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MisleadingCompensation for vaccine injury claims can be awarded even without proof that the vaccine caused the injury
Claim:
“Since 1986, [the U.S. Government] has paid over $4.5 billion dollars for injury claims to individuals damaged by vaccines. We all wish that vaccines were 100% safe, but the truth is, they’re not.”
Source: Facebook, Health Choice Connecticut, 2021-04-09 -
InaccurateThe current U.S. generation is healthier than previous ones partly because vaccines reduced infectious diseases; childhood immunization schedules are safe, contrary to chiropractor’s claims
Claim:
“look at the [vaccination] schedule, we have gotten sicker and sicker”; “the biggest jump in shots came after the 1986 vaccine protection act”
Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2021-04-06 -
Inaccurate
The current U.S. generation is healthier than previous ones partly because vaccines reduced infectious diseases; childhood immunization schedules are safe, contrary to chiropractor’s claims
Claim:
“look at the [vaccination] schedule, we have gotten sicker and sicker”; “the biggest jump in shots came after the 1986 vaccine protection act”
Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2021-04-06 -
InaccurateScientific evidence supports the use of face masks to reduce COVID-19 spread, mainly by preventing infectious liquid particles from reaching uninfected people
Claim:
Scientific evidence doesn’t support the wearing of face masks; “why do you care if I don't wear a mask? Doesn't your mask protect you?”
Source: Townhall Media, Dennis Prager, 2021-04-06 -
InaccurateClinical trials and post-trial monitoring show that COVID-19 vaccines reduce the spread and occurrence of the disease
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are experimental and don’t prevent infection or transmission; most of us have a 0.05% chance of dying from COVID-19
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-04-05 -
Flawed reasoningCOVID-19 related deaths are indeed caused by COVID-19 and not by contributing health conditions
Claim:
“coronavirus itself is responsible for just 6% of all deaths listed as coronavirus-related”, the others are “due to pre-existing comorbidities”
Source: One America News Network, OANN editors, 2021-03-27 -
IncorrectThere is currently no cure for AIDS; reports to the contrary are incorrect
Claim:
AIDS was cured in more than a dozen patients
Source: Facebook, Alfredo Bowman, 2019-04-01 -
InaccurateThe mRNA COVID-19 vaccines aren’t operating systems, and won’t transform the human body into a virus-making factory
Claim:
The mRNA vaccine is “an operating system that takes over the machinery of your cells” ; “...by the time you get your fourth shot your body will be making all four proteins that make up the COVID-19 virus.”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Abdul Alim Muhammad, Damon Jones, 2021-03-28 -
InaccurateNot all coronaviruses are seasonal, contrary to pathologist Ryan Cole’s claim; COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness
Claim:
Coronaviruses are all seasonal and go away on their own, including those that cause SARS and MERS; ivermectin is effective for preventing and treating COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines are “gene therapy”, don’t give immunity or prevent transmission
Source: Instagram, YouTube, Bitchute, Ryan Cole, 2021-03-04
