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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
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Source: Instagram, Carl Higbie, David Harris Jr., 2023-08-22 -
IncorrectVaccines aren’t responsible for rise in autism cases; change in diagnostic criteria is the most plausible explanation
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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 -
InaccurateThe 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: CFACT, Instagram, Don Easterbrook, Judith Curry, 2023-04-16 -
Lacks contextDraft U.S. government report doesn’t conclude that fluoride is harmful at low levels
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“As fluoride goes up [...] IQ goes down in the developing brains of our kids”
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-04-17 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause miscarriages or stillbirths contrary to misleading interpretations of VAERS data
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of miscarriages and stillbirths
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2023-03-23 -
InaccurateVaccination recruits both the innate and adaptive immune system; COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children
Claim:
“clearly [COVID-19] vaccines are dangerous for kids”, they cause myocarditis; children are protected from COVID-19 by innate immunity which is bypassed by vaccination
Source: Instagram, Joseph Mercola, Michelle Perro, 2023-03-13 -
MisleadingU.S. mortality rate analysis by Josh Stirling is misleading; current data don’t show an association between COVID-19 vaccines and increased mortality
Claim:
“The more doses on average you have in a region within the United States, the bigger increase in mortality that region has had in 2022 when compared to 2021”
Source: The Epoch Times, Instagram, Josh Stirling, 2023-01-24 -
MisleadingViral memes listing COVID-19 topics about which authorities were allegedly “wrong” rehash debunked misinformation
Claim:
We were lied about “COVID-19 numbers”, treatments, natural immunity, and the origin of the virus; COVID-19 vaccines and control measures “didn’t work”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2023-02-28 -
MisleadingInfection-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 -
InaccurateModerna didn’t already produce COVID-19 mRNA vaccines before the pandemic; statement by CEO of Moderna misinterpreted
Claim:
Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2023-02-09
