Misleading
No evidence that measles prevents cancer or heart disease, can lead to long-term health problems instead
Claim:
Measles prevents cancer, provides long-term health benefits
Articles tagged with
Measles
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Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2025-02-15 -
CorrectFacebook meme correctly states that vaccines led to eradication of polio and smallpox, not “natural herd immunity”
Claim:
"I don't know who needs to hear this but Polio and smallpox never reached natural herd immunity, they were eradicated by vaccines"
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2024-12-10 -
InaccurateInfectious diseases like chickenpox and measles are much more likely to cause serious health problems than vaccination
Claim:
Chickenpox and measles aren’t diseases but infections; unlike diseases, infections go away, leaving behind “a lifetime of immunity”; when you vaccinate, you are potentially “causing a disease”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-25 -
InaccuratePopular Facebook meme misleadingly suggests that the measles vaccine caused 2019 Samoa measles outbreak
Claim:
Measles vaccine caused Samoa measles outbreak
Source: Stop Mandatory Vaccination, Anonymous, 2019-12-07 -
Inaccurate
Mike Adams falsely claims cancer genes and “entire genetic code” are found in vaccines, based on unverified report
Claim:
Vaccines [have been] found laced with entire genetic code for abnormal human loaded with cancer genes
Source: Natural News, Corvelva, Mike Adams, 2019-10-05 -
Incorrect
In spite of evidence to the contrary, Rizza Islam claims that the MMR vaccine is used for depopulation
Claim:
The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa
Source: Sway’s Universe, Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19 -
Mostly accurate
Human error in vaccine preparation led to the deaths of two children in Samoa after MMR shot – MMR vaccine itself is safe and effective
Claim:
Samoa withdraws vaccine protecting against measles, mumps and rubella after two babies die within minutes of receiving the routine shot
Source: Daily Mail, Lauren Ferri, 2018-07-10 -
Incorrect
Contrary to popular video claim, vaccine ingredients are safe, not linked to encephalopathy
Claim:
Toxic vaccine ingredients in the MMR vaccine cause encephalopathy
Source: The Highwire, Del Bigtree, 2017-05-04 -
-1.3Low
Article claiming vaccines cause autoimmunity and autism due to fetal DNA contaminants found unsupported and implausible
“While the letter provides some concerns about the fetal cell-derived DNA contamination in vaccines, it does not provide any actual evidence to support the claims made. The whole hypothesis of the author (which is misleadingly presented as fact) is based on the author’s own measurements of fetal cell-derived DNA, which has serious methodological problems that could be easily prevented by RNase treatment”
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Inaccurate
Article wrongly claims that measles vaccine claims more lives than measles infection, misinterprets epidemiological data
Claim:
Measles Vaccines Kill More People than Measles, CDC Data Proves
Source: Natural News, Global Research, Ethan A. Huff, 2015-02-05
