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Claim that the HPV vaccine increases risk of cervical cancer misleads by cherry-picking data from FDA document
Claim:
HPV vaccine increases the risk of developing cervical cancer
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Source: Instagram, Pierre Kory, 2024-03-27 -
InaccurateNo, a court didn’t rule that the FDA broke the law with advisory warning against using ivermectin for COVID-19
Claim:
Court rules FDA broke the law with advisory warning against using ivermectin for COVID-19; FDA lost lawsuit, proving ivermectin is effective against COVID-19
Source: Twitter, Vigilant Fox, Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, Pierre Kory, Roger O'Handley, 2024-03-22 -
InaccurateClaims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers
Claim:
Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist
Source: New York Post, The Blaze, One America News Network, David Landsel, Brook Mallory, Brooke Mallory, Paul Sacca, 2024-03-14 -
UnsupportedInsufficient evidence for the claim that benzoyl peroxide in skincare products poses cancer risk
Claim:
Benzene in benzoyl peroxide-containing skincare products poses a cancer risk
Source: TikTok, Social media users, 2024-03-07 -
IncorrectDTaP vaccine isn’t associated with sudden infant death syndrome, whooping cough vaccine led to historic decline in cases
Claim:
Whooping cough vaccine was never necessary, DTaP vaccine is linked to sudden infant death syndrome
Source: Instagram, Jaclyn Simone, 2024-03-03 -
InaccurateVarious childhood vaccines have been tested in saline placebo-controlled randomized trials, contrary to claims by those opposed to vaccination
Claim:
“No childhood vaccine has ever been through a double blind placebo controlled trial.”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-24 -
InaccurateGlobal COVID Vaccine Safety study identified already-known risks, doesn’t show that risks are greater than benefits
Claim:
Global COVID Vaccine Safety study shows that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous, inadequately tested; getting vaccinated is more dangerous than getting COVID-19
Source: Instagram, Twitter, Social media users, 2024-02-19 -
InaccurateInstagram reel promotes the baseless claim that viruses don’t exist, ignoring more than a century of science about infectious diseases
Claim:
Viruses don’t exist, terrain theory explains why diseases occur
Source: Cultivate Elevate, Matt Roeske, 2024-02-11 -
InaccurateClaim that myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines carries serious risk of death is based on flawed study
Claim:
Study shows myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccination carries serious risk of death
Source: The Blaze, Joseph Mackinnon, 2024-01-29 -
Flawed reasoningEpidemiological data refutes the claim that polio is renamed to hide the disease and the polio vaccine doesn’t work
Claim:
Polio vaccine doesn’t work; India had no cases of non-polio paralysis until polio vaccine was introduced; polio was renamed to hide its existence
Source: Instagram, Jaclyn Simone, 2024-01-23