Sanjay Mishra Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Expertise: Vaccines, Infectious diseases Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-12-02 Inaccurate clickbait headline in Forbes article used to promote the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA Claim: Forbes article is evidence that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2021-11-30 Unsupported Health Posted on: 2020-11-27 No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause more severe disease; antibody-dependent enhancement has not been observed in clinical trials Claim: COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-11-21 Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-06-30 Contrary to popular claim on social media, RNA vaccines do not alter our DNA Claim: “Bill Gates explains that the COVID vaccine will use experimental technology and permanently alter your DNA” Source: Waking Times, Alex Pietrowski, Facebook users, 2020-05-15
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2021-12-02 Inaccurate clickbait headline in Forbes article used to promote the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA Claim: Forbes article is evidence that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2021-11-30
Unsupported Health Posted on: 2020-11-27 No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause more severe disease; antibody-dependent enhancement has not been observed in clinical trials Claim: COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-11-21
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-06-30 Contrary to popular claim on social media, RNA vaccines do not alter our DNA Claim: “Bill Gates explains that the COVID vaccine will use experimental technology and permanently alter your DNA” Source: Waking Times, Alex Pietrowski, Facebook users, 2020-05-15