Health Posted on: 2021-06-22 COVID-19 vaccines can enhance protective immunity in previously infected people Claim: “Individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection do not get additional benefits from vaccination” Source: Medical News, Sanchari Sinha Dutta, 2021-06-08
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-06-19 PCR tests are reliable to detect and monitor COVID-19 infections, which are real and have caused millions of deaths worldwide Claim: It’s not a corona pandemic but it’s a planned, staged PCR test pandemic Source: War Room Pandemic, Reiner Fuellmich, 2021-06-10
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-06-08 Byram Bridle’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines are toxic fails to account for key differences between the spike protein produced during infection and vaccination, misrepresents studies Claim: “Terrifying new research finds vaccine spike protein unexpectedly in [the] bloodstream. The protein is linked to blood clots, heart and brain damage” Source: LifeSite News, ON Point with Alex Pierson, Byram Bridle, 2021-05-28
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2021-05-29 COVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages Claim: COVID-19 vaccines caused as many deaths as the disease in young people Source: Wendy Bell Radio, Wendy Bell, 2021-05-24
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-05-20 COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin Claim: COVID-19 vaccines contain metals or microchips that cause magnets to attach to the arm of vaccinated people Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook users, Instagram users, 2021-05-10
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-05-06 Scientific evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 and the virus that causes it exist and are different from the flu Claim: “We found no COVID-19 in any of the 1,500 [COVID-19-positive] samples” but influenza A and B; “what we're dealing with is just another flu strain like every year. COVID 19 does not exist and is fictitious” Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2021-05-02
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-04-29 Flawed speculative study incorrectly claims that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause neurodegenerative diseases Claim: “Pfizer [COVID-19] vaccine confirmed to cause neurodegenerative diseases”; “mRNA vaccines […] can integrate into the human genome” Source: National File, Nathaniel Linderman, 2021-04-22
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-04-26 COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed Claim: “Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine” Source: Facebook, Instagram, New York Post, Social media users, Jackie Salo, 2021-04-20
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-04-19 The World Health Organization doesn’t recommend ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment; the drug’s safety and effectiveness remains uncertain in COVID-19 patients Claim: “WHO data shows [that] ivermectin reduces COVID-19 mortality by 81%, but they won’t recommend it?” Source: Collective Evolution, Joe Martino, 2021-04-13
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-04-13 The current U.S. generation is healthier than previous ones partly because vaccines reduced infectious diseases; childhood immunization schedules are safe, contrary to chiropractor’s claims Claim: “look at the [vaccination] schedule, we have gotten sicker and sicker”; “the biggest jump in shots came after the 1986 vaccine protection act” Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2021-04-06