Inaccurate
Vaccines 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”.
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Source: Instagram, Laura Elizabeth, 2021-04-24 -
UnsupportedInsufficient evidence to claim COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual irregularities in vaccinated women; vaccinated people aren’t making unvaccinated people ill
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual problems in women; vaccinated people are causing health problems in unvaccinated people around them
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, Christiane Northrup, Social media users, 2021-04-11 -
InaccurateFlawed speculative study incorrectly claims that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause neurodegenerative diseases
Claim:
“Pfizer [COVID-19] vaccine confirmed to cause neurodegenerative diseases”; “mRNA vaccines […] can integrate into the human genome”
Source: National File, Nathaniel Linderman, 2021-04-22 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
Claim:
“Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”
Source: New York Post, Instagram, Facebook, Jackie Salo, Social media users, 2021-04-20 -
Mostly accurateOral contraceptives have a bigger risk factor for blood clot formation than the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines
Claim:
“Birth control has a far greater risk of blood clots than any Covid-19 vaccine so far”
Source: Vice News, Carter Sherman, 2021-04-13 -
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MisleadingCompensation for vaccine injury claims can be awarded even without proof that the vaccine caused the injury
Claim:
“Since 1986, [the U.S. Government] has paid over $4.5 billion dollars for injury claims to individuals damaged by vaccines. We all wish that vaccines were 100% safe, but the truth is, they’re not.”
Source: Facebook, Health Choice Connecticut, 2021-04-09 -
InaccurateThe current U.S. generation is healthier than previous ones partly because vaccines reduced infectious diseases; childhood immunization schedules are safe, contrary to chiropractor’s claims
Claim:
“look at the [vaccination] schedule, we have gotten sicker and sicker”; “the biggest jump in shots came after the 1986 vaccine protection act”
Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2021-04-06 -
Inaccurate
The current U.S. generation is healthier than previous ones partly because vaccines reduced infectious diseases; childhood immunization schedules are safe, contrary to chiropractor’s claims
Claim:
“look at the [vaccination] schedule, we have gotten sicker and sicker”; “the biggest jump in shots came after the 1986 vaccine protection act”
Source: Facebook, Patrick Flynn, 2021-04-06 -
InaccurateClinical trials and post-trial monitoring show that COVID-19 vaccines reduce the spread and occurrence of the disease
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are experimental and don’t prevent infection or transmission; most of us have a 0.05% chance of dying from COVID-19
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-04-05
