Inaccurate
Testing in general reveals infections, it doesn’t create them; COVID-19 isn’t the same as the common cold
Claim:
“If you stop testing it all goes away and people just have colds like before”
Flora Teoh
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Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2021-12-24 -
InaccurateJoe Rogan interview with Peter McCullough contains multiple false and unsubstantiated claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines
Claim:
the pandemic was planned; the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental; previously infected people have “permanent immunity”; VAERS shows vaccines killed thousands of people, vaccine-induced spike protein causes damage
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Peter McCullough, 2021-12-13 -
UnsupportedIvermectin study in the city of Itajaí contains several methodological weaknesses, resulting in questionable conclusions
Claim:
A preprint of an ivermectin study in the Brazilian city of Itajaí found that prophylactic ivermectin reduced COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality by half
Source: The Blaze, Zero Hedge, Gateway Pundit, Daniel Horowitz, Jim Hoft, 2021-12-12 -
InaccurateNo, a fence in a shopping mall wasn’t used to segregate vaccinated and unvaccinated people; photo was taken in Romania, not Germany
Claim:
“In Germany, a fence separates vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The biggest symptom of COVID is insanity”
Source: Facebook, Young Americans for Liberty, 2021-12-07 -
InaccurateInaccurate clickbait headline in Forbes article used to promote the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
Claim:
Forbes article is evidence that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2021-11-30 -
IncorrectPathogens can evolve to be more virulent over time, contrary to nutritionist’s claim
Claim:
“Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time”
Source: Facebook, Mike Mutzel, 2021-11-28 -
UnsupportedClaim that the COVID-19 vaccine is riskier than the disease for children is based on an economist’s incorrect calculation of the metric “number needed to vaccinate”
Claim:
“more children will die from the vaccine than will die from COVID in the first place and there’s proof”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Substack, Toby Rogers, 2021-11-01 -
IncorrectContrary to claim in Becker News article, not all cases of infection lead to immunity; falsely claims that most COVID-19 deaths weren’t caused by COVID-19 but by comorbidities
Claim:
“The CDC Finally Admits a Massive Number of Americans Have ‘Natural Immunity’: 146.6 Million People”; 94% of Covid-related deaths were not caused by Covid-19
Source: Becker News, Kyle Becker, 2021-11-13 -
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IncorrectArticle by The Exposé failed to account for caveats listed in U.K. vaccine surveillance reports; falsely claims fully vaccinated people have weakened immunity
Claim:
The Vaccine Surveillance Reports published by the U.K. government suggest that fully vaccinated people are developing AIDS
Source: The Exposé, Anonymous, 2021-10-30
