Misleading
Benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines outweigh their risks, even for teenagers, contrary to Alex Berenson’s claim
Claim:
“1 million mRNA covid shots or teens will prevent 0-1 deaths and CAUSE 100,000 - 200,000 severe side effects”
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Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2023-09-13 -
UnsupportedCDC data didn’t show an increased risk of hospitalization in people vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
Claim:
“vaccinated and boosted people were MORE likely to be hospitalized with the new Omicron variant than unvaccinated people”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2023-09-13 -
InaccurateStudy didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines weaken children’s immune response, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
Claim:
A study showed a “weakened immune response in kids injected with Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot”; “The mRNA Covid jabs damage immune responses to other viruses in children”
Source: The Florida Standard, Substack, Jonas Vesterberg, Alex Berenson, 2023-08-30 -
InaccurateRisk of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is five times higher following COVID-19 than following vaccination
Claim:
“huge peer review show[ed] vaccines may have caused tens of millions of serious new health problems worldwide”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2023-02-28 -
Unsupported
Data doesn’t show that vaccines are responsible for 2022 excess mortality, contrary to Alex Berenson’s claim
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccination is associated with all-cause excess mortality
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2023-01-24 -
Inaccurate
Study by German researchers didn’t find significant safety concerns with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
Claim:
“One in every 500 children under five years who received the Pfizer mRNA Covid vaccine were hospitalised with a vaccine injury”
Source: Substack, Daily Sceptic, Will Jones, Alex Berenson, 2022-10-20 -
Unsupported
Analysis of Dutch cities’ mortality doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of death, contrary to Alex Berenson’s interpretation
Claim:
“New paper suggests Covid mRNA vaccination rates are linked to increases in overall deaths”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2022-07-28 -
Inaccurate
No, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness
Claim:
“Danish researchers [...] found protection against Omicron turned negative three months after the second dose”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2022-01-06 -
Unsupported
Unsupported claim about COVID-19 vaccines, anti-spike antibodies, and myocarditis misrepresented conclusions from a New England Journal of Medicine article
Claim:
“antibodies that people produce against the coronavirus spike protein may lead to myocarditis”
Source: Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, Alex Berenson, 2021-11-26 -
Lacks context
The COVID-19 vaccines provide strong protection against hospitalization and death; number of vaccinated people in hospital does not indicate evidence against this
Claim:
“the vaccinated population accounted for 72% of Covid-19 hospitalisations”; “the vaccinated population accounted for 83% of Covid-19 deaths”
Source: The Exposé, The Joe Rogan Experience, Jonathan Allen-Walker, Alex Berenson, 2021-10-21
