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Flu vaccine reduces risk of flu-related illness and hospitalization, even though it hasn’t eradicated flu
Claim:
“We’ve had the flu vaccine for 78 years. We still have the flu.”
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Source: Threads, Social media user, 2025-02-08 -
Mostly accurateInfants younger than 6 months had the second highest COVID-associated hospitalization rate for most of the pandemic
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“Babies under 6 months have the second highest hospitalization rate after the elderly”
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2025-02-06 -
IncorrectViral copypasta posts mislead about cancer causes and testing, promote unproven cancer remedies such as ivermectin, fenbendazole, alkaline water, and vitamin B17
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A list of alternative cancer treatments can be “successfully used to treat certain cancers”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-01-28 -
InaccurateJapanese study misrepresented in posts claiming “heart failure surges among Covid-vaccinated”
Claim:
“Japan sounds alarm as heart failure surges among Covid-vaccinated”
Source: Slay News, TikTok, Facebook, Frank Bergman, Social media users, 2025-01-18 -
InaccurateNo evidence of mass deaths among vaccinated people, contrary to 2022 prediction by Dolores Cahill
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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 -
MisleadingAluminum-based adjuvants in vaccines are safe, contrary to claims based on mouse study
Claim:
'Mice study that showed aluminium in vaccines causes cognitive deficits & possible cause of Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s disease'
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2025-01-31 -
MisleadingFlawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism
Claim:
“New peer-reviewed study again confirms childhood vaccines are likely responsible for nearly 80% of the autism cases in US”
Source: X/Twitter, Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2025-01-25 -
MisleadingVaccines don’t cause mercury toxicity; the mercury compound present in some vaccines is different from the one in seafood
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“Doctors: don't eat fish when you're pregnant to avoid mercury getting into your baby Also doctors: vaccines containing mercury are safe to inject into your baby”
Source: Threads, Kaylee Winfield, @mommavspharma, Social media user, 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 -
Mostly correctGrapefruit can cause negative effects when mixed with certain antidepressants, such as sertraline (Zoloft)
Claim:
Eating grapefruit while using antidepressants can cause overdose, other complications
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2025-01-13
