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Six residents in a German nursing home died from COVID-19, not from vaccines
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“25% of residents in German nursing home died after Pfizer vaccine”; a team including a soldier in uniform used force to vaccinate residents
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Source: Children's Health Defense, Anonymous, 2021-03-01 -
Mostly accurateThe U.S. leads the world in number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, but not in the proportion of the population vaccinated
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“In five weeks, America has administered the most COVID vaccine shots than any other country in the world.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-03-01 -
MisleadingYes, COVID-19 vaccines will help us safely resume normal activities like going to restaurants and meeting people, once enough people are vaccinated for herd immunity
Claim:
The COVID-19 vaccines won’t let us stop mask-wearing, physical distancing and restaurants, pubs, and cinemas still remain closed, so why vaccinate?
Source: Facebook, Telegram, Facebook users, 2021-01-20 -
InaccurateThe CDC licences vaccine technology, but isn’t a vaccine company; the CDC doesn’t sell vaccines, it buys and distributes vaccines free of charge
Claim:
“The CDC is not an independent agency. It is a vaccine company […] The CDC owns over 20 vaccine patents. It sells about $4.6 billion of vaccines every year”.
Source: Children's Health Defense, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2021-02-19 -
InaccurateScientific evidence demonstrates that wearing face masks and implementing lockdowns reduce the spread of COVID-19
Claim:
“It’s been a year & there is still no evidence masks or lockdowns slow the spread of #COVID19”
Source: Facebook, Kimberly Klacik, 2021-02-23 -
InaccurateScientists didn’t announce impending environmental catastrophes every decade since the 1970s
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Science said in the: 70s, another ice age in 10 years; 80s, acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years; 90s: the ozone layer will be destroyed in 10 years; 2000’s the ice caps will be gone on 10 years
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-02-20 -
IncorrectBananas may be healthy, but consuming them won’t treat gastrointestinal diseases nor limit the replication of HIV
Claim:
“Bananas are a powerful antiviral food—so powerful that they have the capacity to repel growth of the retrovirus HIV“
Source: Medical Medium, Anthony William, 2021-02-21 -
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InaccuratePregnant 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 -
-2Very lowMisleading Wall Street Journal opinion piece makes the unsubstantiated claim that the U.S. will have herd immunity by April 2021
“The article’s claim that the U.S. is near herd immunity rests on two numbers: 1) the detection of infections by testing (claimed to be 10 – 25 percent) and 2) the infection fatality rate (claimed to be 0.23 percent). Using the same number of deaths as the author indicates that 0.15%/0.6% = 25% of the U.S. population has been infected, rather than two-thirds as the author claims. Thus, the author’s argument that 55 – 66 percent of the U.S. population has already been infected and has immunity is not supported by available data.”