Reviews of articles from: Instagram

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Vitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan

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Vitamin K shots are poisonous because they contain polysorbate 80 as “main active ingredient” that has “strong links with infertility, with autoimmune issues”

SOURCE: Brandy Vaughan, Instagram

Published: 29 Aug 2023

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Misleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk

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Higher COVID-19 vaccination rates in White people are related to higher COVID-19 death rates

SOURCE: Carl Higbie, David Harris Jr., Instagram

Published: 25 Aug 2023

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Vaccines aren’t responsible for rise in autism cases; change in diagnostic criteria is the most plausible explanation

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The increase in both the number of vaccines in the CDC schedule and in autism rates implies that vaccines cause autism

SOURCE: Grant Cardone, Instagram

Published: 20 Jul 2023

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Draft U.S. government report doesn’t conclude that fluoride is harmful at low levels

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“As fluoride goes up [...] IQ goes down in the developing brains of our kids”

SOURCE: Social media user, Instagram

Published: 24 Apr 2023

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COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause miscarriages or stillbirths contrary to misleading interpretations of VAERS data

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COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of miscarriages and stillbirths

SOURCE: Instagram Users, Instagram

Published: 30 Mar 2023

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Vaccination recruits both the innate and adaptive immune system; COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children

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“clearly [COVID-19] vaccines are dangerous for kids”, they cause myocarditis; children are protected from COVID-19 by innate immunity which is bypassed by vaccination

SOURCE: Michelle Perro, Joseph Mercola, Instagram

Published: 28 Mar 2023

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

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“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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