Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-08-03 Vaccinated people are much more protected from COVID-19 than unvaccinated individuals; the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks Claim: Vaccinated people can still get COVID-19, spread COVID-19, die from COVID-19, and could even die from the vaccine Source: Instagram, Instagram user, 2021-07-26
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-07-24 The majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.K. are among unvaccinated people Claim: “60% of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in England have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine” Source: Disclose.tv, Anonymous, 2021-07-19
Flawed reasoning Health Posted on: 2021-07-12 Preliminary data indicate that COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of pregnancy-related adverse outcomes Claim: “82% miscarriage rate among women who got the [COVID-19 vaccine] between 30 days and 20 weeks pregnant.” Source: Instagram, Ian Smith, 2021-07-06
Lacks context Health Posted on: 2021-06-29 The World Health Organization states that COVID-19 vaccination for children is less urgent, but doesn’t recommend against it Claim: “The WHO says children should not receive COVID-19 vaccines” Source: Instagram, Instagram user, 2021-06-22
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-06-17 COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness and death; rare infections in vaccinated people can still occur, as seen in the Celebrity Millennium cruise Claim: “Passengers on first fully vaccinated [...] cruise ship test positive for COVID-19. Almost like the shot is useless.” Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2021-06-11
Flawed reasoning Health Posted on: 2021-06-04 Fully vaccinated individuals are exempt from wearing a mask because they are less vulnerable to infection by SARS-CoV-2 than unvaccinated people Claim: Unvaccinated people have to wear masks to protect vaccinated people Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-05-22
Health Posted on: 2021-05-24 No data available to suggest a link between India’s reduction of COVID-19 cases and the use of ivermectin Claim: “Coronavirus cases are plummeting in India thanks to new rules that promote Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine”; it is a “now-indisputable fact that [ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine] essentially kill COVID-19 within hours or days” Source: Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, 2021-05-17
Flawed reasoning Health Posted on: 2021-05-14 Misinterpretation of VAERS database leads Tucker Carlson to wrongly suggests that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher mortality on Fox News Claim: “3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine”; “more people, according to VAERS, have died after getting the [COVID-19] shot [...] than from all the other vaccines” Source: Fox News, Tucker Carlson, 2021-05-06
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-05-10 Deaths are attributed to COVID-19 according to clinical symptoms and diagnosis; deaths that occur after vaccination are systematically reported and investigated Claim: “If you die within 20 days of testing positive for [COVID-19][...], you’ll be counted as a COVID death.”; vaccines are systematically dismissed as a possible cause of death. Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2021-05-02
Mostly accurate Health Posted on: 2021-04-20 Oral contraceptives have a bigger risk factor for blood clot formation than the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines Claim: “Birth control has a far greater risk of blood clots than any Covid-19 vaccine so far” Source: Vice News, Carter Sherman, 2021-04-13