Daily Mail article provides misleading interpretation on South Korean mask study to imply mask-wearing is dangerous

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“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

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Vitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan

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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

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Misleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk

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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

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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

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Conspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors

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Doctors murdered to protect Big Pharma profits and silence holistic health practitioners

SOURCE: Katryna Benson, TikTok

Published: 23 Aug 2023

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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

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“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

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Why Alex Jones’ claim on Infowars that COVID-19 vaccines cause meat allergy is baseless

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“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

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“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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