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Instagram reel promotes the baseless claim that viruses don’t exist, ignoring more than a century of science about infectious diseases
Claim:
Viruses don’t exist, terrain theory explains why diseases occur
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Source: Cultivate Elevate, Matt Roeske, 2024-02-11 -
InaccurateClaim that myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines carries serious risk of death is based on flawed study
Claim:
Study shows myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccination carries serious risk of death
Source: The Blaze, Joseph Mackinnon, 2024-01-29 -
Flawed reasoningEpidemiological data refutes the claim that polio is renamed to hide the disease and the polio vaccine doesn’t work
Claim:
Polio vaccine doesn’t work; India had no cases of non-polio paralysis until polio vaccine was introduced; polio was renamed to hide its existence
Source: Instagram, Jaclyn Simone, 2024-01-23 -
InaccurateVaccines don’t cause childhood cancer, contrary to claim by Candace Owens
Claim:
Vaccines have caused an "explosion" of childhood cancer; vaccine package insert states vaccines weren’t tested for mutagenic effect
Source: Twitter, Candace Owens, 2024-01-19 -
UnsupportedRat study alleged to link COVID-19 vaccines to autism cannot be generalized to humans and contains important limitations
Claim:
“COVID-19 Shots Linked to Autism in Vaccinated Rats: Study”
Source: Substack, Twitter/X, The Epoch Times, Social media users, 2024-01-12 -
IncorrectSocial media account “I AM Awakened” exploits seasonal illness surge to promote conspiracy that chemicals in food cause a “plandemic”
Claim:
The pandemic was planned; respiratory illness surge in New York and China isn’t airborne but due to chlorine and benzene in food and water
Source: I AM Awakened, Alexander Cole, 2023-12-31 -
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InaccurateAndrew Tate peddles debunked claim about COVID-19 vaccines being “experimental poison” in Piers Morgan interview
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are “experimental poison”; COVID has gone away
Source: Piers Morgan Uncensored, Andrew Tate, 2024-11-20 -
InaccurateSteve Kirsch’s claim that New Zealand data shows COVID-19 vaccines killed millions is based on a flawed analysis
Claim:
“the COVID vaccines have killed millions of people worldwide, an estimated 1 death per 1,000 doses on average in a standard population”
Source: Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2023-12-01 -
InaccuratePublished studies misrepresented by cardiologist Peter McCullough to push false claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause sudden cardiac death
Claim:
Published studies show that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause metabolic cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death
Source: One America News Network, Peter McCullough, 2023-10-27
