Claim reviews
Ivermectin study in the city of Itajaí contains several methodological weaknesses, resulting in questionable conclusions
CLAIM
A preprint of an ivermectin study in the Brazilian city of Itajaí found that prophylactic ivermectin reduced COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality by half
SOURCE: Jim Hoft, Daniel Horowitz, Gateway Pundit, ZeroHedge, The Blaze
Published: 18 Dec 2021
VERDICT
Clip of Anthony Fauci discussing potential vaccine safety concerns is from March 2020; current scientific evidence shows COVID-19 vaccines reduce risk of infection and serious illness
CLAIM
“Dr. Fauci opens up the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine could be making people more likely to be infected by the virus”, “a vaccine that looked good in initial safety actually made people worse”
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn
Published: 15 Dec 2021
VERDICT
Unsupported claim about COVID-19 vaccines, anti-spike antibodies, and myocarditis misrepresented conclusions from a New England Journal of Medicine article
CLAIM
“antibodies that people produce against the coronavirus spike protein may lead to myocarditis”
SOURCE: Jim Hoft, Alex Berenson, Gateway Pundit
Published: 09 Dec 2021
VERDICT
No, a fence in a shopping mall wasn’t used to segregate vaccinated and unvaccinated people; photo was taken in Romania, not Germany
CLAIM
“In Germany, a fence separates vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The biggest symptom of COVID is insanity”
SOURCE: Young Americans for Liberty, Facebook
Published: 08 Dec 2021
VERDICT
Misleading claims linking the spread of Omicron variant to vaccinated people rely on partial data and are unsubstantiated
CLAIM
'Omicron COVID Variant Found ONLY in Fully Vaccinated'
SOURCE: Bill Hennessy, Gateway Pundit
Published: 03 Dec 2021
VERDICT
Inaccurate clickbait headline in Forbes article used to promote the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
CLAIM
Forbes article is evidence that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram
Published: 02 Dec 2021
VERDICT
Pathogens can evolve to be more virulent over time, contrary to nutritionist’s claim
CLAIM
“Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time”
SOURCE: Mike Mutzel, Facebook
Published: 01 Dec 2021
VERDICT
No evidence that the low COVID-19 case rate in Sweden is due to herd immunity; vaccines don’t lead to new variants of SARS-CoV-2
CLAIM
“Sweden obliterates the lie of ‘vaccines’ as ticket to ending pandemic”; mass vaccination create vaccine-mediated viral enhancement
SOURCE: Daniel Horowitz, The Blaze
Published: 29 Nov 2021
VERDICT
Natural News, others jump to conclusions unsupported by the study they cite to claim COVID-19 vaccines destroy the immune system and cause cancer
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccine spike proteins accumulate in the nucleus of cells, “destroy DNA repair pathways, paving the way for CANCER” and “destroy the immune system”
SOURCE: Ethan A. Huff, Natural News
Published: 26 Nov 2021
VERDICT
Claim that the COVID-19 vaccine is riskier than the disease for children is based on an economist’s incorrect calculation of the metric “number needed to vaccinate”
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“more children will die from the vaccine than will die from COVID in the first place and there’s proof”
SOURCE: Toby Rogers, Substack
Published: 26 Nov 2021
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