Incorrect
Vaccine skeptics misconstrue studies to falsely claim that measles vaccine causes measles outbreaks
Claim:
Measles vaccine caused Texas outbreak; measles vaccine is responsible for measles outbreaks
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Source: Children's Health Defense, The People’s Voice, Baxter Dmitry, Marcella Piper-Terry, 2025-02-17 -
IncorrectDecline in autism among high-income white households not caused by a decrease in childhood vaccination, vaccines don’t cause autism
Claim:
Autism and vaccination decreased over the same time period among high-income white households from California, indicating a possible causal relationship
Source: Children's Health Defense, Toby Rogers, 2024-08-08 -
InaccurateCDC analysis of RSV vaccines data showed vaccines are safe, not associated with excess deaths, contrary to claim by Children’s Health Defense
Claim:
RSV vaccines are linked to deaths and neurological disorders; the CDC glossed over reports of deaths among vaccinated individuals
Source: Children's Health Defense, The Defender, Michael Nevradakis, 2024-03-03 -
IncorrectAnti-vaccination organization spreads baseless claim that global HPV vaccination campaign will lead to “mass casualty event”
Claim:
HPV vaccines are ineffective and cause side effects including autoimmune and neurological disorders, based on VAERS reports
Source: Children's Health Defense, Brenda Baletti, 2023-11-07 -
Inaccurate
Studies continue to show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t harm fertility
Claim:
New England Journal of Medicine “proves” 80% miscarriage rate among vaccinated women; COVID-19 vaccines harm men’s and women’s fertility
Source: Children's Health Defense, NVTV, Christiane Northrup, James Thorp, 2023-09-20 -
Inaccurate
Claim by Brian Hooker that unvaccinated children are healthier compared to vaccinated children relies on flawed studies
Claim:
Vaccinated children are more likely to have poorer health outcomes compared to unvaccinated children
Source: Children's Health Defense, Brian Hooker, 2023-07-07 -
Inaccurate
There are FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. as of May 2023, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
Claim:
There are no FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines on the U.S market as of May 2023
Source: Children's Health Defense, Peter McCullough, 2023-05-26 -
Inaccurate
Animal studies included in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approval application showed no signs of reproductive toxicity
Claim:
“COVID Vaccines Were Never Safe for Pregnant Women, Pfizer’s own data show”
Source: Children's Health Defense, Brownstone Insitute, David Bell, 2023-04-19 -
Misleading
Infection-induced immunity is more unpredictable and poses a higher risk than vaccine-induced immunity
Claim:
“natural immunity provides superior protection to experimental vaccines; “They lied and said Natural Immunity wasn’t better than [vaccine]-induced immunity”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Children's Health Defense, Social media users, 2023-02-17 -
Misleading
Possible increases in cancer rates and lower life expectancy in 2021 are primarily driven by effects of COVID-19, not vaccination
Claim:
“Cancer rates have increased since the introduction of the COVID-19 shots”, which “is driving down U.S. life expectancy”
Source: Children's Health Defense, Joseph Mercola, 2023-01-06
