Misleading
Biden’s 2021 remarks on the role of COVID-19 vaccines in hurricane preparedness misrepresented in social media posts
Claim:
President Joe Biden told people to get vaccinated to protect themselves from hurricanes
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-09-27 -
UnsupportedNo research shows that COVID-19 vaccines promote cancer in people; study cited as evidence tested the spike protein from the virus in laboratory cells
Claim:
“SPIKE PROTEINS FROM COVID SHOTS COULD PROMOTE CANCER GROWTH”
Source: Facebook, America's Frontline Doctors, 2024-07-01 -
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 -
MisleadingFauci quoted out of context in misleading video, didn’t change his views about benefits of COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
Fauci changed his views on COVID-19 vaccines benefits; Fauci’s remarks show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t work as advertised
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-08-13 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines aren’t associated with an increase in excess deaths, contrary to claim by John Campbell
Claim:
There is more excess mortality in countries with higher level of COVID-19 vaccination
Source: Leading Report, YouTube, John Campbell, 2023-10-01 -
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 -
InaccurateNo evidence supports claim that MTHFR gene influences the risk of side effects from vaccines and medications like Tylenol
Claim:
Certain medicines and compounds like folic acid “deplete folate, which is very serious for those with MTHFR”
Source: Earthley, Modern Alternative Mama, Kate Tietje, 2022-04-29 -
MisleadingUnvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths
Claim:
How are "Billions of Unvaxxed people with NO Boosters [...] still alive"? Unvaccinated people should be dead.
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-12-08 -
IncorrectClaim that the Amish are healthier because they opt out of all vaccines is incorrect
Claim:
“The unvaccinated Amish rarely get cancer, autism, or heart disease.”
Source: EndAllDisease, Mark Sloan, 2017-11-11 -
UnsupportedCDC data didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of hospitalization, contrary to claim by The Epoch Times
Claim:
“COVID-Vaccinated More Likely To Be Hospitalized”
Source: The Epoch Times, Zachary Stieber, 2023-06-15