A proposed Idaho bill seeks to change the state’s vaccine registry from opt-out to opt-in. The change would require parents to choose to include their child’s vaccination status in the statewide database. Proponents of the bill say it will protect privacy and ensure informed consent, while opponents argue...
A Texas state senator sent a letter to the Texas Medical Board, calling for a ban on COVID-19 vaccines and repeating the false claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer and excess deaths. Meanwhile, the Texas attorney general’s debunked claims that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective have resurfaced. Risk level: High...
Following a post from Minnesota’s governor, saying that the state’s settlement with Eli Lilly resulted in a cap on the monthly out-of-pocket cost of insulin, one response stated that Walz didn’t hold “Big Pharma accountable” and made it “more wealthy” during COVID-19. Risk level: Low Recommendation: These...
A popular anti-vaccine website published an article about a New Jersey Department of Health campaign encouraging students to create posters and videos on the importance of vaccination for the chance to win a cash prize of up to $175. People are quoted in the anti-vaccine article calling the campaign a...
Several popular posts in English and Spanish are falsely blaming COVID-19 vaccines for an increase in blood clots. One English post claims that 70 percent of embalmers in a survey said they’re finding abnormal clots that they had never seen before COVID-19 vaccines. And a Spanish post claims that...
Anti-vaccine rhetoric circulated online during the Super Bowl as vaccine opponents expressed outrage over a Pfizer ad about future cancer treatments that aired during the game. Some posts criticized one of the star players for his appearance in a previous Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine ad, while others accused the pharmaceutical giant...
In late January, several vaccine opponents published a review article questioning the safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The paper calls for a ban on mRNA vaccines and promotes the baseless claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused “nearly 14 times more deaths” than lives saved. Many posts emphasize that the paper is...
A New York State Supreme Court justice dismissed felony charges against two people who purchased fake COVID-19 vaccine cards to avoid New York City’s vaccine mandate. The felony charges were brought by Manhattan’s district attorney, who is now facing criticism on social media. Some posts claim that the...
This week, a California political commentator and former presidential candidate shared an article on social media falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines have caused more deaths than the virus. The article cites a study that was peer-reviewed by two known vaccine opponents. Some social media users who commented on the post...
Following a reported case of measles in Ohio, some social media users claimed the myth that reports of measles cases are a scare tactic meant to skew election results later this year. Others are baselessly accusing “illegal immigrants” of bringing measles into Ohio. Risk level: Medium Recommendation: These types of...
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