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Misleading: Cannabis can cure cancer.
Health-General

Misleading: Cannabis can cure cancer.
False: The Omicron COVID-19 variant symptoms are the same as the common cold.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: The Omicron COVID-19 variant symptoms are the same as the common cold.
Misleading: There's an outbreak of gastrointestinal virus affecting dogs in the northeast of England.
Health-General Tech-Social-Media

Misleading: There's an outbreak of gastrointestinal virus affecting dogs in the northeast of England.
Remdesivir is likely to be used to treat the Nipah virus infection in humans.
Health-General

Remdesivir is likely to be used to treat the Nipah virus infection in humans.
False: The Omicron variant causes heart attack and blood clots in an infected individual.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: The Omicron variant causes heart attack and blood clots in an infected individual.
False: Those fully vaccinated will contract AIDS by February 2022, according to U.K. government data.
Health-General Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Those fully vaccinated will contract AIDS by February 2022, according to U.K. government data.
Partly_True: Lung damage after COVID-19 is worse than a smoker's lung.
Health-General Health-Covid

Partly_True: Lung damage after COVID-19 is worse than a smoker's lung.
False: Microwave ovens harm people and decrease the nutritional value of food.
Health-General

False: Microwave ovens harm people and decrease the nutritional value of food.
False: Wearing a face mask can cause cancer.
Health-General Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: Wearing a face mask can cause cancer.
False: Children do not get strokes.
Health-General

False: Children do not get strokes.
Misleading: Because NHS resources are being used for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, thousands of cancer cases are going undetected.
Health-General Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Because NHS resources are being used for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, thousands of cancer cases are going undetected.
False: Over 200 athletes suffered cardiac arrests and at least 100 of them died after getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Media-Sports

False: Over 200 athletes suffered cardiac arrests and at least 100 of them died after getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Misleading: Climate change played no role in the worsening health conditions of an elderly Canadian woman
Climate-General Health-General

Misleading: Climate change played no role in the worsening health conditions of an elderly Canadian woman
False: Conjunctivitis is a symptom of the Omicron variant.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Conjunctivitis is a symptom of the Omicron variant.
Partly_True: Haribo gummy bears are made from boiled skin, skeletons, and the connective tissues of animals.
Economics-Business Health-General

Partly_True: Haribo gummy bears are made from boiled skin, skeletons, and the connective tissues of animals.
Misleading: In 1918, no one who took part in Joseph Pilates’ training program caught the Spanish Flu.
Health-General Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

Misleading: In 1918, no one who took part in Joseph Pilates’ training program caught the Spanish Flu.
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