Were Period Products ‘Tested With Blood’ for Absorbency Claims?
A highly popular claim was difficult to check without access to the paywalled study it was quoting.
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Study Contrasts COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Traffic Crash Risk
A study published in December 2022 compared COVID-19 vaccination status with car crash risks.
Tetris and Trauma
On October 11 2021, screenshots of a Twitter thread about the classic video puzzle game Tetris purportedly reducing trauma after distressing events spread all over platforms like Facebook and Imgur: Originally, Twitter account @jelenawoehr tweeted the commentary on October 7 2021: In subsequent threaded tweets, @jelenawoehr continued: “Literally SIXTY TWO PERCENT fewer intrusive memories after a …
No, a Study Didn’t Find That ‘the Most Highly-Educated Americans Are Also the Most Vaccine-Hesitant’
A mischaracterization of a pre-print study about “vaccine hesitancy” further advanced anti-vaxxer falsehoods.
‘OK, Who Had Nuclear Cannibal Ants for August?’
The ongoing “2020 bingo” meme involved the escape of “nuclear cannibal ants … for August,” but the story making the rounds was from a year before.
Can Consuming Too Much Coffee Under Stress Cause Schizophrenia Symptoms?
A “weird facts” page on Facebook claimed that excess caffeine could have a deleterious effect by either mimicking or triggering the effects of schizophrenia.
Do Four in Ten Cancer Patients Really Lose Their Life Savings?
In a pro-Medicare for All tweet, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said that around 40 percent of cancer patients lose their life savings due solely to the costs of their treatment.
