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Reviews of articles from: Instagram
CLAIM REVIEWS
Vitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan
CLAIM
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
Vaccines aren’t responsible for rise in autism cases; change in diagnostic criteria is the most plausible explanation
CLAIM
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
VERDICT
Draft U.S. government report doesn’t conclude that fluoride is harmful at low levels
CLAIM
“As fluoride goes up [...] IQ goes down in the developing brains of our kids”
SOURCE: Social media user, Instagram
Published: 24 Apr 2023
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause miscarriages or stillbirths contrary to misleading interpretations of VAERS data
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of miscarriages and stillbirths
SOURCE: Instagram Users, Instagram
Published: 30 Mar 2023
VERDICT
Vaccination recruits both the innate and adaptive immune system; COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children
CLAIM
“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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
Viral memes listing COVID-19 topics about which authorities were allegedly “wrong” rehash debunked misinformation
CLAIM
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
VERDICT
Infection-induced immunity is more unpredictable and poses a higher risk than vaccine-induced immunity
CLAIM
“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
VERDICT
Moderna didn’t already produce COVID-19 mRNA vaccines before the pandemic; statement by CEO of Moderna misinterpreted
CLAIM
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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