Here's the fake health news that went viral in 2019
) report from a Florida Fox affiliate on an experimental breast cancer vaccine. The article was shared by 1.8 million users.
Dozens of viral articles hosted on rings of clickbait health misinformation sites suggested that we should fear processed foods while embracing other so-called natural cures without medical evidence, often sandwiched between ads for the very supplements proposed as miracles. But not all of the year's fake health news was hopeful; a more sinister message misinformed people about vaccines. Although vaccines are considered safe by the medical and the scientific community at large, a few well-funded anti-vaccination activists without medical training or expertise have promoted the false claim that vaccines cause harm and death.
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