
-
Inaccurate
-
Inaccurate
Approved 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 -
Inaccurate
COVID-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 -
Incorrect
Addressing 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 -
Variations on a theme: The evidence refuting the false claim that vaccines cause autism
While there has indeed been a rise in the number of autism diagnoses in the last decade, the evidence points not to vaccines as the cause, but to a broader diagnostic criteria of autism and increased awareness of the condition now as compared to the past.
-
Incorrect
No evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women is connected to an increase in U.S. infant mortality rate in 2022
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-11-08 -
Incorrect
Peter McCullough misinterprets study on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy; the study shows that vaccines are safe for pregnant women
Claim:
“No discernible benefit of covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy”; “higher rate of neonatal and all-cause readmissions among babies born to vaccinated mothers”
Source: Substack, Instagram, Peter McCullough, 2023-11-05 -
Incorrect
2018 coronavirus research in NIAID Montana lab is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to claim by Fox News’s Jesse Watters
Claim:
“Fauci frankensteined Covid bats on our soil a year before the pandemic, but then acted all shocked when the virus started spreading” ; Fauci’s goons went to the Wuhan lab, bottled up a virus and brought it to a lab in America”
Source: Facebook, Fox News, Jesse Watters, 2023-11-01 -
Unsupported
Residual DNA in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is documented, isn’t associated with genome modification or cancer, contrary to claim by Robert Malone
Claim:
The more COVID-19 vaccines doses people receive, the higher the risk of getting COVID-19; vaccines contain DNA fragments that modify the genome and cause cancer
Source: The Charlie Kirk Show, Robert Malone, 2023-10-27 -
Incorrect
Preventing deaths isn’t the sole benefit of COVID-19 vaccination, contrary to Epoch Times article
Claim:
“An accurate reporting by Pfizer would have shown equal numbers of clinical trial deaths in the vaccine and placebo groups and thus, no benefit of vaccination”
Source: The Epoch Times, Megan Redshaw, 2023-10-21