Claim reviews
Daily Mail article provides misleading interpretation on South Korean mask study to imply mask-wearing is dangerous
CLAIM
“Mask study published by NIH suggests N95 Covid masks may expose wearers to dangerous level of toxic compounds linked to seizures and cancer”
SOURCE: Emily Joshu, Daily Mail
Published: 30 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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Vitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan
CLAIM
Vitamin K shots are poisonous because they contain polysorbate 80 as “main active ingredient” that has “strong links with infertility, with autoimmune issues”
SOURCE: Brandy Vaughan, Instagram
Published: 29 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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Misleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk
CLAIM
Higher COVID-19 vaccination rates in White people are related to higher COVID-19 death rates
SOURCE: Carl Higbie, David Harris Jr., Instagram
Published: 25 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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The FDA continues to recommend against ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19, despite claims to the contrary
CLAIM
“The FDA is now saying that it is OK to prescribe ivermectin [for COVID-19]”
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 24 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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Conspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors
CLAIM
Doctors murdered to protect Big Pharma profits and silence holistic health practitioners
SOURCE: Katryna Benson, TikTok
Published: 23 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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England mortality data shows a lower COVID-19 mortality risk among vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated ones, contrary to claim by Slay News
CLAIM
“the Covid injections are not effective” because the large majority of deaths involving COVID-19 occurred among vaccinated individuals
SOURCE: Frank Bergman, Slay News
Published: 17 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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Why Alex Jones’ claim on Infowars that COVID-19 vaccines cause meat allergy is baseless
CLAIM
“Moderna and Pfizer shots have a bovine protein in them that then creates an autoimmune response in those that take the shot so that many of them can no longer eat beef”
SOURCE: Alex Jones, Infowars
Published: 11 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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Video about blank COVID-19 vaccine insert falsely implies there are no safety data for COVID-19 vaccines
CLAIM
Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 11 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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Testimony by Steve Kirsch on the alleged harms of vaccination relies on flawed, biased analyses
CLAIM
“All these vaccines are causing harm to our kids”; “The fully unvaccinated kids are always healthier”; “vaccines are causing chronic disease in America”
SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Twitter
Published: 10 Aug 2023
VERDICT
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VAERS data don’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are deadly; Steve Kirsch’s claim to the contrary relied on flawed analysis
CLAIM
VAERS data are “crystal clear”: “the COVID vaccines are killing people”
SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Substack
Published: 10 Aug 2023
VERDICT
![](https://healthfeedback.org/wp-content/uploads/tags/HTag_Incorrect.png)