Flawed reasoning
Fully vaccinated individuals are exempt from wearing a mask because they are less vulnerable to infection by SARS-CoV-2 than unvaccinated people
Claim:
Unvaccinated people have to wear masks to protect vaccinated people
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-05-22 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines contain metals or microchips that cause magnets to attach to the arm of vaccinated people
Source: Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, Facebook users, Instagram users, 2021-05-10 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines were tested in animals and clinical trials before receiving authorization; vaccinated people aren’t dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines skipped animal testing; COVID-19 vaccines weren’t tested in humans before being released to the public; COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe
Source: YouTube, Facebook, Bob Hall, Angelina Farella, 2021-05-06 -
UnsupportedInsufficient evidence to claim COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual irregularities in vaccinated women; vaccinated people aren’t making unvaccinated people ill
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual problems in women; vaccinated people are causing health problems in unvaccinated people around them
Source: Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, Christiane Northrup, Social media users, 2021-04-11 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
Claim:
“Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”
Source: New York Post, Instagram, Facebook, Jackie Salo, Social media users, 2021-04-20 -
Partially correctInfectious diseases are caused by microorganisms; other factors may determine an individual’s susceptibility to infection, but the microorganism is still the cause
Claim:
“…a virus is not the cause of an illness. It’s a necessary cause […] but it is not the cause.”
Source: Facebook, Lisa Feldman Barrett, 2021-04-06 -
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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