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COVID-19 vaccine candidates show high efficacy and a safe profile in clinical trials, contrary to claims in viral video
Claim:
“The COVID-19 pandemic is not a real medical pandemic”; “The COVID-19 vaccine is not proven safe or effective”
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Source: BrandNewTube, World Doctors Alliance, 2020-12-07 -
Flawed reasoningThere is no risk of infertility from COVID-19 vaccines due to cross-reactivity with placenta proteins, as SARS-CoV-2 and placenta proteins are different
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“Covid Vaccine is Female Sterilization”; SARS-CoV-2 vaccines may trigger an immune response against the placenta.
Source: Health and Money News, Anonymous, 2020-12-02 -
UnsupportedStudy on vaccinated and unvaccinated children used a dubious metric for comparing disease incidence in both groups
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“vaccinated children appear to be significantly less healthy than the unvaccinated”
Source: Children's Health Defense, Collective Evolution, Paul Thomas, James Lyons-Weiler, 2020-11-22 -
InaccuratePolio vaccine plays a critical role in eradicating polio; polio is caused by a virus, not by DDT
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“Did vaccines get rid of polio? The answer is NO!”
Source: Instagram, Rizza Islam, Ty Bollinger, 2020-12-02 -
UnsupportedDozens of clinical trials ongoing to investigate whether vitamin D prevents COVID-19; no firm evidence yet
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“Vitamin D insufficiency [...] may account for the majority of COVID-19 deaths”
Source: Instagram, Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-11-30 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccine candidates are rigorously tested for safety during clinical trials, unlike thalidomide; misleading to equate the two
Claim:
“Thalidomide was a rapid approved drug introduced in 1957 to counteract nausea and insomnia in pregnant women. It was [...] withdrawn in 1962 due to malformations in newborns [...] Be very careful with what’s coming.”
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Facebook users, 2020-11-30 -
InaccurateMore deaths occurred in 2020 than in previous years; Johns Hopkins student article compared proportion of deaths per age group, which can obscure changes in raw numbers
Claim:
“Johns Hopkins study mysteriously disappears after it revealed, in spite of COVID, no more deaths in 2020 than in prior years”
Source: LifeSite News, Gateway Pundit, Michael Haynes, Joe Hoft, 2020-11-27 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause more severe disease; antibody-dependent enhancement has not been observed in clinical trials
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COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-11-21 -
IncorrectFace masks, handwashing, and vaccination do not weaken the immune system, and are effective measures to reduce the spread of infectious diseases
Claim:
Public health measures aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 including face masks, vaccines, and frequent handwashing “suppress our immune systems”
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2020-11-23 -
UnsupportedDanish face mask study did not show that masks were ineffective at reducing spread of COVID-19; study was underpowered and results were inconclusive
Claim:
“Masks make no significant difference”; “Masks have no significant effect”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Anthony Sabatini, Buck Sexton, Sharyl Attkisson, Alex Berenson, 2020-11-18
