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Misrepresented 2018 clip of Bill Gates trigger inaccurate claims that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for livestock could transfer to people through diet
Claim:
“Bill Gates Vows To Pump mRNA Into Food Supply To ‘Force-Jab’ the Unvaccinated”
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Source: The People’s Voice, NewsPunch, Headline US, Baxter Dmitry, 2023-01-10 -
UnsupportedThe 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
Source: Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2023-01-14 -
Lacks contextTweet by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene misinterpreted; no evidence that XBB.1.5 preferentially infects vaccinated people
Claim:
“Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect those who are vaccinated, officials say”
Source: Fox News, Julia Musto, 2023-01-14 -
MisleadingPossible increases in cancer rates and lower life expectancy in 2021 are primarily driven by effects of COVID-19, not vaccination
Claim:
“Cancer rates have increased since the introduction of the COVID-19 shots”, which “is driving down U.S. life expectancy”
Source: Children's Health Defense, Joseph Mercola, 2023-01-06 -
InaccurateExcess deaths in the U.K. remain below the pandemic peak and aren’t linked to COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
More people are dying now than at the peak of the pandemic; the COVID-19 vaccines are the cause of the excess deaths seen in late 2022
Source: Facebook, 2023-01-09 -
UnsupportedEvidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of death, contrary to claim by financier Edward Dowd
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are causing excess deaths around the world; sudden adult death syndrome is new
Source: Audrey Marcus Podcast, Edward Dowd, 2023-01-04 -
UnsupportedSimulation exercises such as “Catastrophic Contagion” are a normal part of pandemic preparedness; they don’t predict future pandemics
Claim:
The tabletop exercise “Catastrophic Contagion” means that “Bill Gates and WHO have announced when we will see the next pandemic”
Source: YouTube, Clayton Morris, Natali Morris, 2022-12-26 -
MisleadingVideo by John Campbell comparing historical and COVID-19 vaccines misleads on vaccine safety
Claim:
A study showed that the number of serious adverse vaccine events associated with COVID-19 vaccines is “too high”
Source: YouTube, John Campbell, 2022-12-31 -
UnsupportedIvermectin hasn’t proven effective in COVID-19 patients so far, despite persistent online claims
Claim:
Ivermectin is a safe and effective COVID-19 treatment
Source: The Epoch Times, Colleen Huber, 2022-12-25 -
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
