Misleading
Flawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism
Claim:
“New peer-reviewed study again confirms childhood vaccines are likely responsible for nearly 80% of the autism cases in US”
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Source: Substack, X/Twitter, Steve Kirsch, 2025-01-25 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines don’t affect ovaries or fertility in general; the vaccines are highly effective at preventing illness and death
Claim:
“the ovaries get the highest concentration of [lipid nanoparticles from RNA vaccines]. This turns the ovaries into a very large manufacturing plant to turn out toxic spike protein“
Source: TrialSite News, Steve Kirsch, 2021-05-25 -
-1.4Very lowPragerU video on climate change repeats a range of misleading claims by Steven Koonin
Summary A popular PragerU video (viewed more than 1 million times) outlines a range of claims on climate change by Steve Koonin, a theoretical physicist and professor at the New…
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Flawed reasoningThe scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of infection and mortality; analysis of cases and deaths from 145 countries is methodologically flawed
Claim:
“New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths)“
Source: Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2022-01-09 -
InaccurateContrary to viral claim, regulatory agencies knew of residual DNA in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines; no evidence this poses health concern
Claim:
Regulatory agencies didn’t know of residual DNA contamination in COVID-19 RNA vaccines; residual DNA could integrate into our DNA and cause cancer
Source: Twitter/X, Steve Kirsch, 2023-10-21 -
InaccurateJames Thorp spreads false claims that COVID-19 vaccines harm fertility, pregnancy, infant survival in The Sentinel Report interview
Claim:
“Americans are dropping dead” from COVID-19 vaccines; vaccines impair fertility, pregnancy, infant survival
Source: The Sentinel Report, James Thorp, 2023-11-01 -
How health problems after COVID-19 vaccination are sometimes used to feed misinformation narratives
…in the COVID-19 misinformation scene, including entrepreneur Steve Kirsch, scientist Robert Malone, and podcaster Daniel Horowitz. The latter referred to the COVID-19 vaccine as “Pfizer’s poison”. But as Stephanie de…
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InaccurateVaccines are safe and aren’t associated with autoimmune disease, contrary to claim in viral video by chiropractor Steven Baker
Claim:
“Vaccines cause autoimmune disease”; COVID-19 vaccine will “change your genes”; aborted fetal tissue is in vaccines
Source: Facebook, Steven Baker, 2021-03-05 -
-1.75Very lowWall Street Journal op-ed by Steven Koonin publishes misleading claims about how climate change influences Greenland ice melt
Summary The Wall Street Journal published a range of misleading claims about Greenland’s ice melt in an op-ed by Steve Koonin, a theoretical physicist and professor at the New York…
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IncorrectThe film “Died Suddenly” rehashes debunked claims and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are linked to abnormal blood clotting, sudden deaths, world depopulation
Source: Twitter/X, Stew Peters Network, Richard Hirschman, Steve Kirsch, Theresa Long, 2022-11-21