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The 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
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Source: Twitter/X, Stew Peters Network, Richard Hirschman, Steve Kirsch, Theresa Long, 2022-11-21 -
UnsupportedCOVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the incidence of poor outcomes during pregnancy, according to current safety data on COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines caused miscarriages
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IncorrectFrance passed a law targeting health-threatening psychological manipulation and influence, but didn’t criminalize criticism of mRNA vaccines
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“France will send citizens to jail if they question mRNA vaccines”; “It’s now a crime in France to oppose the mRNA vax”
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-16 -
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 -
UnsupportedCOVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines caused as many deaths as the disease in young people
Source: Wendy Bell Radio, Wendy Bell, 2021-05-24 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines lowered excess deaths during the pandemic, contrary to headline by the Daily Telegraph
Claim:
“Covid vaccines may have helped fuel rise in excess deaths”
Source: New York Post, The Telegraph, Sarah Knapton, 2024-06-04 -
InaccurateWhy Alex Jones’ claim on Infowars that COVID-19 vaccines cause meat allergy is baseless
Claim:
“Moderna and Pfizer shots have a bovine protein in them that then creates an autoimmune response in those that take the shot so that many of them can no longer eat beef”
Source: Infowars, Alex Jones, 2023-08-07 -
MisleadingYale University researchers reported a technology to deliver mRNA vaccines in the nose, not a way to remotely vaccinate people
Claim:
Researchers from Yale University created a new delivery method for mRNA vaccines… through the air
Source: The Epoch Times, Roman Balmakov, 2023-09-02 -
MisleadingVaccines don’t cause mercury toxicity; the mercury compound present in some vaccines is different from the one in seafood
Claim:
“Doctors: don't eat fish when you're pregnant to avoid mercury getting into your baby Also doctors: vaccines containing mercury are safe to inject into your baby”
Source: Threads, Social media user, @mommavspharma, Kaylee Winfield, 2025-01-25 -
MisleadingCharlie Kirk’s video listing reasons to oppose COVID-19 vaccines contains multiple incorrect, misleading, and unsupported statements
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines were “rushed into market”; VAERS shows an “unusual spike in vaccine adverse events”; unvaccinated people aren't a threat to vaccinated people
Source: The Charlie Kirk Show, Charlie Kirk, 2022-10-04