Reviews of articles from: Instagram

CLAIM REVIEWS

U.S. mortality rate analysis by Josh Stirling is misleading; current data don’t show an association between COVID-19 vaccines and increased mortality

CLAIM
“The more doses on average you have in a region within the United States, the bigger increase in mortality that region has had in 2022 when compared to 2021”

SOURCE: Josh Stirling, Instagram, The Epoch Times

Published: 14 Mar 2023

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Viral memes listing COVID-19 topics about which authorities were allegedly “wrong” rehash debunked misinformation

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We were lied about “COVID-19 numbers”, treatments, natural immunity, and the origin of the virus; COVID-19 vaccines and control measures “didn’t work”

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Published: 07 Mar 2023

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Infection-induced immunity is more unpredictable and poses a higher risk than vaccine-induced immunity

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“natural immunity provides superior protection to experimental vaccines; “They lied and said Natural Immunity wasn’t better than [vaccine]-induced immunity”

SOURCE: Social media users, Children's Health Denfese, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Published: 02 Mar 2023

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Moderna didn’t already produce COVID-19 mRNA vaccines before the pandemic; statement by CEO of Moderna misinterpreted

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Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic

SOURCE: Instagram users, Instagram

Published: 14 Feb 2023

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The Pfizer bivalent vaccines are very unlikely to increase the risk of ischemic stroke, contrary to claims on social media

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The Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine causes strokes

SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Twitter

Published: 18 Jan 2023

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French political advisor Jacques Attali didn’t call for world depopulation through pandemics or vaccines

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Attali wrote “the future will be about finding a way to reduce the population”, elites will “find a real cause, a pandemic” after having “taken care of having panned the treatment”

SOURCE: Instagram users, Instagram

Published: 02 Jan 2023

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Contrary to viral Instagram videos, COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against severe disease

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Vaccine effectiveness has fallen from 100% to 20%; the early reported vaccine effectiveness figures were lies

SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram

Published: 08 Dec 2022

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Laura Braden’s comments questioning the safety and usefulness of childhood vaccines are unfounded; studies show that the hepatitis B and HPV vaccines are safe

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Vaccines and vitamin K injections given to children are unsafe

SOURCE: Laura Braden, Rumble, Instagram

Published: 25 Nov 2022

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HIV infection is the cause of AIDS; persistent HIV/AIDS denialism relies on false information and is potentially deadly

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“HIV does not cause AIDS”

SOURCE: Judy Mikovits, Instagram

Published: 18 Nov 2022

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Death of a four-year-old boy in Argentina was due to lung infection, contrary to social media posts implying vaccination was the cause

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Death of 4 years old poster boy for vaccination campaign is linked to COVID-19 vaccine

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram

Published: 17 Nov 2022

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