Misleading
Unsupported claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused hundreds of serious reactions among military veterans misuses VAERS reports
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines caused 895 serious reactions among military veterans
Iria Carballo-Carbajal
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Source: Judicial Watch, Thomas Fitton, 2021-07-14 -
MisleadingUnvaccinated people are more likely to die of COVID-19 because they are more vulnerable to infection and severe disease
Claim:
Both vaccinated and unvaccinated people have over 99% chance of surviving COVID-19
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Tomi Lahren, 2021-07-18 -
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AccurateUnvaccinated individuals now account for the vast majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S., according to available data
Claim:
“99.2% of U.S. COVID deaths in June were unvaccinated people”
Source: Twitter/X, Judd Legum, 2021-07-04 -
COVID-19 vaccines can enhance protective immunity in previously infected people
Claim:
“Individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection do not get additional benefits from vaccination”
Source: Medical News, Sanchari Sinha Dutta, 2021-06-08 -
InaccuratePCR tests are reliable to detect and monitor COVID-19 infections, which are real and have caused millions of deaths worldwide
Claim:
It’s not a corona pandemic but it’s a planned, staged PCR test pandemic
Source: War Room Pandemic, Reiner Fuellmich, 2021-06-10 -
MisleadingByram Bridle’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines are toxic fails to account for key differences between the spike protein produced during infection and vaccination, misrepresents studies
Claim:
“Terrifying new research finds vaccine spike protein unexpectedly in [the] bloodstream. The protein is linked to blood clots, heart and brain damage”
Source: LifeSite News, ON Point with Alex Pierson, Byram Bridle, 2021-05-28 -
UnsupportedCOVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines caused as many deaths as the disease in young people
Source: Wendy Bell Radio, Wendy Bell, 2021-05-24 -
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
Claim:
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 -
InaccurateScientific evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 and the virus that causes it exist and are different from the flu
Claim:
“We found no COVID-19 in any of the 1,500 [COVID-19-positive] samples” but influenza A and B; “what we're dealing with is just another flu strain like every year. COVID 19 does not exist and is fictitious”
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2021-05-02