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Ex-funcionária da Casa Branca Deborah Birx não confessou que as vacinas não protegem contra a covid-19
Publisher’s rating: fake news e boato em redes sociais
São 4 milhões de pessoas com deficiência em São Paulo
Publisher’s rating: Exagerado
La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos emitió un fallo que confirma que las vacunas contra el covid-19 con tecnología de ARNm “causan un daño irreparable”
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The claim concerned an alleged U.S. Supreme Court decision confirming that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause “irreparable harm.” The review says the claim had circulated on social media in August and September 2022 and attributes it to a story that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had won a case against pharmaceutical-company lobbyists. It concludes that the alleged decision did not exist: “La afirmación sostiene que el abogado ambientalista Robert F. Kennedy Jr. […] supuestamente ‘ganó un caso’ presentado ante el máximo tribunal” and “En la Corte Suprema no se maneja ninguna demanda relacionada con este tema, según mostró una búsqueda de casos en su web.” The review describes checking the U.S. Supreme Court’s website for the alleged case. Searches for terms including “vacunas,” “vacunas ARNm,” and Kennedy’s name produced no result; a search for “covid” returned only material about the court’s internal pandemic safety protocols. It also reports that Kennedy had rejected the story: “El propio Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lo desmintió en septiembre de 2021, al decir que ‘el artículo sobre la Corte Suprema es información errónea’.” These checks address the supposed court ruling and the named person, rather than establishing that a ruling existed. The review places the 2022 claim in a longer history of similar posts. It reports that earlier versions linked Kennedy and the Supreme Court to claims about vaccination or genetic harm, and says those claims had also been checked by other fact-checking outlets. Its conclusion distinguishes the nonexistent court case from a separate scientific assertion: it states that mRNA vaccination does not alter people’s DNA and cites an immunologist’s explanation that the vaccines do not modify the genome or enter the nucleus of immune-system cells.
A Chinese Cake Brand With Pills That Causes Paralysis Among Children!
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Beber cada día unas gotas de vinagre orgánico de sidra de manzana diluidas en agua puede curar la gastritis
Publisher’s rating: No hay evidencias
Juice from carrots, cucumber, and lemon can be used as a natural remedy for UTI
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Ginger, turmeric, oregano, and black pepper tea can be used to treat ovarian cysts and uterine fibroids
Publisher’s rating: Half True
“Yesterday the National institute of health added Ivermectin to the list of covid treatment."
Publisher’s rating: False
“Ivermectin reduces COVID death risk by 92%, peer-reviewed study finds."
Publisher’s rating: Flawed Study
Ferdinand Marcos Sr. initiated the Nutribun Feeding Project in the 1970s.
Publisher’s rating: Needs context
Los NIH incluyeron la ivermectina entre los medicamentos recomendados para tratar el covid-19
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Pinasimulan ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ang Nutribun Feeding Project noong 1970s.
Publisher’s rating: Kailangan ng konteksto
Duitsland stopt alle coronavaccins.
Publisher’s rating: De bewering is onjuist en misleidend. De nieuwsuitzending blijkt in scène gezet. Het gaat hier om een toneelstukje, opgevoerd door een team van berucht geworden verspreiders van desinformatie omtrent de coronapandemie. De video is bovendien al een jaar oud en gaat dus niet over de huidige coronasituatie in Duitsland. Duitsland vaccineert nog steeds.
almonds can prevent Cancer
Publisher’s rating: Half TRUE
Related reporting, rather than the original THIP Media review, offers limited evidence relevant to the claim. S2 says research suggests that regularly eating nuts may help prevent certain types of cancer, and separately reports that Tom Rauscher eats nuts including almonds. That is not the same as evidence that almonds themselves prevent cancer: the excerpt does not identify the research, describe its methods or findings, or show that any effect applies specifically to almonds. The report is a profile of Rauscher’s diet and training, not a study of cancer prevention. His personal habit of eating nuts cannot establish that the habit prevents cancer. Based on the supplied excerpt, the broad claim is therefore not demonstrated by evidence specific to almonds, and no details are available here to assess the underlying research on nuts.
Consuming betel leaf, ginger, garlic and honey can cure coronary artery disease.
Publisher’s rating: There is no scientific study to prove that consuming betel leaf, ginger, garlic and honey can cure coronary artery disease.
O primeiro vacinado [contra a Covid-19] do mundo foi vacinado em dezembro; o primeiro vacinado no Brasil foi vacinado em janeiro
Publisher’s rating: Verdadeiro, mas...
Investimos quase R$ 30 bilhões e adquirimos 500 milhões de doses
Publisher’s rating: Verdadeiro
Zweden stopt met het toedienen van Moderna COVID-19-vaccin vanwege risico op hartontsteking.
Publisher’s rating: Het bericht mist essentiële context. Dit is namelijk geen nieuwe ontwikkeling. Het gedeelde fragment komt uit oktober 2021, toen Zweden deze beslissing inderdaad maakte. Nog altijd wordt het Modernavaccin niet toegediend bij mensen onder de dertig. Bij mensen van boven de 30 jaar wordt het vaccin wel nog gebruikt, ook weer in de nieuwe vaccinatieronde.