Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-11-02 Photos of blood clots removed during embalming don’t show any link with COVID-19 vaccines; blood clotting risk is much higher after COVID-19 than vaccination Claim: COVID-19 vaccines are linked to an increase in abnormal blood clots observed by embalmers Source: Twitter/X, Instagram, Matthew Horwood, 2022-10-24
Misleading Health Posted on: 2022-10-23 COVID-19 vaccine boosters reduce the risk of infection and hospitalization; they don’t increase the risk, contrary to claims of vaccines’ “negative efficacy” Claim: A study by Kaiser Permanente “shows negative efficacy of the shots against all variants within 150 days”; “the more you inject, the more you infect” Source: Conservative Review, Daniel Horowitz, 2022-10-04
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-10-15 Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, but evidence so far doesn’t show that diabetes causes Alzheimer’s Claim: “Alzheimer’s most of the time is preventable. It’s not genetic, and it’s type 3 diabetes, which is insulin resistance of the brain” Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-09-29
Misleading Health Posted on: 2022-10-08 Charlie Kirk’s video listing reasons to oppose COVID-19 vaccines contains multiple incorrect, misleading, and unsupported statements Claim: COVID-19 vaccines were “rushed into market”; VAERS shows an “unusual spike in vaccine adverse events”; unvaccinated people aren't a threat to vaccinated people Source: The Charlie Kirk Show, Charlie Kirk, 2022-10-04
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-10-06 Article by cardiologist Aseem Malhotra made unsupported claims about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccination Claim: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines might do more harm than good Source: Journal of Insulin Resistance, Aseem Malhotra, 2022-09-26
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-10-06 Article by cardiologist Aseem Malhotra made unsupported claims about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccination Claim: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines might do more harm than good Source: Journal of Insulin Resistance, Aseem Malhotra, 2022-09-26
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-09-26 Water fluoridation hasn’t been associated with cognitive or other health problems so far, contrary to widespread claims Claim: “Harvard Study Confirms: Fluoride Reduces Children’s IQ” Source: Herbs Health and Happiness, Social media users, Anonymous, 2022-09-21
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-09-26 Water fluoridation hasn’t been associated with cognitive or other health problems so far, contrary to widespread claims Claim: “Harvard Study Confirms: Fluoride Reduces Children’s IQ” Source: Herbs Health and Happiness, Social media users, Anonymous, 2022-09-21
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2022-09-12 Mike Adams’ flawed analysis of a clot sent by embalmer Richard Hirschman doesn’t demonstrate any link between blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines Claim: Embalmers find “strange clots” in corpses since the implementation of COVID-19 vaccines Source: The Epoch Times, Natural News, Richard Hirschman, Mike Adams, 2022-09-02
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-09-03 Unsubstantiated claims by Michael Palmer and Sucharit Bhakdi don’t demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccines harm organs Claim: mRNA vaccines cause “vascular and organ damage” that can lead to death Source: Doctors for COVID Ethics, Sucharit Bhakdi, Michael Palmer, 2022-08-29