Inaccurate
Inaccurate clickbait headline in Forbes article used to promote the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
Claim:
Forbes article is evidence that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
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Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2021-11-30 -
Inaccurate
Tromethamine in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children acts to improve the stability of the vaccine; it isn’t in the vaccine as a heart medication
Claim:
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children contains tromethamine, “a heart attack medication” with “a lot of potentially serious side effects”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Social media users, 2021-10-29 -
Misleading
No evidence suggests that Pfizer’s smoking cessation medication Chantix increases the risk of cancer; recall of this product is irrelevant to the safety of COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
It “took 15 years to uncover” Chantix’s carcinogenic effects; there are reasons for being “skeptical of something that hasn’t even been established/approved for a full 12 months”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2021-09-15 -
Flawed reasoning
Social media post claiming that fully vaccinated people are “filling up” morgues and hospitals is based on flawed reasoning; unvaccinated people are actually over ten times more likely to die
Claim:
“they are needing to change the definition of what it means to be fully vaccinated” “40% of deaths from C19 last week [...] were fully vaccinated, [...] that’s a jump of 51.2%”
Source: Instagram, Twitter/X, Elijah Schaffer, 2021-10-23 -
Inaccurate
The benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks; vaccinated children don’t die at a higher rate compared to unvaccinated children
Claim:
1 in 1,000 children vaccinated against COVID-19 dies
Source: Instagram, Adrian Norman, 2021-10-02 -
Inaccurate
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated its efficacy and safety in several stages of clinical trials before been authorized for emergency use, and therefore isn’t experimental
Claim:
“Today the FDA announced they approved a drug whose Phase III clinical trials are not expected to be completed for two more years”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Benjamin Benulis, 2021-08-23 -
Inaccurate
Janci Chunn Lindsay’s claims that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe are inaccurate and unsupported by scientific evidence
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines will cause blood clotting, fertility problems, and immune escape
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Janci Chunn Lindsay, 2021-04-23 -
Misleading
Vaccinated people are much more protected from COVID-19 than unvaccinated individuals; the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks
Claim:
Vaccinated people can still get COVID-19, spread COVID-19, die from COVID-19, and could even die from the vaccine
Source: Instagram, Instagram user, 2021-07-26 -
Inaccurate
EUA withdrawal for CDC COVID-19 PCR test is due to the development of newer tests that help save time and resources, not because the test is faulty
Claim:
COVID-19 PCR test is inaccurate, will no longer be used; COVID-19 PCR test cannot differentiate between flu and COVID-19
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2021-07-24 -
Misleading
