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False: WHO is trying to ban vaping and has praised 30 countries for doing so.
Health-General

False: WHO is trying to ban vaping and has praised 30 countries for doing so.

Misleading: There is high risk of myocarditis in children due to the Pfizer Vaccine.
Health-General Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: There is high risk of myocarditis in children due to the Pfizer Vaccine.

Partly_True: Nipah virus infection has the same symptoms as COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

Partly_True: Nipah virus infection has the same symptoms as COVID-19.

True: Xylitol, which can poison dogs, is marketed as "birch sugar."
Economics-Business Health-General

True: Xylitol, which can poison dogs, is marketed as "birch sugar."

Unverifiable: THC cannabis oil stops seizures in children.
Health-General

Unverifiable: THC cannabis oil stops seizures in children.

False: President Biden is in cognitive decline.
Health-General Politics-People

False: President Biden is in cognitive decline.

False: Cancer and other diseases are caused by emotional problems.
Health-General

False: Cancer and other diseases are caused by emotional problems.

False: Ear candling helps remove excess amounts of earwax.
Health-General

False: Ear candling helps remove excess amounts of earwax.

Misleading: Viruses become more transmissible and less-lethal after mutation.
Health-General Health-Covid

Misleading: Viruses become more transmissible and less-lethal after mutation.

False: COVID-19 infection can cause prion-like disease in the brain.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: COVID-19 infection can cause prion-like disease in the brain.

Misleading: Singapore is treating COVID-19 like the flu.
Health-General Health-Covid

Misleading: Singapore is treating COVID-19 like the flu.

False: Vaccines have never eradicated a disease.
Health-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Tech-Social-Media

False: Vaccines have never eradicated a disease.

COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for humans.
Health-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Tech-Social-Media

COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for humans.

False: In India, at least 17 children have died and 2000 are seriously ill with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS) caused by COVID-19 vaccines.
Health-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: In India, at least 17 children have died and 2000 are seriously ill with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS) caused by COVID-19 vaccines.

True: Queen Elizabeth awarded the U.K.'s National Health Services for COVID-19 service.
Health-General Events-General Health-Covid

True: Queen Elizabeth awarded the U.K.'s National Health Services for COVID-19 service.

False: Employees of soft drink companies in India have mixed ebola virus in their products.
Economics-Business Health-General

False: Employees of soft drink companies in India have mixed ebola virus in their products.

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