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New study from Brazil doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of death in the long term
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines had a short-term “negligible” benefit, but caused a "substantially greater risk of death”, a new study showed
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Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2024-12-28 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause more severe disease; antibody-dependent enhancement has not been observed in clinical trials
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COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-11-21 -
IncorrectCOVID-19 vaccines do not modify the human genome and do not involve hydrogels; hydrogels are not internet-connecting devices
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Hydrogels are part of the genome-modifying COVID-19 mRNA vaccines' delivery system; hydrogels will connect you to the internet
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-09-16 -
UnsupportedJapan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
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“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously”
Source: The Epoch Times, Instagram, Stephen Hussey, Zachary Stieber, 2022-10-27 -
COVID-19 vaccines can enhance protective immunity in previously infected people
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“Individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection do not get additional benefits from vaccination”
Source: Medical News, Sanchari Sinha Dutta, 2021-06-08 -
InaccurateStudies show that the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks; preprint claiming to show otherwise is flawed
Claim:
“Covid Vaccines More Likely to Put You in Hospital Than Keep You Out”
Source: Daily Sceptic, Will Jones, 2022-06-22 -
IncorrectNo evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme
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COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women is connected to an increase in U.S. infant mortality rate in 2022
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-11-08 -
MisleadingVaccines, treatments reduced public health threat posed by COVID-19, explaining different approach in 2024 compared to 2020
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COVID-19 has been like the flu since the beginning of the pandemic
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2024-03-02 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccine boosters reduce the risk of infection and hospitalization; they don’t increase the risk, contrary to claims of vaccines’ “negative efficacy”
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A study by Kaiser Permanente “shows negative efficacy of the shots against all variants within 150 days”; “the more you inject, the more you infect”
Source: Conservative Review, Daniel Horowitz, 2022-10-04 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness and death; rare infections in vaccinated people can still occur, as seen in the Celebrity Millennium cruise
Claim:
“Passengers on first fully vaccinated [...] cruise ship test positive for COVID-19. Almost like the shot is useless.”
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2021-06-11