Flawed reasoning
Steve Kirsch promotes flawed study making false claim about COVID-19 vaccines and cancer risk
Claim:
“Pathologist reports a stunning 52% increase in cancer risk for ages 15-59 who were vaxxed”
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Source: Twitter, Substack, Instagram, Ivana Pavic, Steve Kirsch, 2024-03-05 -
Inaccurate
CDC analysis of RSV vaccines data showed vaccines are safe, not associated with excess deaths, contrary to claim by Children’s Health Defense
Claim:
RSV vaccines are linked to deaths and neurological disorders; the CDC glossed over reports of deaths among vaccinated individuals
Source: The Defender, Children's Health Defense, Michael Nevradakis, 2024-03-03 -
Misleading
Vaccines, treatments reduced public health threat posed by COVID-19, explaining different approach in 2024 compared to 2020
Claim:
COVID-19 has been like the flu since the beginning of the pandemic
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2024-03-02 -
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
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-18 -
Incorrect
France 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 reasoning
False-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 -
Unsupported
Johns 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 -
Incorrect
COVID-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 -
Inaccurate
