Misleading
Study led by FDA researchers didn’t find that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine caused blood clots, contrary to viral claims on social media
Claim:
“Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Blood Clotting: FDA”
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Source: The Epoch Times, Zachary Stieber, 2022-12-17 -
UnsupportedCurrent evidence shows COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase risk of sudden cardiac death
Claim:
“COVID-19 vaccinations affect your risk” of sudden cardiac death
Source: Instagram, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-04-13 -
InaccurateThe majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.K. are among unvaccinated people
Claim:
“60% of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in England have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine”
Source: Disclose.tv, Anonymous, 2021-07-19 -
InaccurateClaim by Steve Kirsch that the Amish don’t experience autism, cancer, or high COVID-19 mortality because they don’t vaccinate is baseless
Claim:
Zero Amish Children Diagnosed with Cancer, Diabetes or Autism; Amish children are largely unvaccinated; Covid death rates among Amish communities are 90 times lower than for the rest of America
Source: Leading Report, Steve Kirsch, Patrick Webb, 2023-07-09 -
UnsupportedComputational study didn’t demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccine boosters increase mortality in care homes
Claim:
“COVID-19 mRNA boosters directly contributed to the deaths of millions of nursing home residents worldwide”
Source: The People’s Voice, Baxter Dmitry, 2024-10-20 -
Who’s Behind The (Mis)Leading Report?
…post inaccurate claims about COVID-19 vaccines, such as the claims that COVID-19 vaccines contain graphene (they don’t) and that a JAMA study showed “Vaccinated children found to shed COVID 3X…
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InaccurateInstagram reel promotes the baseless claim that viruses don’t exist, ignoring more than a century of science about infectious diseases
Claim:
Viruses don’t exist, terrain theory explains why diseases occur
Source: Cultivate Elevate, Matt Roeske, 2024-02-11 -
IncorrectClaim that ingredients in flu vaccine are known neurotoxins found to be incorrect
Claim:
Each of these ingredients [thimerosal, ovalbumin, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate] is a known neurotoxin
Source: Health Nut News, Erin Elizabeth, 2016-10-08 -
InaccurateVitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan
Claim:
Vitamin K shots are poisonous because they contain polysorbate 80 as “main active ingredient” that has “strong links with infertility, with autoimmune issues”
Source: Instagram, Brandy Vaughan, 2023-05-25 -
Flawed reasoningData from Israel showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduces the likelihood of dying from COVID-19; analysis in a forum post claiming the opposite is flawed
Claim:
“the Pfizer vaccines, for the elderly, killed during the 5-week vaccination period about 40 times more people than the disease itself would have killed”
Source: nakim.org, Children's Health Defense, GreenMedInfo, Haim Yativ, 2021-02-15