Inaccurate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresents CDC study, spreading false claim about hepatitis B vaccine-autism link
Claim:
CDC study in 1999 reported 1,135% increased risk of autism after hepatitis B vaccination; CDC then covered up the results
Pablo Rougerie
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Source: Tucker Carlson Network, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2025-06-30 -
UnsupportedNew study contained methodological limitations and failed to show that COVID-19 vaccines increase disease burden, despite claims by Patrick Flynn
Claim:
“COVID-19 ‘vaccinated’ people are sicker”; “‘Vaccinated’ individuals experienced [...] higher rates of COVID-19 infections, and increased musculoskeletal issues compared to the unvaccinated”
Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2025-02-17 -
UnsupportedAltered video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promotes unproven use of apple cider vinegar as diabetes cure
Claim:
Apple cider vinegar is a cure for diabetes; it’s an effective substitute to metformin therapy and dietary changes
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-02-09 -
Mostly accurateInfants younger than 6 months had the second highest COVID-associated hospitalization rate for most of the pandemic
Claim:
“Babies under 6 months have the second highest hospitalization rate after the elderly”
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2025-02-06 -
InaccurateNo evidence of mass deaths among vaccinated people, contrary to 2022 prediction by Dolores Cahill
Claim:
Everyone who received at least one dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine would "die within three to five years."
Source: Facebook, Dolores Cahill, 2025-01-25 -
MisleadingDid the CIA conclude that SARS-CoV-2 came from a Chinese lab? Beware of misleading headlines in the Daily Mail and elsewhere
Claim:
“CIA now says Covid DID come from Chinese lab”
Source: Daily Mail, Joe Hutchison, 2025-01-25 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines not shown to have “negative efficacy”, contrary to claim by Nicolas Hulscher
Claim:
New research from Japan shows COVID-19 vaccines have “negative efficacy”
Source: Substack, Nicolas Hulscher, 2025-01-06 -
InaccurateThe human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been circulating for decades and isn’t a side effect of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Claim:
“Pfizer has disclosed that Human Metapneumovirus is one of the potential side effects of their mRNA vaccine”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-01-06 -
InaccuratePfizer didn’t release a list of COVID-19 vaccine side effects in 2025, contrary to allegations on social media
Claim:
“Pfizer just released a few days ago the side effects of the jab” ; this lists contains more than forty medical conditions that are side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-01-02 -
IncorrectNew study from Brazil doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of death in the long term
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines had a short-term “negligible” benefit, but caused a "substantially greater risk of death”, a new study showed
Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2024-12-28
