Claim reviews
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines were tested in clinical trials, aren’t experimental
CLAIM
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are experimental, “ineffective and harmful”
SOURCE: Chris Oyakhilome, Sucharit Bhakdi, Peter McCullough, Facebook
Published: 03 May 2024
VERDICT
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Evidence shows Tdap booster in pregnant women reduces the risk of whooping cough in infants
CLAIM
The Tdap shot, which is supposed to protect newborns from whooping cough, doesn't actually prevent it. It just puts newborns more at risk.
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 03 May 2024
VERDICT
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Modified RNA in COVID-19 vaccines isn’t linked to cancer development
CLAIM
A review “has found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development”
SOURCE: Social media users, America's Frontline Doctors
Published: 29 Apr 2024
VERDICT
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Eating excess salt increases the risk of high blood pressure, contrary to wellness coach’s claims
CLAIM
“Salt does not raise blood pressure”
SOURCE: Sean Christopher, Facebook
Published: 26 Apr 2024
VERDICT
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Current scientific evidence doesn’t demonstrate that coconut oil prevents or treats Alzheimer’s
CLAIM
“Coconut oil in your diet is a remedy for Alzheimer’s”
SOURCE: John Gray, Social media users, Facebook
Published: 25 Apr 2024
VERDICT
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No evidence budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin combination is “silver bullet” for COVID-19, contrary to Texas doctor’s claim
CLAIM
Richard Bartlett found ‘“Silver Bullet” Covid Protocol’ but was silenced
SOURCE: Richard Bartlett, Big Honker Podcast
Published: 25 Apr 2024
VERDICT
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Current evidence shows COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase risk of sudden cardiac death
CLAIM
“COVID-19 vaccinations affect your risk” of sudden cardiac death
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram
Published: 22 Apr 2024
VERDICT
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Video of person smoking in a pile of body bags isn’t a staging of COVID-19 victims but part of a Russian music video
CLAIM
A video showed people “preparing body bags for the evening news clip during the pandemic”
SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook
Published: 17 Apr 2024
VERDICT
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Virologist Geert Vanden Bossche makes unsupported prediction that mass COVID-19 vaccination will cause an immune “collapse”
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines will cause a “massive tsunami” of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths due to immune escape; Immune “dysregulation” in vaccinated people is turning COVID-19 into “a more chronic disease that we call long COVID”
SOURCE: KunstlerCast, Kunstlercast
Published: 15 Apr 2024
VERDICT
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Country-to-country comparison doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, contrary to Facebook post by journalist Sharyl Attkisson
CLAIM
“As more people got vaccinated for Covid, more people got Covid.”
SOURCE: Sharyl Attkisson, Facebook
Published: 15 Apr 2024
VERDICT
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