Misleading
Video by John Campbell comparing historical and COVID-19 vaccines misleads on vaccine safety
Claim:
A study showed that the number of serious adverse vaccine events associated with COVID-19 vaccines is “too high”
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Source: YouTube, John Campbell, 2022-12-31 -
MisleadingStudy led by FDA researchers didn’t find that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine caused blood clots, contrary to viral claims on social media
Claim:
“Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Blood Clotting: FDA”
Source: The Epoch Times, Zachary Stieber, 2022-12-17 -
UnsupportedNo, a German “autopsy report” didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines as “likely” cause of sudden deaths
Claim:
“Major New Autopsy Report Reveals Those Who Died Suddenly Were Likely Killed by the Covid Vaccine”
Source: Daily Sceptic, Will Jones, 2022-12-05 -
InaccurateMask-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 -
MisleadingPeople 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 -
MisleadingMultiple 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 -
MisleadingScientific 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 -
Misleading2014 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 -
UnsupportedJapan 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: The Epoch Times, Instagram, Zachary Stieber, Stephen Hussey, 2022-10-27 -
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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
