Claim reviews
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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