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Kemenkes bagikan obat cacing dengan misi penyebaran virus baru
Publisher’s rating: Hoaks
Bill Gates menyebut keberhasilan vaksin dapat mengurangi populasi manusia sampai 15 persen.
Publisher’s rating: Salah
The review says the circulating clip was presented out of context and traces the remarks to Gates’s 2010 TED Talk. It explains that he discussed vaccines and other health measures in relation to slowing unsustainable population growth and reducing carbon emissions, not a plan to reduce the global population through vaccination.
Vaksin bisa sebabkan kebodohan dan kemandulan
Publisher’s rating: Hoaks
Pendaftaran JKN gratis dan hapus tunggakan iuran BPJS Kesehatan Mei-Juni 2025
Publisher’s rating: Hoaks
"It's common sense and it's good science" to remove healthy children and pregnant women from the vaccine schedule
Publisher’s rating: Experts said vaccine protects pregnant women and their infants.
The Singapore Government discovered that COVID-19 is caused by bacteria and used aspirin and paracetamol to treat COVID-19 patients.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, not bacteria. It reports that Singapore’s Ministry of Health said no such autopsy had been conducted and that treatment protocols had not changed to include aspirin or paracetamol as a cure.
Consuming alkaline foods can help combat COVID-19 by raising the body's pH levels above those of the virus.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 do not have pH values, so the claim’s comparison between body pH and the virus’s purported pH is scientifically meaningless. It also reports that diet cannot alter the body’s tightly regulated blood and cellular pH, and that there is no evidence alkaline foods prevent or treat COVID-19.
از نیش و زهر زنبور عسل میتوان برای درمان «بیماریهای سرد» مانند اماس و آرتروز و ناباروری استفاده کرد
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Beetroot and carrot juice can purify blood
Publisher’s rating: The user's claim is false
No evidence of the need for COVID shots in healthy children
Publisher’s rating: Misleading. Contrasts evidence.
Penumpang pesawat harus sudah divaksin TBC dan menunjukan surat vaksin.
Publisher’s rating: Salah
Sultratop.com reports that an image attributed to Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin circulated with a claim that passengers needed tuberculosis vaccination and proof. The review says the image came from a May 9, 2025, press encounter about a tuberculosis vaccine trial, and quotes the Health Ministry as saying there was no such requirement.
緊急避妊薬が市販されると同意を得ずに中絶させることができる?
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review explains that emergency contraception is intended to prevent pregnancy when taken within 72 hours after sex; it is not an abortion medication. It distinguishes emergency contraception from medication abortion and says the latter is not available for purchase at pharmacies or online.
Paste of slaked lime, baking soda and water can eliminate warts completely.
Publisher’s rating: User's claim is false
โควิด-19 เกิดจากแบคทีเรียและการรักษาในไอซียูด้วยเครื่องช่วยหายใจไม่มีความจำเป็น
Publisher’s rating: False
Parlie G biscuits are unhealthy to eat
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
The review says Parle-G contains sugar and refined wheat flour, and that excessive consumption can pose common health concerns also associated with other biscuits. It concludes that moderate consumption does not create special health risks unique to Parle-G. [S1]
Cheetos are loaded with ingredients such as methyl benzoate and ethyl methylphenylglycidate.
Publisher’s rating: Partly False
The review says the listed ingredients for several Cheetos varieties do not include methyl benzoate or ethyl methylphenylglycidate. It also says Yellow 6 is used in several varieties, so the post’s point about that dye is factual.