Misleading
Death of a four-year-old boy in Argentina was due to lung infection, contrary to social media posts implying vaccination was the cause
Claim:
Death of 4 years old poster boy for vaccination campaign is linked to COVID-19 vaccine
Articles tagged with
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Source: Instagram, Facebook, Social media users, 2022-11-13 -
MisleadingMultiple studies showed that COVID-19 increases the risk of heart inflammation more than vaccines do; study in Israel misleadingly used to claim otherwise
Claim:
Israeli study showed that COVID-19 doesn’t increase the risk of heart inflammation
Source: Twitter/X, Marina Medvin, 2022-11-08 -
InaccuratemRNA vaccines against COVID-19 don’t modify humans, and don’t make them patentable or owned by any entities
Claim:
“if a human is injected with a GMO it becomes a patented piece of property from the government”, “they take away all your rights with mRNAs”
Source: TikTok, Instagram, Instagram users, 2022-11-14 -
MisleadingScientific evidence shows that unvaccinated people are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die, contrary to claim in viral social media posts about Germany data
Claim:
More than 88% of ICU patients in Germany are vaccinated; the COVID-19 vaccines no longer protect against severe disease
Source: Twitter/X, Olaf Garber, 2022-11-06 -
Misleading
2014 study by Dyall et al. is an in vitro study; clinical trials showed hydroxychloroquine is ineffective against COVID-19 in people
Claim:
Federal agencies already knew that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine “were very likely to be effective against COVID-19” based on 2014 paper
Source: The Epoch Times, Meryl Nass, 2022-10-31 -
Misleading
Clinical trial by Moderna found no safety concerns with the COVID-19 vaccine in toddlers, contrary to claim by Joseph Ladapo
Claim:
According to Moderna themselves: Serious adverse events affected 1 in 200 toddlers. But they still concluded the mRNA vaccine was safe in children
Source: Twitter/X, Joseph Ladapo, 2022-10-29 -
Accurate
Evidence suggests that political partisanship is associated with higher COVID-19 mortality rates among Republicans compared to Democrats
Claim:
“Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats, mounting evidence shows”
Source: NBC News, Aria Bendix, 2022-10-06 -
Incorrect
COVID-19 and influenza are different diseases caused by different viruses
Claim:
the 2.8 millions who died of COVID in 2020 can be due to the flu and pneumonia
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-11-01 -
Misleading
COVID-19 vaccines have enhanced reporting requirements for vaccine safety database, so death reports cannot be simply compared to other vaccines
Claim:
“More people have been killed by the COVID vaccines in the last 20 months than all the other vaccines in the world over the last thirty years combined.”
Source: One America News Network, Pearson Sharp, 2022-11-01 -
Unsupported
Japan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
Claim:
“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, Zachary Stieber, Stephen Hussey, 2022-10-27
