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Unvaccinated people are more likely to die of COVID-19 because they are more vulnerable to infection and severe disease
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Both vaccinated and unvaccinated people have over 99% chance of surviving COVID-19
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Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Tomi Lahren, 2021-07-18 -
InaccurateVaccinated people are less likely to be hospitalized due to the Delta variant compared to unvaccinated people, contrary to chiropractor’s claim
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A Harvard study showed that vaccinated people are “twice as likely to get hospitalized as opposed to if they had a natural exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, then got exposed to a Delta variant”
Source: TLC4Superteams, Jen DePice, 2021-07-19 -
InaccurateThe Nuremberg Code specifically addresses experimentation; COVID-19 vaccines aren’t experimental, and therefore, don’t violate the Code
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“Nuremberg codes stipulate that consent must be voluntary […] Threatening someone’s livelihood unless they take an experimental vaccine is NOT voluntary consent.”
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Candace Owens, 2021-07-07 -
InaccurateVaccinated people are less likely to die from the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 compared to unvaccinated people; viral claim misinterpreted PHE report
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“You are more likely to die from the Delta variant if you have been vaccinated”
Source: We Love Trump, Anonymous, 2021-07-10 -
Understanding causality in adverse events after vaccination
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There is no evidence that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a lower fatality rate than the wild-type virus
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The fatality rate of the Delta variant of COVID-19 is lower than the original variant
Source: Sky News, The Dan Bongino Show, Alan Jones, Craig Kelly, Dan Bongino, 2021-07-04 -
InaccurateThere is no conclusive evidence that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine contains graphene oxide
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“These Spanish researchers have found that over 99 percent of the Pfizer vaccine is graphene oxide.”
Source: Stew Peters Show, Jane Ruby, Stew Peters, 2021-07-05 -
UnsupportedRetracted study misused statistics and adverse event reports to claim that COVID-19 vaccines don’t offer “clear benefit” and caused deaths
Claim:
“For three deaths prevented by vaccination we have to accept two inflicted by vaccination.”
Source: MDPI, Harald Walach, Rainer Klement, Wouter Aukema, 2021-06-24
