False
American College of Physicians (ACP) guidelines redefined diabetes, stating that an HbA1c level up to 8.4% and an after-meal blood sugar up to 250 mg/dL are normal and no longer considered diabetic.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the 2018 ACP guidance concerned treatment targets for people already diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, not diagnostic criteria: it recommended an HbA1c target of 7% to 8%. It says diabetes diagnostic standards were unchanged, with an HbA1c of 6.5% or higher indicating diabetes and a two-hour post-meal reading of 200 mg/dL or higher also indicating diabetes.
ویدیوی منتسب به پزشک روس که از درمان مجتبی خامنه‌ای قطع امید کرد
Publisher’s rating: شاخ‌دار
The U.S. has “the highest death rate from COVID of any nation on Earth.”
Publisher’s rating: False
The RSV epidemic and Lyme disease came from gain-of-function research.
Publisher’s rating: Baseless
“There’s 73 studies out there that link Tylenol exposure during later pregnancy and during the perinatal period to autism onset.”
Publisher’s rating: Missing context
Nikotin ist kein Nervengift, sondern ein mächtiges Stimulans. Nikotin hilft bei Alzheimer.
Publisher’s rating: Teilweise falsch, teilweise zu kurz gegriffen. Nikotin ist ein Nervengift. Es wirkt kurzfristig stimulierend, macht aber schnell süchtig. Die Studienlage ist zu dünn, um Nikotin als Heilmittel bei Alzheimer zu empfehlen.
"RFK’s decision to stop monitoring cyclosporiasis has endangered Michigan families and allowed a parasite to spread across the country."
Publisher’s rating: Exaggerates
إبر أشجار الصنوبر تنظف الجسم من المعادن الثقيلة التي تسببت بها لقاحات كورونا
Publisher’s rating: غير مثبت
"Teenage males today have less sperm than the average 65-year-old American man.”
Publisher’s rating: Unsupported
بعد از ۸ماه مشخص شد واکسن فایزر حاوی همان ماده‌ای که در واکسن ابولا بود و دختران را عقیم می‌کرد.
Publisher’s rating: شاخ‌دار
Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the government bears no blame for the spread of dengue, in a statement carrying a News 1st logo.
Publisher’s rating: False
Dormir avec un ventilateur allumé pendant la nuit est dangereux pour la santé.
Publisher’s rating: Faux
Nikotin taugt als Leistungsbooster im Sport, steigert Fokus, Aufmerksamkeit und Ausdauer.
Publisher’s rating: Teilweise falsch. Nikotin fördert kurzfristig Aufmerksamkeit und Fokus, führt aber schnell zu Gewöhnung und Sucht. Eine Steigerung der Leistung beim Sport ist nicht ausreichend nachgeweisen.
רוב התפוזים הקונבנציונליים באמריקה בכלל לא מתחילים את דרכם בצבע כתום; רבים מהם נקטפים ירוקים ואז נצבעים בכתום, מרוססים במורפולין, ועוברים הבחלה והתוצאה היא תפוז שמהונדס להיראות טוב ולא להזין את הגוף
Publisher’s rating: לא מדויק
The review says that early orange varieties around the world can ripen while their peels remain green, and that growers use ethylene degreening to make the orange color appear. It says this process does not change a ripe orange’s other qualities, and that morpholine is used only sometimes as part of fruit coating; it does not say that most American oranges are dyed or that the treatment makes them less nutritious.
شستن مرغ خام باعث پخش شدن باکتری می‌شود.
Publisher’s rating: درست
Rabbit Blood Hair Oil makes your hair grow.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found no scientific evidence that rabbit blood promotes human hair growth, and says the product’s hair-growth claims are unsupported. It also warns that applying animal blood to the scalp may pose health risks.