Unsupported Health Posted on: 2021-01-06 German study did not find wearing face masks harms children; study wasn’t designed to accurately test these effects Claim: ”A German study involving over 25,000 children reveals that major negative impacts on the physical, psychological, and behavioral health of children may be far more widespread than reported” Source: GreenMedInfo, Anonymous, 2020-01-02
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-01-01 The virus that causes COVID-19 exists and was identified and isolated multiple times by independent research groups Claim: “The COVID-19 virus does not exist”; “The virus has never been isolated” Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-12-10
Misleading Health Posted on: 2020-12-24 PragerU video contains misleading claims about COVID-19 deaths, falsely claims 94% of COVID-19 deaths had pre-existing conditions Claim: “only 6% of COVID-19 deaths were caused by COVID-19 alone”; only 0.056% of the U.S. population has died from COVID-19 Source: PragerU, Will Witt, 2020-12-20
Lacks context Health Posted on: 2020-12-21 Nurse who fainted after getting Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has a history of fainting episodes; does not mean the vaccine is unsafe Claim: Nurse faints after getting a COVID-19 vaccine Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-12-18
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-12-19 The U.S. National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act does not stop people from suing vaccine manufacturers Claim: “According to the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, you cannot sue a vaccine manufacturer if the vaccine has harmed and/or killed someone” Source: Instagram, America's Frontline Doctors, Rizza Islam, 2020-12-15
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-12-15 The Krippin virus in “I Am Legend” was intended as a cancer cure, not used as a vaccine Claim: “Remember, in ‘I Am Legend,’ the sickness didn’t make the zombies. The vaccination did.” Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2020-12-09
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2020-12-14 The flu is caused by the influenza virus; stress and lack of vitamin D can make infection more likely, but don’t cause the flu Claim: “The flu is not a season! It is an inability to adapt due to decreased sun exposure and water intake, combined with increased sugar intake and stress.” Source: Healthy Holistic Living, Anonymous, 2020-12-11
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2020-12-11 Cases of Bell’s palsy and death observed during Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine clinical trials were within expected background range of general population Claim: COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech caused Bell’s palsy and deaths Source: Facebook, Health and Money News, Anonymous, 2020-12-08
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2020-12-10 Study on vaccinated and unvaccinated children used a dubious metric for comparing disease incidence in both groups Claim: “vaccinated children appear to be significantly less healthy than the unvaccinated” Source: Children's Health Defense, Collective Evolution, James Lyons-Weiler, Paul Thomas, 2020-11-22
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-12-06 Polio vaccine plays a critical role in eradicating polio; polio is caused by a virus, not by DDT Claim: “Did vaccines get rid of polio? The answer is NO!” Source: Instagram, Rizza Islam, Ty Bollinger, 2020-12-02