James D. Cherry Professor (Pediatrics), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles Expertise: Pediatrics, Infectious Disease Review Type Allclaim (1) Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2024-02-16 Childhood vaccines are an important protection against preventable diseases, not “poison” as claimed by Candace Owens Claim: Doctors are ‘injecting poison’ into babies every two months. Source: Twitter, Candace Owens, 2024-02-12 Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-09-03 No mercury or aluminum is present in vaccines; vaccine ingredients aren’t associated with disease Claim: “We allow toxic metals such as aluminum and mercury in shots” Source: Truth Social, Mark Ghalili, 2022-08-31 Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-05-15 Vaccines do not cause mercury toxicity or autism, contrary to claim in London Real video Claim: “Autism is nothing more than mercury toxicity“; vaccine ingredients are toxic Source: London Real, Rashid Buttar, 2020-04-30 Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-03-24 Vaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe Claim: Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism Source: Collective Evolution, Arjun Walia, Facebook user, 2020-02-19 Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-01-31 No, an “FDA study” did not find that vaccines contain cancer-causing viruses Claim: The FDA study looked at vaccines that are made from living cells [...] oftentimes contaminated with hidden viral fragments which have the potential to cause cancer. Source: Principia Scientific, Activist Post, Aaron Kesel, 2019-11-23 Incorrect Health Posted on: 2019-06-13 Contrary to popular video claim, vaccine ingredients are safe, not linked to encephalopathy Claim: Toxic vaccine ingredients in the MMR vaccine cause encephalopathy Source: The Highwire, Del Bigtree, 2017-05-04
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2024-02-16 Childhood vaccines are an important protection against preventable diseases, not “poison” as claimed by Candace Owens Claim: Doctors are ‘injecting poison’ into babies every two months. Source: Twitter, Candace Owens, 2024-02-12
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2022-09-03 No mercury or aluminum is present in vaccines; vaccine ingredients aren’t associated with disease Claim: “We allow toxic metals such as aluminum and mercury in shots” Source: Truth Social, Mark Ghalili, 2022-08-31
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-05-15 Vaccines do not cause mercury toxicity or autism, contrary to claim in London Real video Claim: “Autism is nothing more than mercury toxicity“; vaccine ingredients are toxic Source: London Real, Rashid Buttar, 2020-04-30
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-03-24 Vaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe Claim: Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism Source: Collective Evolution, Arjun Walia, Facebook user, 2020-02-19
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-01-31 No, an “FDA study” did not find that vaccines contain cancer-causing viruses Claim: The FDA study looked at vaccines that are made from living cells [...] oftentimes contaminated with hidden viral fragments which have the potential to cause cancer. Source: Principia Scientific, Activist Post, Aaron Kesel, 2019-11-23
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2019-06-13 Contrary to popular video claim, vaccine ingredients are safe, not linked to encephalopathy Claim: Toxic vaccine ingredients in the MMR vaccine cause encephalopathy Source: The Highwire, Del Bigtree, 2017-05-04