Misleading
Claims that a Harvard study showed COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective misrepresent the authors’ conclusions, fail to account for the study’s limitations
Claim:
“Covid SURGES Among Most Vaxxed Communities Says Harvard Study”
Iria Carballo-Carbajal
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Source: The Jimmy Dore Show, Jimmy Dore, 2021-10-17 -
UnsupportedNo evidence that the fall in COVID-19 cases in Indonesia is linked to the use of ivermectin
Claim:
Ivermectin played a role on the steep decline of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia
Source: Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, 2021-10-09 -
UnsupportedNo evidence suggests a causal link between ivermectin recommendation and the decline of COVID-19 cases in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
Claim:
'The most populated state in India just declared they are officially COVID-19 free after promoting widespread use of the safe proven medicine'
Source: Gateway Pundit, One America News Network, Pearson Sharp, Jim Hoft, 2021-10-02 -
InaccurateContrary to claims on social media, people who received a COVID-19 vaccine can donate blood and other blood products, including convalescent plasma
Claim:
“The Red Cross says anyone who has received a COVID-19 vaccine cannot donate convalescent plasma”; “the vaccine wipes out these antibodies [against SARS-CoV-2]”
Source: TikTok, TikTok user, 2021-09-20 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 treatments can improve a patient’s survival and recovery, but don’t replace the individual and community benefits of vaccination
Claim:
“Now the vaccines are no longer working“; “the vaccine never stopped transmission“; “earlier-vaccinated people experience a complete waning of the injection-induced antibodies”; antibody therapy, “the one option that works”, is blocked by the government
Source: The Blaze, Daniel Horowitz, 2021-09-13 -
InaccuratePfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated its efficacy and safety in several stages of clinical trials before been authorized for emergency use, and therefore isn’t experimental
Claim:
“Today the FDA announced they approved a drug whose Phase III clinical trials are not expected to be completed for two more years”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Benjamin Benulis, 2021-08-23 -
InaccurateJanci Chunn Lindsay’s claims that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe are inaccurate and unsupported by scientific evidence
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines will cause blood clotting, fertility problems, and immune escape
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Janci Chunn Lindsay, 2021-04-23 -
IncorrectFamily physician Daniel Stock repeated previously debunked misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and control strategies in a Mount Vernon School Board Meeting
Claim:
Face masks don’t reduce the spread of respiratory infections; COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, and may lead to more severe disease; ivermectin, vitamin D, and zinc are effective COVID-19 treatments
Source: YouTube, Daniel Stock, 2021-08-06 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines are a much safer way of acquiring immunity than infection, which requires exposing the person to risks from the disease
Claim:
Natural immunity is far superior to COVID-19 vaccines
Source: Israel National News, David Rosenberg, Del Bigtree, 2021-07-17 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines effectively prevent severe disease; haven’t shown signs of antibody-dependent enhancement as claimed by Robert Malone
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines will make SARS-CoV-2 more dangerous due to a mechanism called antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE)
Source: War Room Pandemic, Robert Malone, 2021-07-28