Incorrect
COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause leprosy, aren’t responsible for leprosy cases in Florida
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy
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Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-01-04 -
Misleading
Viral claim that cow burps are not an important contributor to climate change ignores full range of greenhouse gas emissions of beef production
Claim:
Methane from cows is only a small percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions, it would be produced anyways without cattle, it is not an important contributor to climate change
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-12-19 -
Incorrect
Addressing false claims that Vitamin K shots have toxic levels of aluminum, Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients, and more
Claim:
Vitamin K shots are dangerous because of toxic levels of aluminum; Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-12-07 -
Incorrect
Instagram reel rehashes old misinformation inaccurately linking autism with vaccines, glyphosate, and MTHFR mutations
Claim:
Vaccines, MTHFR mutation, and glyphosate lead to autism in children with brain injury
Source: Instagram, Nathan Riley, 2023-11-19 -
Incorrect
Peter McCullough misinterprets study on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy; the study shows that vaccines are safe for pregnant women
Claim:
“No discernible benefit of covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy”; “higher rate of neonatal and all-cause readmissions among babies born to vaccinated mothers”
Source: Substack, Instagram, Peter McCullough, 2023-11-05 -
Inaccurate
Vitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan
Claim:
Vitamin K shots are poisonous because they contain polysorbate 80 as “main active ingredient” that has “strong links with infertility, with autoimmune issues”
Source: Instagram, Brandy Vaughan, 2023-05-25 -
Misleading
Misleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk
Claim:
Higher COVID-19 vaccination rates in White people are related to higher COVID-19 death rates
Source: Instagram, David Harris Jr., Carl Higbie, 2023-08-22 -
Incorrect
Vaccines aren’t responsible for rise in autism cases; change in diagnostic criteria is the most plausible explanation
Claim:
The increase in both the number of vaccines in the CDC schedule and in autism rates implies that vaccines cause autism
Source: Instagram, Grant Cardone, 2023-07-14 -
Inaccurate
The Antarctic’s ice coverage is not increasing to record levels, nor is the continent getting colder, contrary to Curry and Easterbrook claims in CFACT movie
Claim:
Antarctic sea-ice extent is increasing to record levels. Antarctica is getting colder; its sea ice and ice cap are not melting
Source: Instagram, CFACT, Judith Curry, Don Easterbrook, 2023-04-16 -
Lacks context
Draft U.S. government report doesn’t conclude that fluoride is harmful at low levels
Claim:
“As fluoride goes up [...] IQ goes down in the developing brains of our kids”
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-04-17
