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The Pfizer bivalent vaccines are very unlikely to increase the risk of ischemic stroke, contrary to claims on social media
Claim:
The Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine causes strokes
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Source: Twitter/X, Instagram, Social media users, 2023-01-14 -
InaccurateFrench political advisor Jacques Attali didn’t call for world depopulation through pandemics or vaccines
Claim:
Attali wrote “the future will be about finding a way to reduce the population”, elites will “find a real cause, a pandemic” after having “taken care of having panned the treatment”
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2022-12-21 -
MisleadingContrary to viral Instagram videos, COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against severe disease
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Vaccine effectiveness has fallen from 100% to 20%; the early reported vaccine effectiveness figures were lies
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2022-12-01 -
IncorrectLaura Braden’s comments questioning the safety and usefulness of childhood vaccines are unfounded; studies show that the hepatitis B and HPV vaccines are safe
Claim:
Vaccines and vitamin K injections given to children are unsafe
Source: Rumble, Instagram, Laura Braden, 2022-11-18 -
IncorrectHIV infection is the cause of AIDS; persistent HIV/AIDS denialism relies on false information and is potentially deadly
Claim:
“HIV does not cause AIDS”
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MisleadingDeath of a four-year-old boy in Argentina was due to lung infection, contrary to social media posts implying vaccination was the cause
Claim:
Death of 4 years old poster boy for vaccination campaign is linked to COVID-19 vaccine
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2022-11-13 -
InaccuratemRNA vaccines against COVID-19 don’t modify humans, and don’t make them patentable or owned by any entities
Claim:
“if a human is injected with a GMO it becomes a patented piece of property from the government”, “they take away all your rights with mRNAs”
Source: Instagram, TikTok, Instagram users, 2022-11-14 -
UnsupportedBill and Melinda Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates is fully vaccinated, including against COVID-19, despite online claims to the contrary
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Phoebe Adele Gates is “unvaccinated, not even [for] childhood vaccines”.
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2022-11-05 -
UnsupportedJapan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
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“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously”
Source: The Epoch Times, Instagram, Zachary Stieber, Stephen Hussey, 2022-10-27 -
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Japan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
Claim:
“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously”
Source: Instagram, The Epoch Times, Zachary Stieber, Stephen Hussey, 2022-10-27
