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
Vaccine
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Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2025-02-15 -
Lacks contextFlu vaccine reduces risk of flu-related illness and hospitalization, even though it hasn’t eradicated flu
Claim:
“We’ve had the flu vaccine for 78 years. We still have the flu.”
Source: Threads, Social media user, 2025-02-08 -
InaccurateJapanese study misrepresented in posts claiming “heart failure surges among Covid-vaccinated”
Claim:
“Japan sounds alarm as heart failure surges among Covid-vaccinated”
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Slay News, Social media users, Frank Bergman, 2025-01-18 -
InaccurateNo evidence of mass deaths among vaccinated people, contrary to 2022 prediction by Dolores Cahill
Claim:
Everyone who received at least one dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine would "die within three to five years."
Source: Facebook, Dolores Cahill, 2025-01-25 -
Misleading
Aluminum-based adjuvants in vaccines are safe, contrary to claims based on mouse study
Claim:
'Mice study that showed aluminium in vaccines causes cognitive deficits & possible cause of Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s disease'
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2025-01-31 -
Misleading
Flawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism
Claim:
“New peer-reviewed study again confirms childhood vaccines are likely responsible for nearly 80% of the autism cases in US”
Source: X/Twitter, Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2025-01-25 -
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, Kaylee Winfield, @mommavspharma, Social media user, 2025-01-25 -
Inaccurate
Moderna booster vaccine trials didn’t cause “mass heart attacks” in children, contrary to online claims
Claim:
“Moderna Covered Up ‘Mass Heart Attacks of Toddlers’ in COVID Jab Trials”
Source: The People’s Voice, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2025-01-08 -
InaccurateNature Biotechnology study misrepresented in social media posts claiming “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
Claim:
Nature study shows “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
Source: X/Twitter, Facebook, Social media users, 2025-01-15 -
Misleading
Experimental study using mosquitoes to vaccinate against malaria wasn’t funded by Bill Gates
Claim:
“Researchers Funded by Bill Gates Turn Mosquitoes into ‘Flying Syringes’ to Deliver Vaccines”
Source: Instagram, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-01-02
