Incorrect
The level of aluminum in childhood vaccines is safe, even for babies
Claim:
Per FDA guidelines, babies are too small to safely handle the amount of aluminum in childhood vaccines
Pablo Rougerie
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Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-18 -
IncorrectFrance passed a law targeting health-threatening psychological manipulation and influence, but didn’t criminalize criticism of mRNA vaccines
Claim:
“France will send citizens to jail if they question mRNA vaccines”; “It’s now a crime in France to oppose the mRNA vax”
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-16 -
“Disease X”: How pandemic preparedness talks spawned conspiracy theories online
On 17 January 2024, public health experts including Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), held…
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Flawed reasoningFalse-positive HIV tests don’t imply that a person is immunodeficient, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
Claim:
“The HIV test can turn positive after COVID-19 as well as the vaccine”; “maybe a form of immunodeficiency is there”
Source: Rumble, Instagram, Peter McCullough, 2024-01-19 -
UnsupportedJohns Hopkins report on the 2025 SPARS pandemic isn’t evidence that an upcoming pandemic is being planned
Claim:
“they already have the pandemic planned”; “there’s an 89-page pdf about how they’ll push everything”
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-01-12 -
IncorrectCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause leprosy, aren’t responsible for leprosy cases in Florida
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy
Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-01-04 -
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InaccurateApproved COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain HIV proteins and don’t cause AIDS, contrary to claim misquoting BBC documentary
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines contain proteins from HIV; “if you have taken the third dose, go and take a test for AIDS, then sue your government”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-12-16 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission and don’t increase mortality, contrary James Thorp’s claim
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are “an unqualified disaster”; they didn’t “[halt] viral spread” and they caused “high morbidity and mortality rates”
Source: The Wellness Company, James Thorp, 2023-12-13 -
IncorrectAddressing false claims that Vitamin K shots have toxic levels of aluminum, Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients, and more
Claim:
Vitamin K shots are dangerous because of toxic levels of aluminum; Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-12-07
