Claim reviews
COVID-19 vaccine boosters reduce the risk of infection and hospitalization; they don’t increase the risk, contrary to claims of vaccines’ “negative efficacy”
CLAIM
A study by Kaiser Permanente “shows negative efficacy of the shots against all variants within 150 days”; “the more you inject, the more you infect”
SOURCE: Daniel Horowitz, Conservative Review
Published: 23 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Scientific studies show that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduces transmission; claim by Rob Roos is misleading
CLAIM
“In COVID hearing, #Pfizer director admits: #vaccine was never tested on preventing transmission. ‘Get vaccinated for others’ was always a lie.”
SOURCE: Rob Roos, Twitter
Published: 18 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, but evidence so far doesn’t show that diabetes causes Alzheimer’s
CLAIM
“Alzheimer’s most of the time is preventable. It’s not genetic, and it’s type 3 diabetes, which is insulin resistance of the brain”
SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok, Facebook
Published: 15 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Analysis by Florida Department of Health about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contains multiple methodological problems
CLAIM
Florida study found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related death, especially in men
SOURCE: Joseph Ladapo, Fox News, Twitter
Published: 13 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Little clinical evidence supports the use of high-dose intravenous vitamin C to treat cancer
CLAIM
Intravenous vitamin C specifically kills only cancer cells and not healthy cells
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 11 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Charlie Kirk’s video listing reasons to oppose COVID-19 vaccines contains multiple incorrect, misleading, and unsupported statements
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines were “rushed into market”; VAERS shows an “unusual spike in vaccine adverse events”; unvaccinated people aren't a threat to vaccinated people
SOURCE: Charlie Kirk, The Charlie Kirk Show
Published: 08 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Biden’s 2021 remarks on the role of COVID-19 vaccines in hurricane preparedness misrepresented in social media posts
CLAIM
President Joe Biden told people to get vaccinated to protect themselves from hurricanes
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 07 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Article by cardiologist Aseem Malhotra made unsupported claims about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccination
CLAIM
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines might do more harm than good
SOURCE: Aseem Malhotra, Journal of Insulin Resistance
Published: 06 Oct 2022
VERDICT
Neither medical treatments nor errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
CLAIM
“The third leading cause of death is MD-directed treatments”
SOURCE: Peter Glidden, TikTok
Published: 05 Oct 2022
VERDICT
The amount of potassium chloride in Dasani bottled water is safe and won’t cause cardiac arrest
CLAIM
“Potassium chloride actually causes cardiac arrest […] and we’re drinking it in Dasani water.”
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 05 Oct 2022
VERDICT