public health
Conspiracy theories tagged "public health."
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Anti-Vaccination Movement
The anti-vaccination movement from its 18th-century origins to the modern era. Examining claims about vaccine safety, the Wakefield fraud, and the evidence.
COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories (Overview)
A comprehensive overview of COVID-19 conspiracy theories including lab leak, bioweapon, 5G, vaccine microchips, Great Reset, and more.
RFK Jr. and the MAHA Health Conspiracy
RFK Jr. leads HHS with claims that Big Pharma and Big Food are poisoning America. Some concerns are legitimate. Others could get people killed.
Vaccine–Autism Link
The debunked claim that vaccines cause autism, originating from Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent 1998 study. The evidence, the fraud, and the fallout.
Fluoride Water Conspiracy
The fluoride water conspiracy claims public water fluoridation is a plot for mass medication, mind control, or population harm. Explore the history and facts.
HIV/AIDS Denialism
Examining AIDS denialism: the movement claiming HIV does not cause AIDS, its key figures including Peter Duesberg and Thabo Mbeki, and the estimated 300,000+ deaths caused by South Africa's denialist policies.
Sugar Industry Heart Disease Cover-Up
The confirmed conspiracy by the sugar industry to blame saturated fat for heart disease while hiding evidence that sugar was a primary dietary culprit.
Fluoride Lowers IQ
The claim that water fluoridation reduces children's IQ, citing a Harvard meta-analysis and the NTP report. Origins, evidence, and scientific debate examined.
WHO Global Health Treaty as World Government
Claims that the WHO Pandemic Treaty and IHR amendments will create a health dictatorship, overriding national sovereignty. Examining the evidence and politics.
Fluoride as Communist Plot
The 1950s-era conspiracy theory that Soviet agents promoted water fluoridation to weaken American resolve and health — parodied in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove and now revived by anti-government movements.
SIDS–Vaccine Link — The Debunked Connection
The conspiracy theory that childhood vaccines cause SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) has been thoroughly debunked. Here's how the myth started, why it persists, and what the evidence actually shows.
Deliberate Water Supply Contamination
From the confirmed poisoning of Flint's water to theories about pharmaceutical contamination and chemical feminization — which water contamination claims are real and which are conspiracy?