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COVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
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COVID-19 vaccines caused as many deaths as the disease in young people
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Source: Wendy Bell Radio, Wendy Bell, 2021-05-24 -
InaccuratePCR tests on vaccinated and unvaccinated people are evaluated using the same criteria; the CDC didn’t change criteria for detecting infection in vaccinated people, as alleged in OffGuardian article
Claim:
The U.S. CDC is “lowering their CT value when testing samples from suspected ‘breakthrough infections’” to decrease the number of officially recorded cases
Source: Zero Hedge, Gateway Pundit, OffGuardian, Kit Knightly, 2021-05-18 -
InaccurateU.S. CDC director didn’t state that COVID-19 deaths were over-counted; her statements about deaths among vaccine breakthrough cases were misinterpreted
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CDC director admits that COVID-19 deaths were over-counted
Source: Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, 2021-05-17 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin
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COVID-19 vaccines contain metals or microchips that cause magnets to attach to the arm of vaccinated people
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook users, Instagram users, 2021-05-10 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccines were tested in animals and clinical trials before receiving authorization; vaccinated people aren’t dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines skipped animal testing; COVID-19 vaccines weren’t tested in humans before being released to the public; COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Angelina Farella, Bob Hall, 2021-05-06 -
Flawed reasoningMisinterpretation of VAERS database leads Tucker Carlson to wrongly suggests that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher mortality on Fox News
Claim:
“3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine”; “more people, according to VAERS, have died after getting the [COVID-19] shot [...] than from all the other vaccines”
Source: Fox News, Tucker Carlson, 2021-05-06 -
InaccurateDeaths are attributed to COVID-19 according to clinical symptoms and diagnosis; deaths that occur after vaccination are systematically reported and investigated
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“If you die within 20 days of testing positive for [COVID-19][...], you’ll be counted as a COVID death.”; vaccines are systematically dismissed as a possible cause of death.
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2021-05-02 -
Lacks contextA safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for children would protect children and at-risk people by reducing the virus’ spread
Claim:
Survival is over 99.9% so 'why are they insisting that children get this experimental treatment?'; 'mRNA vaccines are not vaccines but an mRNA treatment'
Source: Wendy Bell Radio, Wendy Bell, 2021-05-04 -
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InaccurateVaccines do provide immunity and can be used to achieve herd immunity
Claim:
Vaccines don’t promise immunity and therefore “vaccine herd immunity doesn’t exist”.
Source: Instagram, Laura Elizabeth, 2021-04-24
