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UnsupportedInsufficient evidence to claim COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual irregularities in vaccinated women; vaccinated people aren’t making unvaccinated people ill
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual problems in women; vaccinated people are causing health problems in unvaccinated people around them
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, Christiane Northrup, 2021-04-11 -
UnsupportedCurrent data from clinical trials offer no reliable evidence that ivermectin is effective against COVID-19; better-quality clinical trials are needed to resolve this question
Claim:
“Ivermectin is the only thing we have that treats COVID at all stages […] Ivermectin substantially reduces deaths from COVID and prevents infections”; 50 studies “show ivermectin is not just effective, but highly effective”
Source: Sky News, Craig Kelly, Tess Lawrie, 2021-04-15 -
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MisleadingCompensation for vaccine injury claims can be awarded even without proof that the vaccine caused the injury
Claim:
“Since 1986, [the U.S. Government] has paid over $4.5 billion dollars for injury claims to individuals damaged by vaccines. We all wish that vaccines were 100% safe, but the truth is, they’re not.”
Source: Facebook, Health Choice Connecticut, 2021-04-09 -
InaccurateScientific evidence supports the use of face masks to reduce COVID-19 spread, mainly by preventing infectious liquid particles from reaching uninfected people
Claim:
Scientific evidence doesn’t support the wearing of face masks; “why do you care if I don't wear a mask? Doesn't your mask protect you?”
Source: Townhall Media, Dennis Prager, 2021-04-06 -
InaccurateNot all coronaviruses are seasonal, contrary to pathologist Ryan Cole’s claim; COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness
Claim:
Coronaviruses are all seasonal and go away on their own, including those that cause SARS and MERS; ivermectin is effective for preventing and treating COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines are “gene therapy”, don’t give immunity or prevent transmission
Source: Bitchute, Instagram, YouTube, Ryan Cole, 2021-03-04 -
InaccurateHeart attack victims shouldn’t use “cough CPR” on themselves, contrary to chain email dating back to 1999
Claim:
Heart attack “victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 1999-06-30 -
InaccurateMessenger RNA is essential for life and a normal component of cells; study by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering is unrelated to RNA vaccines
Claim:
“Scientists at Sloan Kettering discover mRNA inactivates tumor-suppressing proteins, meaning it can promote cancer”
Source: Natural News, S.D. Wells, 2021-03-02 -
InaccurateVaccines are safe and aren’t associated with autoimmune disease, contrary to claim in viral video by chiropractor Steven Baker
Claim:
“Vaccines cause autoimmune disease”; COVID-19 vaccine will “change your genes”; aborted fetal tissue is in vaccines
Source: Facebook, Steven Baker, 2021-03-05
