{
  "claim": "Doctors don't want you to know: a glass of hot lemon water every morning cures 90% of colds! SHARE before it's deleted!!",
  "seen_on": "Social media post, about 40,000 shares",
  "claim_date": "2026-11-05",
  "parts": {
    "numbers": [
      "90%"
    ],
    "dates": [],
    "quotes": [],
    "absolutes": [
      "cures"
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    "vague_attributions": [
      "Doctors don't want"
    ],
    "pressure": [
      "SHARE before"
    ]
  },
  "style": {
    "caps_words": [
      "SHARE"
    ],
    "exclamation_marks": 3
  },
  "what_to_check": [
    "Is the number \"90%\" right, and what is it a share or count of?",
    "Who exactly: \"Doctors don't want\"? Find the named person or study.",
    "\"cures\" is absolute: is it true in every case, or only some?"
  ],
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      "n": 1,
      "title": "Vitamin C and lemon remedies for the common cold: a review of 24 trials",
      "publisher": "Northbridge Review of Medicine",
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      "type": "review",
      "stance": "refutes",
      "weight": 3,
      "date": "2024-02-12",
      "age_years_at_claim": 2.7,
      "quote": "No trial found that lemon or hot water prevented or cured colds; taking vitamin C every day shortened colds by about 8% in adults.",
      "relies_on": null,
      "independent": true,
      "why_not_independent": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "title": "Colds: what works and what does not",
      "publisher": "Riverton Public Health Department",
      "url": "https://health.riverton.example/colds",
      "domain": "health.riverton.example",
      "type": "official",
      "stance": "refutes",
      "weight": 2.5,
      "date": "2025-11-01",
      "age_years_at_claim": 1,
      "quote": "There is no cure for the common cold. Most colds clear up on their own in 7 to 10 days.",
      "relies_on": null,
      "independent": true,
      "why_not_independent": null
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "title": "No, lemon water does not cure 90% of colds",
      "publisher": "ClearCheck",
      "url": "https://clearcheck.example/2026/11/lemon-water-colds",
      "domain": "clearcheck.example",
      "type": "fact-checker",
      "stance": "refutes",
      "weight": 2,
      "date": "2026-11-03",
      "age_years_at_claim": 0,
      "quote": "We found no study behind the 90% figure. The earliest version of the post traces to a wellness blog.",
      "relies_on": null,
      "independent": true,
      "why_not_independent": null
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "title": "Warm drinks and cold symptom relief: a randomized trial",
      "publisher": "Halden Journal of Family Medicine",
      "url": "https://haldenjfm.example/articles/warm-drinks-2019",
      "domain": "haldenjfm.example",
      "type": "study",
      "stance": "mixed",
      "weight": 2.5,
      "date": "2019-01-20",
      "age_years_at_claim": 7.8,
      "quote": "A hot drink gave quick relief from runny nose and sore throat, but did not shorten the cold.",
      "relies_on": null,
      "independent": true,
      "why_not_independent": null
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "title": "My morning lemon ritual",
      "publisher": "Glow Daily (wellness blog)",
      "url": "https://glowdaily.example/morning-lemon-ritual",
      "domain": "glowdaily.example",
      "type": "blog",
      "stance": "supports",
      "weight": 0.5,
      "date": "2026-10-15",
      "age_years_at_claim": 0.1,
      "quote": "My readers tell me 9 out of 10 of them have not had a cold since they started.",
      "relies_on": null,
      "independent": true,
      "why_not_independent": null
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "title": "Lemon water cures most colds, viral post says",
      "publisher": "ViralWire",
      "url": "https://viralwire.example/lemon-water-colds",
      "domain": "viralwire.example",
      "type": "news",
      "stance": "supports",
      "weight": 1.5,
      "date": "2026-11-04",
      "age_years_at_claim": 0,
      "quote": "According to a popular wellness blog, hot lemon water stops 90% of colds.",
      "relies_on": "https://glowdaily.example/morning-lemon-ritual",
      "independent": false,
      "why_not_independent": "repeats source 5"
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    "independent": 5,
    "support": 0.5,
    "refute": 7.5,
    "mixed": 2.5,
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  "suggested_rating": "False",
  "net_score": -0.76,
  "reasons": [
    "Weighted evidence: supports 0.5, refutes 7.5, mixed 2.5 (net -0.76 on a scale from -1 to 1).",
    "1 source(s) not counted again because they repeat another source or site.",
    "The post uses pressure or emotional wording, which says nothing about whether it is true but is common in misleading posts."
  ],
  "problems": [
    "Warm drinks and cold symptom relief: a randomized trial: 7.8 years older than the claim; check for newer evidence."
  ]
}