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

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Video about blank COVID-19 vaccine insert falsely implies there are no safety data for COVID-19 vaccines

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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

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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

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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

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Swiss study doesn’t show that Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is dangerous for the heart, John Campbell and The Gateway Pundit exaggerated the study’s conclusions

CLAIM
“1 in 35 people showed signs of heart damage after taking the Moderna COVID19 vaccine”; it is a “kill shot”; taking “this kind of risk, it’s just complete madness”

SOURCE: John Campbell, Jim Hoft, YouTube, The Gateway Pundit

Published: 08 Aug 2023

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COVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t cause long-term spike protein production in the body, contrary to claims by retired professor

CLAIM
COVID-19 RNA vaccines weren’t made with messenger RNA; vaccine RNA cannot be broken down in the body

SOURCE: Klaus Steger, The Epoch Times

Published: 07 Aug 2023

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to edited video claiming otherwise

CLAIM
“Dr Tedros doesn’t have his vaccination”

SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook

Published: 02 Aug 2023

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Pfizer documents misrepresented to spread the false claim that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine contains graphene oxide

CLAIM
Pfizer documents confirm that mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations contain graphene oxide

SOURCE: Richard Willett, davidicke.com

Published: 02 Aug 2023

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No imminent avian flu pandemic is being staged by Bill Gates or the WHO; claim by Redacted YouTube channel misrepresented sources

CLAIM
Bill Gates and health agencies are staging a new pandemic specifically targeting children; it might already be here according to the WHO or the UK government

SOURCE: Clayton Morris, Natali Morris, YouTube

Published: 02 Aug 2023

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Flawed preprint based on autopsies inadequate to demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccines caused 74% of those deaths

CLAIM
“Lancet Study on Covid Vaccine Autopsies Finds 74% Were Caused by Vaccine”

SOURCE: Peter McCullough, Will Jones, The Wellness Company, Daily Sceptic

Published: 31 Jul 2023

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