A video clip of a medical advisor comparing SARS-CoV-2 and long COVID to HIV and AIDS led some to claim that long COVID is actually a vaccine injury called vaccine AIDS, or “VAIDS.” A former cardiologist resurfaced the debunked myth that COVID-19 vaccines cause positive HIV tests and that the...
A popular right-wing commentator voiced opposition to all childhood vaccines, calling for a class action lawsuit against pediatricians who don’t accept unvaccinated children at their practices. The commentator also promoted the false claim that doctors receive “bribes” for encouraging their patients to get vaccinated. Risk level: Medium Recommendation: These...
On social media, a Kentucky representative promoted a report claiming that over 50 percent of U.S. adults believe that COVID-19 vaccines have caused deaths and that 25 percent of U.S. adults believe they know someone who has died from a COVID-19 vaccine. In response to the post, social...
Last week, a popular conspiracy theorist with a large platform made misleading claims about the live Ebola virus vaccine, which was administered to health care providers in Colorado. His posts alleged those who received this vaccine can become sick with Ebola and infect others through viral shedding. Risk level: Medium...
Social media posts are voicing support for a New York midwife who has been fined $300,000 by the state’s health department for administering homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations to nearly 1,500 children. The midwife had allegedly been falsifying immunization records since at least the 2019-2020 school...
A recent American Cancer Society projection of 2024 cancer statistics is being used to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for rising cancer rates that were recorded before the vaccines existed. Some have accused the organization of manipulating data to mask the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on cancer deaths....
A recent social media post mocked long COVID patients in Minnesota for “blaming everything for their condition except the [COVID-19] vaccine.” The post came in response to Minnesota long COVID patients attending the first U.S. Senate hearing on long COVID. Social media users falsely claimed that COVID-19 vaccines cause...
A recent Chinese coronavirus study has fueled false claims that researchers created a more deadly COVID-19 variant with a “100 percent kill rate” as a bioweapon. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, infected mice with an existing pangolin coronavirus strain that mutated in a lab. Risk level: Low...
Many posts are mocking the recent death of a sports reporter who criticized a top-ranked tennis player for his anti-vaccine stance, with some insinuating that COVID-19 vaccines caused the reporter’s sudden death. The player was previously barred from several tournaments due to his refusal to get COVID-19 vaccinations and...
Last week, Texas physicians encouraged men to get the HPV vaccine in a local media outlet. The media outlet shared the article in a social media post. Some social media users falsely claimed that the HPV vaccine is dangerous and that it sterilizes people. Others suggested that the HPV vaccine...
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