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COVID-19 vaccines provide important benefits; SSRN preprint didn’t find COVID-19 vaccines to be “98 times worse” than the virus
Claim:
“Covid-19 Vaccines 98 Times Worse Than the Virus”
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Source: The Florida Standard, Gateway Pundit, Jonas Vesterberg, Jim Hoft, 2022-09-12 -
InaccurateThe development of mRNA vaccines was a collaborative effort; Robert Malone contributed to their development, but he is not their inventor
Claim:
“Dr. Malone is the inventor of mRNA vaccines”
Source: Twitter/X, Robert Malone, 2025-06-16 -
InaccurateJanci Chunn Lindsay’s claims that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe are inaccurate and unsupported by scientific evidence
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines will cause blood clotting, fertility problems, and immune escape
Source: Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, Janci Chunn Lindsay, 2021-04-23 -
IncorrectInstagram reel rehashes old misinformation inaccurately linking autism with vaccines, glyphosate, and MTHFR mutations
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Vaccines, MTHFR mutation, and glyphosate lead to autism in children with brain injury
Source: Instagram, Nathan Riley, 2023-11-19 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines protect individuals from developing the disease and are necessary tools to end the pandemic along with physical distancing measures
Claim:
There is no reason to get COVID-19 vaccines because vaccinated people can still get sick and are still required to wear masks
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-02-08 -
InaccurateThe Nuremberg Code specifically addresses experimentation; COVID-19 vaccines aren’t experimental, and therefore, don’t violate the Code
Claim:
“Nuremberg codes stipulate that consent must be voluntary […] Threatening someone’s livelihood unless they take an experimental vaccine is NOT voluntary consent.”
Source: Twitter/X, Facebook, Candace Owens, 2021-07-07 -
Flawed reasoningVaccines are useful even when there is a treatment for a disease, contrary to claim by Lee Merritt in The New American video
Claim:
“We have vaccines because we didn't have treatment for smallpox and it was a very deadly disease that made sense to have a vaccine. [...] but [COVID-19]? Even without doing anything, this disease has a 99.991[%] chance of survival.”
Source: The New American, Lee Merritt, 2021-01-15 -
InaccurateJapanese government didn’t declare COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to be deadly
Claim:
Japan Officially Named Covid mRNA vaccines “Most Deadly Drug in History of Humankind”
Source: X/Twitter, The People’s Voice, Jim Ferguson, Baxter Dmitry, 2024-11-07 -
IncorrectOverwhelming weight of scientific evidence demonstrates that vaccines are safe and effective, contrary to claims in video by chiropractor Steve Baker
Claim:
There are many reasons to not vaccinate, including vaccine toxicity; “Vaccines don’t prevent transmission”; “Vaccinated kids are not as healthy as unvaccinated kids“
Source: Facebook, Steven Baker, 2021-01-13 -
InaccurateChildhood vaccines are an important protection against preventable diseases, not “poison” as claimed by Candace Owens
Claim:
Doctors are ‘injecting poison’ into babies every two months.
Source: Twitter, Candace Owens, 2024-02-12