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Reviews of articles from: Instagram
CLAIM REVIEWS
Deaths are attributed to COVID-19 according to clinical symptoms and diagnostic; deaths occurring following vaccination are systematically reported and investigated
CLAIM
“If you die within 20 days of testing positive for [COVID-19][...], you’ll be counted as a COVID death.” Vaccines are systematically dismissed as as possible cause of death.
SOURCE: Instagram Users, Instagram
Published: 10 May 2021
VERDICT
Scientific evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 and the virus that causes it exist and are different from the flu
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“We found no COVID-19 in any of the 1,500 [COVID-19-positive] samples” but influenza A and B; “what we're dealing with is just another flu strain like every year. COVID 19 does not exist and is fictitious”
SOURCE: Instagram users, Instagram
Published: 06 May 2021
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Vaccines do provide immunity and can be used to achieve herd immunity
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Vaccines don’t promise immunity and therefore “vaccine herd immunity doesn’t exist”.
SOURCE: Laura Elizabeth, Instagram
Published: 01 May 2021
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Insufficient evidence to claim COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual irregularities in vaccinated women; vaccinated people aren’t making unvaccinated people ill
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual problems in women; vaccinated people are causing health problems in unvaccinated people around them
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Published: 30 Apr 2021
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COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
CLAIM
“Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”
SOURCE: Jackie Salo, Instagram/Facebook users, New York Post, Instagram/Facebook
Published: 26 Apr 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines were developed in record time due to scientists’ good understanding of similar coronaviruses and unprecedented investments from companies and governments
CLAIM
“No vaccine for HIV after 40 years of research. No vaccine for the common cold [...] A virus mysteriously appears and within a year a vaccine is created and we are all expected to take it.”
SOURCE: Anonymous, Instagram
Published: 14 Apr 2021
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The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines aren’t operating systems, and won’t transform the human body into a virus-making factory
CLAIM
The mRNA vaccine is “an operating system that takes over the machinery of your cells” ; “...by the time you get your fourth shot your body will be making all four proteins that make up the COVID-19 virus.”
SOURCE: Abdul Alim Muhammad, Damon Jones, Instagram, Facebook
Published: 06 Apr 2021
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Not all coronaviruses are seasonal, contrary to pathologist Ryan Cole’s claim; COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness
CLAIM
Coronaviruses are all seasonal and go away on their own, including those that cause SARS and MERS; ivermectin is effective for preventing and treating COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines are “gene therapy”, don’t give immunity or prevent transmission
SOURCE: Ryan Cole, Instagram, YouTube, Bitchute
Published: 04 Apr 2021
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No aborted fetal tissue or cells in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
CLAIM
“The Johnson & Johnson vaccine has aborted fetal tissue from aborted babies from the retina as well as from kidney cells”
SOURCE: Rizza Islam, Instagram
Published: 18 Mar 2021
VERDICT
More evidence needed for the claim that vitamin D supplements reduce risk of COVID-19 infection
CLAIM
“Habitual use of vitamin D supplements was associated with a 34% lower risk of COVID-19 infection”; “This is an observational study so causation cannot be established”
SOURCE: Rhonda Patrick, Instagram
Published: 22 Feb 2021
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