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Claims that a phase 3 clinical trial showed that ivermectin is effective against Omicron are inaccurate and based on a now-corrected Reuters article
Claim:
Phase 3 trial shows that Ivermectin is effective against Omicron
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Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2022-01-31 -
IncorrectThe COVID-19 vaccines protect people from severe COVID-19 and don’t weaken the immune system
Claim:
“Worldwide Data suggests Fully Vaccinated [people] are developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome”
Source: The Exposé, Anonymous, 2022-01-22 -
COVID-19 deaths in people with pre-existing health conditions are still caused by COVID-19, contrary to claim by Jimmy Dore
Claim:
“Total Deaths From COVID MUCH LOWER Than Reported”
Source: The Jimmy Dore Show, Jimmy Dore, John Campbell, 2022-01-22 -
Flawed reasoning
COVID-19 deaths in people with pre-existing health conditions are still caused by COVID-19, contrary to claim by Jimmy Dore
Claim:
“Total Deaths From COVID MUCH LOWER Than Reported”
Source: The Jimmy Dore Show, Jimmy Dore, John Campbell, 2022-01-22 -
InaccurateRobert Malone made multiple misleading or unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 and vaccines on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast
Claim:
the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental and ineffective; “natural immunity is superior to the vaccine induced immunity”; vaccine-induced spike protein is dangerous, causes serious side effects; “Omicron is a mild variant. It is absolutely able to escape prior vaccination”
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Robert Malone, 2021-12-31 -
MisleadingHundreds of millions of people worldwide have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; their safety and effectiveness are established; the vaccines aren’t experimental
Claim:
The COVID-19 vaccines are experimental
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Social media users, Tomi Lahren, 2022-01-19 -
InaccurateNo, COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain bacteria and HIV; the vaccines enhance the body’s ability to respond to pathogens, not reduce it
Claim:
The COVID-19 vaccine contains bacteria and HIV, prevents body from making new white blood cells
Source: Disclosure Hub, Together As One, Anonymous, 2021-11-11 -
UnsupportedThere is no evidence that dietary supplements containing zinc and a zinc ionophore, such as the one promoted by Vladimir Zelenko, are effective against COVID-19
Claim:
Zinc supplements can protect against COVID-19; Zinc “kills the virus” and zinc ionophores are a “a zinc delivery system” that “allows zinc to go from outside the cell to inside the cell”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Vladimir Zelenko, 2021-01-06 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines aren’t associated with a higher risk of pregnancy complication, contrary to claim by Daniel Horowitz
Claim:
“The shots were not studied in pregnant women”; “we have seen 50 times the rate of reporting [in VAERS] per month of miscarriages for this vaccine than the other vaccines put together.”
Source: The Blaze, Daniel Horowitz, 2022-01-11 -
InaccurateNo, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness
Claim:
“Danish researchers [...] found protection against Omicron turned negative three months after the second dose”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2022-01-06
