Inaccurate
Vaccines don’t cause childhood cancer, contrary to claim by Candace Owens
Claim:
Vaccines have caused an "explosion" of childhood cancer; vaccine package insert states vaccines weren’t tested for mutagenic effect
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Source: Twitter, Candace Owens, 2024-01-19 -
UnsupportedRussell Brand’s YouTube videos use flawed analyses and simplistic correlations to link COVID-19 vaccines to heart issues, cancer, excess deaths
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are associated with an increase in heart conditions, cancer
Source: YouTube, Russell Brand, 2024-01-10 -
UnsupportedRat study alleged to link COVID-19 vaccines to autism cannot be generalized to humans and contains important limitations
Claim:
“COVID-19 Shots Linked to Autism in Vaccinated Rats: Study”
Source: The Epoch Times, Twitter/X, Substack, Social media users, 2024-01-12 -
IncorrectCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause leprosy, aren’t responsible for leprosy cases in Florida
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause leprosy
Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-01-04 -
InaccurateApproved COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain HIV proteins and don’t cause AIDS, contrary to claim misquoting BBC documentary
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines contain proteins from HIV; “if you have taken the third dose, go and take a test for AIDS, then sue your government”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-12-16 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission and don’t increase mortality, contrary James Thorp’s claim
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are “an unqualified disaster”; they didn’t “[halt] viral spread” and they caused “high morbidity and mortality rates”
Source: The Wellness Company, James Thorp, 2023-12-13 -
InaccurateAndrew Tate peddles debunked claim about COVID-19 vaccines being “experimental poison” in Piers Morgan interview
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are “experimental poison”; COVID has gone away
Source: Piers Morgan Uncensored, Andrew Tate, 2025-11-20 -
IncorrectAddressing false claims that Vitamin K shots have toxic levels of aluminum, Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients, and more
Claim:
Vitamin K shots are dangerous because of toxic levels of aluminum; Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-12-07 -
Variations on a theme: The evidence refuting the false claim that vaccines cause autism
While there has indeed been a rise in the number of autism diagnoses in the last decade, the evidence points not to vaccines as the cause, but to a broader diagnostic criteria of autism and increased awareness of the condition now as compared to the past.
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InaccurateSteve Kirsch’s claim that New Zealand data shows COVID-19 vaccines killed millions is based on a flawed analysis
Claim:
“the COVID vaccines have killed millions of people worldwide, an estimated 1 death per 1,000 doses on average in a standard population”
Source: Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2023-12-01
