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The FDA continues to recommend against ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19, despite claims to the contrary

There have been many misleading claims about ivermectin’s effectiveness as a COVID-19 treatment. While recognized for its efficacy against parasites, ivermectin’s antiviral effects remain uncertain, and clinical trials have not shown conclusive benefits for COVID-19. Health authorities caution against its use for COVID-19 due to potential side effects and a lack of reliable supporting evidence. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hasn’t changed its stance, contrary to recent social media posts incorrectly claiming otherwise. The agency maintains its position that ivermectin is not approved for COVID-19 prevention or treatment.

Conspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors

Conspiracy theories alleging that the pharmaceutical industry is targeting alternative medicine practitioners to silence them have proven to be popular and enduring on social media. By extension, these conspiracy theories imply that alternative medicine is more effective than conventional medicine, thus posing a threat to the pharmaceutical industry’s profits. However, claims that practices in alternative medicine provide effective treatments generally lack reliable supporting evidence derived from rigorously conducted research

England mortality data shows a lower COVID-19 mortality risk among vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated ones, contrary to claim by Slay News

2021 and 2022 mortality data from England confirm that COVID-19 vaccines effectively protect against death from the disease. The numbers of deaths among vaccinated and unvaccinated populations cannot be directly compared because of several statistical biases, such as the obvious fact that more people are vaccinated than not. Rigorous analysis accounting for these biases show that the risk of dying from COVID-19 is lower when people are vaccinated.

Why Alex Jones’ claim on Infowars that COVID-19 vaccines cause meat allergy is baseless

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a condition where people develop an allergic reaction to products containing the sugar molecule alpha-gal (galactose-α-1,3-galactose). Alpha-gal is present in animal-derived products, including red meat, milk, and ingredients of animal origin in certain vaccines, like gelatin or bovine serum. However, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain animal products, therefore they don’t carry the risk of causing allergic reactions in people with AGS nor would they be expected to cause a meat allergy.

Testimony by Steve Kirsch on the alleged harms of vaccination relies on flawed, biased analyses

Childhood vaccination represents a great advancement in public health that has helped to eliminate or reduce the risk of diseases that in the past killed and disabled more than two million children worldwide per year. A robust body of evidence shows that the vaccines that are currently in use, including COVID-19 vaccines, are safe for children and not associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes.

COVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t cause long-term spike protein production in the body, contrary to claims by retired professor

Getting COVID-19 carries a greater risk of developing health complications compared to COVID-19 vaccination. COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain messenger RNA (mRNA) that provides the blueprint for making spike protein. Modified mRNA isn’t intrinsically artificial. Modifications to mRNA also occur naturally in humans and are used to regulate gene expression. Scientists took their cue from nature when modifying COVID-19 vaccine mRNA to improve its stability and efficiency in protein synthesis.

Pfizer documents misrepresented to spread the false claim that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine contains graphene oxide

COVID-19 vaccines were rigorously tested in clinical trials before they were permitted to be used in the general public. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t contain graphene oxide nor is graphene listed on any credible ingredient lists of any COVID-19 vaccine provided by public health authorities and regulators. However, some have misrepresented a Pfizer document to claim otherwise. In fact, the document describes a microscopy study that was part of the structural characterization of the vaccine spike protein, in which scientists used graphene oxide as a support material for sample processing and visualization.

No imminent avian flu pandemic is being staged by Bill Gates or the WHO; claim by Redacted YouTube channel misrepresented sources

From the Black Plague to the 1918 flu pandemic to COVID-19, infectious disease outbreaks large and small have occurred throughout all of history and will continue to occur. Because of this, governments and public health agencies must continually monitor pathogens that could cause an outbreak. Tabletop simulation exercises are among public health emergency preparedness measures that aim to improve responses in case of a public health threat. The monitoring of viruses with the potential to cause a serious outbreak, such as the H5N1 avian flu virus, is also par for the course in infectious disease surveillance. Just as fire drills don’t mean a fire that occurs must have been planned, taking steps towards pandemic preparedness isn’t evidence that a pandemic is planned.