Fauci’s closest documented $1 million was a 2021 prize, netting about $900,000.
Claim:
Anthony Fauci received $1,000,000 in compensation during the period when 1,000,000 people in the United States died from COVID-19.
MOSTLY BS
Health
Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
Genetic liability raises childhood conduct-problem risk, but individual genetic causation can’t be quantified.
Claim:
In an 8-year-old child, inherited genetic liability to externalizing or conduct problems increases the probability of repeated rule-breaking behavior (including theft), but the magnitude of the genetic contribution to that individual…
NOT BS
No reliable clinical evidence shows strawberry milk increases adult women’s breast size.
Claim:
Drinking strawberry milk increases women's breast size.
TOTAL BS
Court records show pregnant women drank radioactive iron “vitamin” cocktails and fetal placental uptake was measured.
Claim:
Documents describe experiments in which pregnant women were given radioactive "vitamin drinks" to measure how quickly radioisotopes crossed the placenta into fetuses.
HARDLY BS
Kinesiology tape can modestly improve short-term pain or function versus sham.
Claim:
Kinesiology tape improves patient recovery outcomes in some cases more than a placebo.
HARDLY BS
Aromatase deficiency is a rare genetic disorder caused by CYP19A1 mutations.
Claim:
Smoking in women can cause aromatase deficiency.
TOTAL BS
Human evidence shows sodium intake changes do not alter women’s estrone or estradiol levels.
Claim:
Excessive dietary salt intake lowers estrogen levels in women.
TOTAL BS
Copper surfaces intrinsically kill many bacteria via contact-mediated antimicrobial action.
Claim:
Copper surfaces kill bacteria through contact (without additional disinfectants).
NOT BS
In egg-bound ducks, retained eggs can block feces and cause rapid decline.
Claim:
In ducks with egg binding, inability to lay an egg and inability to pass feces can occur simultaneously and the duck’s condition can rapidly worsen.
NOT BS
Insulin therapy commonly leads to weight gain in people with diabetes.
Claim:
Insulin therapy causes weight gain in people with diabetes.
NOT BS
Studies link lower DHT more often to obesity, not being underweight.
Claim:
Being underweight in men causes a deficiency of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
TOTAL BS
In obese men, adipose tissue increases estradiol production from androgens.
Claim:
Male obesity causes excess estriol levels in men.
TOTAL BS
Obese women generally have similar or lower circulating DHT than lean women.
Claim:
Obesity in women causes excessive levels of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
TOTAL BS
IARC classifies both processed meat and tobacco smoking as Group 1 carcinogens.
Claim:
Processed meat is classified in the same International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) carcinogenicity category as tobacco smoking (cigarettes).
NOT BS
Climate change–attributable heat-related sleep loss rose from about 2 to 5 hours per person annually since the early 1970s.
Claim:
The amount of sleep loss caused by high temperatures that is attributable to climate change has at least doubled since the early 1970s.
HARDLY BS
Because BMI uses only height and weight, muscular people can score overweight despite low body fat.
Claim:
Body-mass index (BMI) can misclassify fit, muscular people as overweight or obese because muscle is denser than fat.
NOT BS
Some overweight adults meet standard clinical criteria for metabolic health.
Claim:
Some people who are classified as overweight can be metabolically healthy.
NOT BS
Higher body fat, not being underweight, is linked to elevated estradiol in men.
Claim:
Being underweight in males causes excess estrogen levels.
TOTAL BS
Very low body fat in women is associated with reduced estrogen levels.
Claim:
Women with insufficient body fat have reduced estrogen levels.
NOT BS
After menopause, obesity often increases estrogen levels via adipose production.
Claim:
Obesity in women causes estrogen deficiency.
MOSTLY BS
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