Post published an article claiming that bird flu is “100 times worse” than COVID-19. In response to the article, some social media users are falsely claiming that this human case of bird flu is a government hoax intended to sway election results, while others claim that this is the beginning...
Spanish-language social media posts are spreading the false claim that Japan banned mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. One user known for spreading false information about vaccines in Spanish also falsely claimed that the supposed ban was due to “rising sudden deaths in the country” and that the government encouraged “other nations to...
In a recent viral video, a man claiming to be a rancher alleges that “live” mRNA vaccines are being tested on livestock, and 26 percent of those tested have had serious adverse reactions. The video claims that the meat from the animals contains “live vaccines.” A conspiracy theorist sharing the...
A right-wing political commentator claims that governments encouraging vaccination after “the mRNA vaccine was shown not to stop transmission” was “the most evil thing ever done.” Recommendation: These types of posts attempt to undermine the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and may promote distrust in public health guidance. If directly debunking...
Last week, a nonprofit in Walker County, Alabama, installed the state’s first Narcan vending machine, which offers free naloxone as a nasal spray or as an intramuscular injection. Organizers behind the project say Walker County, which has a population of fewer than 65,000 people, has one of the...
A new Florida law will ban children under the age of 14 from having social media accounts and will require children between the ages of 14 and 15 to have parental permission in order to have social media accounts. The law—which will take effect on January 1, 2025—is...
In the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments involving access to the abortion pill mifepristone, the anti-abortion group Live Action recirculated a video implying that abortion pills are unsafe and asking viewers to sign a petition to stop pharmacies from distributing abortion pills. The video was initially...
Social media post claims Oklahoma man died after doctors refused to treat his COVID-19 infection with ivermectinA doctor with a large social media following shared a post claiming that an Oklahoma man died after doctors refused to treat his COVID-19 infection with ivermectin and instead treated him with remdesivir. Recommendation:...
Tennessee’s Senate passed a law requiring that any food containing a vaccine be classified and labeled as a drug. Senators who support the bill said they did not know of any examples of vaccine-containing foods being sold but that the bill would ensure regulations are in place if vaccine-containing...
A popular social media post referenced a University of Washington preprint study, which found that people who received three doses of the original COVID-19 vaccine developed strong immunity against COVID-19. The study also found that people who received the most recently updated COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the Omicron subvariant XBB....
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