Claim reviews
Vaccines are safe and aren’t associated with autoimmune disease, contrary to claim in viral video by chiropractor Steven Baker
CLAIM
“Vaccines cause autoimmune disease”; COVID-19 vaccine will “change your genes”; aborted fetal tissue is in vaccines
SOURCE: Steven Baker, Facebook
Published: 11 Mar 2021
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Data from Israel showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduces the likelihood of dying from COVID-19; analysis in a forum post claiming the opposite is flawed
CLAIM
“the Pfizer vaccines, for the elderly, killed during the 5-week vaccination period about 40 times more people than the disease itself would have killed”
SOURCE: Haim Yativ, Children’s Health Defense, GreenMedInfo
Published: 09 Mar 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines start to provide protection within two weeks of the first dose, with no evidence they increase the risk of infection before then
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“Now a Public Health England report confirms that infections increase during the fortnight after vaccination”
SOURCE: Niall McCrae, Gateway Pundit
Published: 09 Mar 2021
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Six residents in a German nursing home died from COVID-19, not from vaccines
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“25% of residents in German nursing home died after Pfizer vaccine”; a team including a soldier in uniform used force to vaccinate residents
SOURCE: Anonymous, Children’s Health Defense
Published: 06 Mar 2021
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The U.S. leads the world in number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, but not in the proportion of the population vaccinated
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“In five weeks, America has administered the most COVID vaccine shots than any other country in the world.”
SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook
Published: 04 Mar 2021
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Yes, COVID-19 vaccines will help us safely resume normal activities like going to restaurants and meeting people, once enough people are vaccinated for herd immunity
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The COVID-19 vaccines won’t let us stop mask-wearing, physical distancing and restaurants, pubs, and cinemas still remain closed, so why vaccinate?
SOURCE: Facebook users, Telegram, Facebook
Published: 04 Mar 2021
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The CDC licences vaccine technology, but isn’t a vaccine company; the CDC doesn’t sell vaccines, it buys and distributes vaccines free of charge
CLAIM
“The CDC is not an independent agency. It is a vaccine company […] The CDC owns over 20 vaccine patents. It sells about $4.6 billion of vaccines every year”.
SOURCE: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Children's Health Defense
Published: 04 Mar 2021
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Scientific evidence demonstrates that wearing face masks and implementing lockdowns reduce the spread of COVID-19
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“It’s been a year & there is still no evidence masks or lockdowns slow the spread of #COVID19”
SOURCE: Kimberly Klacik, Facebook
Published: 03 Mar 2021
VERDICT
Bananas may be healthy, but consuming them won’t treat gastrointestinal diseases nor limit the replication of HIV
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“Bananas are a powerful antiviral food—so powerful that they have the capacity to repel growth of the retrovirus HIV“
SOURCE: Anthony William, Medical Medium
Published: 02 Mar 2021
VERDICT
Pregnant women can decide whether to receive the COVID-19 vaccine; safety monitoring suggests that COVID-19 vaccines don’t pose any specific risk for pregnant women
CLAIM
“Health officials push pregnant women to get covid shots, despite known risks”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Children’s Health Defense
Published: 01 Mar 2021
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