The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shared a post about long COVID on the department’s social media page. Several comments on the post falsely claimed that long COVID is caused by COVID-19 vaccines, not by COVID-19 infection. Recommendation: These types of posts promote confusion about the cause...
Social media posts in both English and Spanish resurfaced misleading claims about a study linking the flu vaccine with potential stroke risk and casting doubt on the vaccine’s safety. One user inaccurately claimed that older adults who received the flu vaccine had a stroke 42 days after being vaccinated....
In a video with millions of views, a popular right-wing political commentator calls for doctors to apologize for “wrongly” recommending COVID-19 vaccines. The clip has been widely circulated in multiple languages. Recommendation: The video attempts to undermine trust not only in COVID-19 vaccines but also in doctors, who are a...
Posts in both English and Spanish are falsely claiming that blood donations from people vaccinated against COVID-19 are not safe, based on a preprint literature review from Japan. The study the users cite recommends suspending mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations to avoid “spike protein contamination.” Recommendation: These types of posts may promote...
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....
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shared a post about long COVID on the department’s social media page. Several comments on the post falsely claimed that long COVID is caused by COVID-19 vaccines, not by COVID-19 infection. Recommendation: These types of posts promote confusion about the cause...
A 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: These types of posts may promote distrust in COVID-19 treatment options recommended by doctors and may...
Social media posts in both English and Spanish resurfaced misleading claims about a study linking the flu vaccine with potential stroke risk and casting doubt on the vaccine’s safety. One user inaccurately claimed that older adults who received the flu vaccine had a stroke 42 days after being vaccinated....
In a video with millions of views, a popular right-wing political commentator calls for doctors to apologize for “wrongly” recommending COVID-19 vaccines. The clip has been widely circulated in multiple languages. Recommendation: The video attempts to undermine trust not only in COVID-19 vaccines but also in doctors, who are a...
Looking for support with your own infodemiology work, or want to partner to advance the field? Complete the form below or contact our team at info@infodemiology.com.