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Misleading
- Health
Posted on: 2021-03-23
COVID-19 vaccines are critical for controlling the pandemic; vaccines still offer partial protection against new variants of the virus

Claim:

COVID-19 mass vaccination will select for more virulent variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, which will escape vaccine-induced immunity and cause more severe disease

Source: Children's Health Defense, The Highwire, Geert Vanden Bossche, 2021-03-06
- Health
Posted on: 2020-05-28
To date, no therapy has been proven effective for preventing or treating COVID-19, contrary to claim by Dolores Cahill

Claim:

There is no need for social distancing because we have a treatment for COVID-19

Source: The Highwire, Dolores Cahill, 2020-05-19
Inaccurate
- Health
Posted on: 2020-03-11
Contrary to viral Facebook claim, numerous studies show vaccines don’t cause autism

Claim:

there are no studies that prove vaccines don’t cause autism

Source: Collective Evolution, The Highwire, Del Bigtree, Joe Martino, 2020-03-05
Incorrect
- Health
Posted on: 2019-06-13
Contrary to popular video claim, vaccine ingredients are safe, not linked to encephalopathy

Claim:

Toxic vaccine ingredients in the MMR vaccine cause encephalopathy

Source: The Highwire, Del Bigtree, 2017-05-04

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The Highwire

COVID-19 vaccines are critical for controlling the pandemic; vaccines still offer partial protection against new variants of the virus

To date, no therapy has been proven effective for preventing or treating COVID-19, contrary to claim by Dolores Cahill

Contrary to viral Facebook claim, numerous studies show vaccines don’t cause autism

Contrary to popular video claim, vaccine ingredients are safe, not linked to encephalopathy

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