Causes of Death Per Day and Rifles Meme
A social media meme purportedly lists causes of death per day in the United States, with rifles coming in lower than nearly any other manner of death.
medical memes
Can You Use Breastmilk Topically to Treat Various Conditions?
Long-spreading lore and a viral Facebook post contain a laundry list of supposed conditions alleviated by the topical application of human breastmilk.
Are Eradicated Diseases Making a Comeback Because of Immigrants and Refugees?
In April 2019, the Facebook page “Donald Plants” shared the following meme (archived here), which claimed that six “eradicated diseases” are in the process of “making a comeback” thanks to the presence of refugees and undocumented immigrants in the United States. In the meme, six “eradicated diseases” were named: tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, mumps, scarlet fever, …
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Breast Milk Ducts
On April 21 2019 a Twitter user tweeted the following image, purportedly a photograph of muscles and milk ducts in breasts: The tweet spread far and fast, perhaps not the least of which because of its ability to evoke a specific visual phobia (trypophobia, a fear of small holes or repetitive patterns) in some users: …