‘NyQuil Chicken Challenge,’ Explained
In September 2022, the FDA warned against “NyQuil chicken,” purportedly due to a TikTok “challenge” or “trend.”
dangerous viral posts
When Was Commercial Baby Formula ‘Invented’?
A dangerous subthread of baby shortage formula discourse held that commercial infant formula wasn’t used in the 1950s and 60s, and that babies “were fine.”
A ‘Homemade Baby Formula’ Recipe from 1960 is Viral — and Dangerous
A worsening baby formula shortage led to viral posts advising the use of emergency homemade baby formula, but the rapidly spreading recipe could harm babies.
‘PSA, If You’re Ever Lost While Hiking … Change Your Voicemail’
Dueling viral posts debated the best way to make use of a waning battery and low signal for people lost in the wilderness.
‘Mayonnaise Takes Crayon Off Walls’ Cleaning Hack
Here’s why you probably shouldn’t use condiments to take marks off walls — at least, not without doing some research first.
‘Give Your Pumpkins a Bleach Bath’
A viral Facebook post advised users to give pumpkins a “bleach bath,” providing a dangerously high bleach concentration and posing a risk to pets and wildlife.
Facebook Fact-Checking Platform Dangerously Labels Mask Meme ‘False,’ Discourages Use of Masks Against Expert Guidelines
Thanks to Facebook’s mishandling of its fact-checking initiative, disinformation about COVID-19 and masks is being amplified and recommendations to wear masks are being suppressed.
Viral ‘Ohio State House COVID-19 Protest’ Image
“Here are the dipshits giving each other COVID to protest the quarantine at the Ohio State House this morning, looking like a frame from Zach Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake,” read one popular post.
‘COVID-19 Had Us All Fooled, but Now We Might Have Finally Found Its Secret’ Medium Post
A viral post about COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine shared to Medium’s platform has since been removed, but copies continued spreading on social media.