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Oral contraceptives have a bigger risk factor for blood clot formation than the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
“Birth control has a far greater risk of blood clots than any Covid-19 vaccine so far”
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Source: Vice News, Carter Sherman, 2021-04-13 -
MisleadingThe World Health Organization doesn’t recommend ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment; the drug’s safety and effectiveness remains uncertain in COVID-19 patients
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“WHO data shows [that] ivermectin reduces COVID-19 mortality by 81%, but they won’t recommend it?”
Source: Collective Evolution, Joe Martino, 2021-04-13 -
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InaccurateScientific evidence supports the use of face masks to reduce COVID-19 spread, mainly by preventing infectious liquid particles from reaching uninfected people
Claim:
Scientific evidence doesn’t support the wearing of face masks; “why do you care if I don't wear a mask? Doesn't your mask protect you?”
Source: Townhall Media, Dennis Prager, 2021-04-06 -
InaccurateClinical trials and post-trial monitoring show that COVID-19 vaccines reduce the spread and occurrence of the disease
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COVID-19 vaccines are experimental and don’t prevent infection or transmission; most of us have a 0.05% chance of dying from COVID-19
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-04-05 -
Flawed reasoningCOVID-19 related deaths are indeed caused by COVID-19 and not by contributing health conditions
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“coronavirus itself is responsible for just 6% of all deaths listed as coronavirus-related”, the others are “due to pre-existing comorbidities”
Source: One America News Network, OANN editors, 2021-03-27 -
InaccurateThe mRNA COVID-19 vaccines aren’t operating systems, and won’t transform the human body into a virus-making factory
Claim:
The mRNA vaccine is “an operating system that takes over the machinery of your cells” ; “...by the time you get your fourth shot your body will be making all four proteins that make up the COVID-19 virus.”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Abdul Alim Muhammad, Damon Jones, 2021-03-28 -
InaccurateNot all coronaviruses are seasonal, contrary to pathologist Ryan Cole’s claim; COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness
Claim:
Coronaviruses are all seasonal and go away on their own, including those that cause SARS and MERS; ivermectin is effective for preventing and treating COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines are “gene therapy”, don’t give immunity or prevent transmission
Source: Instagram, YouTube, Bitchute, Ryan Cole, 2021-03-04 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines don’t hamper the function of the immune system and are likely to limit the generation of variants; no evidence that they produce more lethal variants
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COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous; they cause an overreaction of the immune system; they suppress the NK cells of the immune system; they promote virus lethality
Source: BrandNewTube, Vernon Coleman, 2021-03-13 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA after clinical trials demonstrated that they are safe and effective; COVID-19 vaccines aren’t experimental
Claim:
“Not one [COVID-19] vaccine is FDA approved. [...] They are all experimental.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-03-08
