Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-08-26 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated its efficacy and safety in several stages of clinical trials before been authorized for emergency use, and therefore isn’t experimental Claim: “Today the FDA announced they approved a drug whose Phase III clinical trials are not expected to be completed for two more years” Source: Facebook, Instagram, Benjamin Benulis, 2021-08-23
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-08-23 Janci Chunn Lindsay’s claims that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe are inaccurate and unsupported by scientific evidence Claim: COVID-19 vaccines will cause blood clotting, fertility problems, and immune escape Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Janci Chunn Lindsay, 2021-04-23
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2021-08-13 Family physician Daniel Stock repeated previously debunked misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and control strategies in a Mount Vernon School Board Meeting Claim: Face masks don’t reduce the spread of respiratory infections; COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, and may lead to more severe disease; ivermectin, vitamin D, and zinc are effective COVID-19 treatments Source: YouTube, Daniel Stock, 2021-08-06
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2021-08-13 Family physician Daniel Stock repeated previously debunked misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and control strategies in a Mount Vernon School Board Meeting Claim: Face masks don’t reduce the spread of respiratory infections; COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, and may lead to more severe disease; ivermectin, vitamin D, and zinc are effective COVID-19 treatments Source: YouTube, Daniel Stock, 2021-08-06
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-08-09 COVID-19 vaccines are a much safer way of acquiring immunity than infection, which requires exposing the person to risks from the disease Claim: Natural immunity is far superior to COVID-19 vaccines Source: Israel National News, David Rosenberg, Del Bigtree, 2021-07-17
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-07-31 COVID-19 vaccines effectively prevent severe disease; haven’t shown signs of antibody-dependent enhancement as claimed by Robert Malone Claim: COVID-19 vaccines will make SARS-CoV-2 more dangerous due to a mechanism called antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) Source: War Room Pandemic, Robert Malone, 2021-07-28
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-07-24 Unsupported claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused hundreds of serious reactions among military veterans misuses VAERS reports Claim: COVID-19 vaccines caused 895 serious reactions among military veterans Source: Judicial Watch, Thomas Fitton, 2021-07-14
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-07-21 Unvaccinated people are more likely to die of COVID-19 because they are more vulnerable to infection and severe disease Claim: Both vaccinated and unvaccinated people have over 99% chance of surviving COVID-19 Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Tomi Lahren, 2021-07-18
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-07-15 COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective but don’t prevent the disease completely; unvaccinated people place themselves and others at risk as a reservoir for virus spread Claim: 'Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from the virus they got vaccinated against because you're not vaccinated' Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Anonymous, 2021-07-07
Accurate Health Posted on: 2021-07-07 Unvaccinated individuals now account for the vast majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S., according to available data Claim: “99.2% of U.S. COVID deaths in June were unvaccinated people” Source: Twitter/X, Judd Legum, 2021-07-04