Inaccurate
Testing in general reveals infections, it doesn’t create them; COVID-19 isn’t the same as the common cold
Claim:
“If you stop testing it all goes away and people just have colds like before”
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Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2021-12-24 -
MisleadingClip of Anthony Fauci discussing potential vaccine safety concerns is from March 2020; current scientific evidence shows COVID-19 vaccines reduce risk of infection and serious illness
Claim:
“Dr. Fauci opens up the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine could be making people more likely to be infected by the virus”, “a vaccine that looked good in initial safety actually made people worse”
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, TikTok, Social media users, 2021-12-13 -
InaccurateInaccurate 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
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2021-11-30 -
InaccurateTromethamine 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 -
MisleadingNo 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 -
InaccurateEUA 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 -
InaccurateFauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
Claim:
Fauci’s emails prove he knew that masks don’t work against the spread of COVID-19, that hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19, and that the virus is likely engineered, and he lied about these things to the public
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok, Social media users, 2021-06-01 -
Inaccurate
Fauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
Claim:
Fauci’s emails prove he knew that masks don’t work against the spread of COVID-19, that hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19, and that the virus is likely engineered, and he lied about these things to the public
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Social media users, 2021-06-01 -
UnsupportedInsufficient evidence to claim COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual irregularities in vaccinated women; vaccinated people aren’t making unvaccinated people ill
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual problems in women; vaccinated people are causing health problems in unvaccinated people around them
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, Christiane Northrup, 2021-04-11 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
Claim:
“Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, New York Post, Social media users, Jackie Salo, 2021-04-20