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Vaccine skeptics misconstrue studies to falsely claim that measles vaccine causes measles outbreaks
Claim:
Measles vaccine caused Texas outbreak; measles vaccine is responsible for measles outbreaks
Articles tagged with
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Source: Children's Health Defense, The People’s Voice, Baxter Dmitry, Marcella Piper-Terry, 2025-02-17 -
Misleading“VAIDS” is not a real medical condition; causes of post-vaccination syndrome require more research
Claim:
Yale study found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause “vaccine-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome” (VAIDS) and post-vaccination syndrome (PVS)
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Liz Wheeler, 2025-02-22 -
UnsupportedNew study contained methodological limitations and failed to show that COVID-19 vaccines increase disease burden, despite claims by Patrick Flynn
Claim:
“COVID-19 ‘vaccinated’ people are sicker”; “‘Vaccinated’ individuals experienced [...] higher rates of COVID-19 infections, and increased musculoskeletal issues compared to the unvaccinated”
Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2025-02-17 -
MisleadingNo 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
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 -
MisleadingAluminum-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 -
MisleadingFlawed 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: Substack, X/Twitter, 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, Social media user, @mommavspharma, Kaylee Winfield, 2025-01-25