Misleading
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; their safety and effectiveness are established; the vaccines aren’t experimental
Claim:
The COVID-19 vaccines are experimental
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Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Social media users, Tomi Lahren, 2022-01-19 -
InaccurateNo, COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain bacteria and HIV; the vaccines enhance the body’s ability to respond to pathogens, not reduce it
Claim:
The COVID-19 vaccine contains bacteria and HIV, prevents body from making new white blood cells
Source: Disclosure Hub, Together As One, Anonymous, 2021-11-11 -
InaccurateNo, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness
Claim:
“Danish researchers [...] found protection against Omicron turned negative three months after the second dose”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2022-01-06 -
Flawed reasoningThe scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of infection and mortality; analysis of cases and deaths from 145 countries is methodologically flawed
Claim:
“New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths)“
Source: Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2022-01-09 -
InaccurateTesting in general reveals infections, it doesn’t create them; COVID-19 isn’t the same as the common cold
Claim:
“If you stop testing it all goes away and people just have colds like before”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2021-12-24 -
InaccurateJoe Rogan interview with Peter McCullough contains multiple false and unsubstantiated claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines
Claim:
the pandemic was planned; the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental; previously infected people have “permanent immunity”; VAERS shows vaccines killed thousands of people, vaccine-induced spike protein causes damage
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Peter McCullough, 2021-12-13 -
UnsupportedIvermectin study in the city of Itajaí contains several methodological weaknesses, resulting in questionable conclusions
Claim:
A preprint of an ivermectin study in the Brazilian city of Itajaí found that prophylactic ivermectin reduced COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality by half
Source: The Blaze, Zero Hedge, Gateway Pundit, Daniel Horowitz, Jim Hoft, 2021-12-12 -
InaccurateNo, a fence in a shopping mall wasn’t used to segregate vaccinated and unvaccinated people; photo was taken in Romania, not Germany
Claim:
“In Germany, a fence separates vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The biggest symptom of COVID is insanity”
Source: Facebook, Young Americans for Liberty, 2021-12-07 -
InaccurateInaccurate clickbait headline in Forbes article used to promote the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
Claim:
Forbes article is evidence that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2021-11-30 -
IncorrectPathogens can evolve to be more virulent over time, contrary to nutritionist’s claim
Claim:
“Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time”
Source: Facebook, Mike Mutzel, 2021-11-28