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
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-03-23 COVID-19 vaccines are critical for controlling the pandemic; vaccines still offer partial protection against new variants of the virus Claim: COVID-19 mass vaccination will select for more virulent variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, which will escape vaccine-induced immunity and cause more severe disease Source: The Highwire, Children's Health Defense, Geert Vanden Bossche, 2021-03-06
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-03-06 Six residents in a German nursing home died from COVID-19, not from vaccines Claim: “25% of residents in German nursing home died after Pfizer vaccine”; a team including a soldier in uniform used force to vaccinate residents Source: Children's Health Defense, Anonymous, 2021-03-01
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-03-01 Pregnant women can decide whether to receive the COVID-19 vaccine; safety monitoring suggests that COVID-19 vaccines don’t pose any specific risk for pregnant women Claim: “Health officials push pregnant women to get covid shots, despite known risks” Source: Children's Health Defense, Anonymous, 2021-02-23
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-02-17 Misleading to compare the safety of COVID-19 and flu vaccines based solely on VAERS reports; VAERS reports alone cannot demonstrate that a vaccine caused an adverse event Claim: One person is 300 to 900 times “more likely to die” after getting the COVID-19 vaccine than the flu vaccine; “Adverse events are widely underreported” Source: Twitter/X, Instagram, Alex Berenson, 2021-02-14
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-02-11 COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use prevent the disease and are generally safe based on rigorous clinical trials and ongoing monitoring Claim: “No one can possibly know if the [COVID-19] vaccine is safe and effective because the trial is still underway; “Thousands of people who had the vaccine have died or been seriously injured by it” Source: Charlie Ward, Vernon Coleman, 2021-02-02
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-02-03 The American Journal of Medicine didn’t recommend hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19; scientific evidence doesn’t show hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19 Claim: The “American Journal of Medicine admit their stand on [hydroxychloroquine] was wrong“; it “published evidence that hydroxychloroquine is effective for preventing COVID-19“ Source: Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, 2021-01-28
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-01-29 COVID-19 vaccines currently in use stimulate immunity to the same degree as natural infection without exposing the vaccinated person to the risks associated with the disease Claim: “Merck Scraps COVID Vaccines; Says It’s More Effective To Get The Virus And Recover” Source: Summit.news, Steve Watson, 2021-01-26
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2021-01-21 Overwhelming weight of scientific evidence demonstrates that vaccines are safe and effective, contrary to claims in video by chiropractor Steve Baker Claim: There are many reasons to not vaccinate, including vaccine toxicity; “Vaccines don’t prevent transmission”; “Vaccinated kids are not as healthy as unvaccinated kids“ Source: Facebook, Steven Baker, 2021-01-13
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-01-17 Lower flu activity this season likely due to COVID-19 restrictions, increased flu vaccination, and other factors, not to misdiagnosis of flu cases as COVID-19 Claim: ”There is no evidence to support the contention that masks would stop influenza while failing to stop COVID”; “Influenza has been renamed COVID-19 in large part” Source: Just the News, Daniel Payne, 2021-01-01