Misleading
Misleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk
Claim:
Higher COVID-19 vaccination rates in White people are related to higher COVID-19 death rates
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Source: Instagram, David Harris Jr., Carl Higbie, 2023-08-22 -
Inaccurate
Conspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors
Claim:
Doctors murdered to protect Big Pharma profits and silence holistic health practitioners
Source: TikTok, Katryna Benson, 2023-07-04 -
InaccurateVideo about blank COVID-19 vaccine insert falsely implies there are no safety data for COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2023-08-03 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t cause long-term spike protein production in the body, contrary to claims by retired professor
Claim:
COVID-19 RNA vaccines weren’t made with messenger RNA; vaccine RNA cannot be broken down in the body
Source: The Epoch Times, Klaus Steber, 2023-07-27 -
InaccurateClaim by Brian Hooker that unvaccinated children are healthier compared to vaccinated children relies on flawed studies
Claim:
Vaccinated children are more likely to have poorer health outcomes compared to unvaccinated children
Source: Children's Health Defense, Brian Hooker, 2023-07-07 -
InaccurateClaim that a mouse study shows COVID-19 vaccine causes “turbo cancer” distorts study findings
Claim:
“New Study Links Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine to ‘Turbo Cancer’”
Source: The Florida Standard, Jonas Vesterberg, 2023-07-13 -
Misleading
Analysis of adverse event variation between Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine batches doesn’t indicate safety problems, contrary to claim by John Campbell
Claim:
Danish researchers show high rates of side effects from Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, indicating problems with safety
Source: YouTube, John Campbell, Vibeke Manniche, 2023-07-05 -
IncorrectNo scientific evidence indicates that parasites are the key cause of autoimmunity
Claim:
“the number 1 indicator of parasites is actually an autoimmune condition”
Source: TikTok, Austin Lake, 2023-06-23 -
Misleading
Claim that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain DNA contaminants based on study of vials of “unknown provenance”; no evidence COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can alter DNA in people
Claim:
DNA in COVID mRNA shots “may have the ability to alter the human genome”; “SV40 has been linked to cancer in humans”; “Regulatory Agencies Knew There Was a Contamination Problem”
Source: The Healthcare Channel, The Epoch Times, Kevin McKernan, Sucharit Bhakdi, Joseph Mercola, 2023-06-11 -
Science Feedback invited to speak at the European Science-Media Hub Summer School 2023
Flora Teoh, PhD, Science Editor at Health Feedback, was invited to speak at the session on “Best practices in science…
