Claim reviews
There is no evidence that dietary supplements containing zinc and a zinc ionophore, such as the one promoted by Vladimir Zelenko, are effective against COVID-19
CLAIM
Zinc supplements can protect against COVID-19; Zinc “kills the virus” and zinc ionophores are a “a zinc delivery system” that “allows zinc to go from outside the cell to inside the cell”
SOURCE: Vladimir Zelenko, Gateway Pundit
Published: 18 Jan 2022
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines aren’t associated with a higher risk of pregnancy complication, contrary to claim by Daniel Horowitz
CLAIM
“The shots were not studied in pregnant women”; “we have seen 50 times the rate of reporting [in VAERS] per month of miscarriages for this vaccine than the other vaccines put together.”
SOURCE: Daniel Horowitz, The Blaze
Published: 18 Jan 2022
VERDICT
No, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness
CLAIM
“Danish researchers [...] found protection against Omicron turned negative three months after the second dose”
SOURCE: Alex Berenson, Substack
Published: 17 Jan 2022
VERDICT
CDC director’s comments that 75% of COVID-19 deaths are among people with four comorbidities applies only to vaccinated people
CLAIM
75% of deaths were people with ‘at least four comorbidities’
SOURCE: Anonymous, The Joe Pags Show
Published: 13 Jan 2022
VERDICT
The scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of infection and mortality; analysis of cases and deaths from 145 countries is methodologically flawed
CLAIM
“New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths)“
SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Substack
Published: 12 Jan 2022
VERDICT
Robert Malone’s statements on The Dana Show about vaccine safety and virus variants are inaccurate and unsupported
CLAIM
Booster COVID-19 vaccine doses can “shut down the immune response”; heart damage following vaccination is “quite frequent”; “many of these [SARS-CoV-2] mutations are being driven by the evolutionary selection caused by the vaccines”
SOURCE: Robert Malone, The Dana Show
Published: 10 Jan 2022
VERDICT
Contrary to claim in Washington Times op-ed, COVID-19 shots meet the definition of a vaccine
CLAIM
“COVID-19 shots are not vaccines” because they don’t “prevent one from becoming infected”
SOURCE: Michael McKenna, Washington Times
Published: 07 Jan 2022
VERDICT
Testing in general reveals infections, it doesn’t create them; COVID-19 isn’t the same as the common cold
CLAIM
“If you stop testing it all goes away and people just have colds like before”
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 07 Jan 2022
VERDICT
Contrary to Peter McCullough’s claim, getting vaccinated is safer than getting COVID-19, in spite of rare cases of myocarditis
CLAIM
a “game-changing study” showed that “COVID vaccines [were] more dangerous than the virus itself”; “children aged 12 to 17 are more likely to be hospitalized for myocarditis than for COVID.”
SOURCE: Mike Landry, Peter McCullough, The Western Journal
Published: 24 Dec 2021
VERDICT
Joe Rogan interview with Peter McCullough contains multiple false and unsubstantiated claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines
CLAIM
the pandemic was planned; the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental; previously infected people have “permanent immunity”; VAERS shows vaccines killed thousands of people, vaccine-induced spike protein causes damage
SOURCE: Peter McCullough, The Joe Rogan Experience
Published: 23 Dec 2021
VERDICT