Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-12-06 Mask-wearing helps to reduce the spread of COVID-19; social media posts misinterpreted Annals of Internal Medicine study on N95 respirators Claim: “‘Gold Standard’ Scientific Trial Deals Massive Blow to N95 and Surgical Masks as Way to ‘Stop Covid’” Source: Becker News, Kyle Becker, 2022-11-30
Misleading Health Posted on: 2022-11-24 People can sue manufacturers for injury following routine childhood vaccines, contrary to a claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Claim: “As long as you take an Emergency Use [vaccine], you can’t sue them. Once they get approved, now you can sue them—unless they can get it recommended for children” Source: The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2021-12-22
Misleading Health Posted on: 2022-11-16 Multiple studies showed that COVID-19 increases the risk of heart inflammation more than vaccines do; study in Israel misleadingly used to claim otherwise Claim: Israeli study showed that COVID-19 doesn’t increase the risk of heart inflammation Source: Twitter/X, Marina Medvin, 2022-11-08
Misleading Health Posted on: 2022-11-13 Scientific evidence shows that unvaccinated people are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die, contrary to claim in viral social media posts about Germany data Claim: More than 88% of ICU patients in Germany are vaccinated; the COVID-19 vaccines no longer protect against severe disease Source: Twitter/X, Olaf Garber, 2022-11-06
Misleading Health Posted on: 2022-11-07 2014 study by Dyall et al. is an in vitro study; clinical trials showed hydroxychloroquine is ineffective against COVID-19 in people Claim: Federal agencies already knew that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine “were very likely to be effective against COVID-19” based on 2014 paper Source: The Epoch Times, Meryl Nass, 2022-10-31
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-11-03 Japan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths Claim: “SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously” Source: Instagram, The Epoch Times, Zachary Stieber, Stephen Hussey, 2022-10-27
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-11-03 Japan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths Claim: “SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously” Source: Instagram, The Epoch Times, Zachary Stieber, Stephen Hussey, 2022-10-27
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-10-24 Study by German researchers didn’t find significant safety concerns with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson Claim: “One in every 500 children under five years who received the Pfizer mRNA Covid vaccine were hospitalised with a vaccine injury” Source: Substack, Daily Sceptic, Will Jones, Alex Berenson, 2022-10-20
Misleading Health Posted on: 2022-10-18 Scientific studies show that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduces transmission; claim by Rob Roos is misleading Claim: “In COVID hearing, #Pfizer director admits: #vaccine was never tested on preventing transmission. ‘Get vaccinated for others’ was always a lie.” Source: Twitter/X, Rob Roos, 2022-10-11
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-10-13 Analysis by Florida Department of Health about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contains multiple methodological problems Claim: Florida study found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related death, especially in men Source: Twitter/X, Fox News, Joseph Ladapo, 2022-10-07