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The "blue waffle disease" stands out as a prime example of how quickly a hoax can gain traction in the world of internet myths and misinformation. Since 2010, the fictional condition has been falsely ...

IDK about you, but it seems like a new sexually transmitted disease pops up every other day—so when a new one reportedly started making the rounds in 2010, it didn't seem that far-fetched. The one in ...

IDK about you, but it seems like a new sexually transmitted disease pops up every other day-so when a new one reportedly started making the rounds in 2010, it didn't seem that far-fetched. The one in ...

How Did the Blue Waffle Myth Start? This hoax started many years ago, when someone posted an online image of a bright blue vulva (the outside of a vagina). According to the anonymous poster, it was ...

The term blue waffle disease began around 2010 when an image of blue-tinted, pus-covered, lesion-filled labia circulated online. People said it resulted from a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

“Blue waffle” is an internet hoax. Some claim that it is a sexually transmitted infection that turns the vaginal area blue. However, “blue waffle disease” is not a real medical condition. The people ...

Soma Mandal, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician with a specialty in women’s health. Blue waffle disease is an internet hoax and not a real sexually transmitted infection (STI) that ...

It all started as a bait-and-switch meme, according to CNN. In this case, people were shown a picture of an actual blue waffle (the breakfast food) with the text, "bet you can't find me on google ...