Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-04-29 Flawed 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
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-04-26 COVID-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: Facebook, Instagram, New York Post, Social media users, Jackie Salo, 2021-04-20
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-04-19 The World Health Organization doesn’t recommend ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment; the drug’s safety and effectiveness remains uncertain in COVID-19 patients Claim: “WHO data shows [that] ivermectin reduces COVID-19 mortality by 81%, but they won’t recommend it?” Source: Collective Evolution, Joe Martino, 2021-04-13
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-04-13 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
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-04-13 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
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-03-23 COVID-19 vaccines are critical for controlling the pandemic; vaccines still offer partial protection against new variants of the virus Claim: COVID-19 mass vaccination will select for more virulent variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, which will escape vaccine-induced immunity and cause more severe disease Source: Children's Health Defense, The Highwire, Geert Vanden Bossche, 2021-03-06
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-03-06 Six residents in a German nursing home died from COVID-19, not from vaccines Claim: “25% of residents in German nursing home died after Pfizer vaccine”; a team including a soldier in uniform used force to vaccinate residents Source: Children's Health Defense, Anonymous, 2021-03-01
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-03-01 Pregnant women can decide whether to receive the COVID-19 vaccine; safety monitoring suggests that COVID-19 vaccines don’t pose any specific risk for pregnant women Claim: “Health officials push pregnant women to get covid shots, despite known risks” Source: Children's Health Defense, Anonymous, 2021-02-23
Misleading Health Posted on: 2021-02-17 Misleading to compare the safety of COVID-19 and flu vaccines based solely on VAERS reports; VAERS reports alone cannot demonstrate that a vaccine caused an adverse event Claim: One person is 300 to 900 times “more likely to die” after getting the COVID-19 vaccine than the flu vaccine; “Adverse events are widely underreported” Source: Instagram, Twitter/X, Alex Berenson, 2021-02-14
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-02-11 COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use prevent the disease and are generally safe based on rigorous clinical trials and ongoing monitoring Claim: “No one can possibly know if the [COVID-19] vaccine is safe and effective because the trial is still underway; “Thousands of people who had the vaccine have died or been seriously injured by it” Source: Charlie Ward, Vernon Coleman, 2021-02-02