Claim reviews
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
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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
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“Danish researchers [...] found protection against Omicron turned negative three months after the second dose”
SOURCE: Alex Berenson, Substack
Published: 17 Jan 2022
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CDC director’s comments that 75% of COVID-19 deaths are among people with four comorbidities applies only to vaccinated people
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75% of deaths were people with ‘at least four comorbidities’
SOURCE: Anonymous, The Joe Pags Show
Published: 13 Jan 2022
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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
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“New big data study of 145 countries show COVID vaccines makes things worse (cases and deaths)“
SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Substack
Published: 12 Jan 2022
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Robert Malone’s statements on The Dana Show about vaccine safety and virus variants are inaccurate and unsupported
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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
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Contrary to claim in Washington Times op-ed, COVID-19 shots meet the definition of a vaccine
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“COVID-19 shots are not vaccines” because they don’t “prevent one from becoming infected”
SOURCE: Michael McKenna, Washington Times
Published: 07 Jan 2022
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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
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Contrary to Peter McCullough’s claim, getting vaccinated is safer than getting COVID-19, in spite of rare cases of myocarditis
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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
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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
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The benefits of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for children outweigh the low risks, unlike what Robert Malone claimed
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mRNA vaccines force “your child’s body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in children’s critical organs”; “there is no benefit for your children or your family to be vaccinating your children”
SOURCE: Robert Malone, Substack
Published: 20 Dec 2021
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