Some social media users with large platforms are sharing posts about a Nevada woman who allegedly died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. The posts claim the woman’s family was left with $7.5 million in medical bills due to side effects from the vaccines. Risk level: Medium Recommendation: These...
This week, a social media account for a so-called “health freedom group” in Wisconsin urged its supporters to take action at a public hearing to protect health care providers from discrimination and retaliation for discussing alternative therapies and expressing professional opinions. The group’s post encouraged followers to support two...
A New York-based doctor has lost her medical license after providing vaccine exemptions to children without properly examining them. Some social media users are calling the doctor a hero. Risk level: Low Recommendation: These types of posts promote the false narrative that vaccines are unnecessary and unsafe, and they may...
A recent news article warns that the COVID-19 variant JN.1 could trigger a “heart failure pandemic,” spurring some social media users to claim the phenomenon is a “coverup” for heart damage caused by COVID-19 vaccines. The article is based on a study that found lasting damage to heart cells...
Spanish-language social media users are promoting the use of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. Several users quote a doctor who previously circulated false information about vaccines, claiming that ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were the “solution” to the pandemic but that it was all hidden in favor of “quarantine, masks, and...
A World Economic Forum meeting about global preparedness for “Disease X” caused some on social media to speculate that the event is part of a plan to launch a disease more deadly than COVID-19. English and Spanish language posts express distrust of the World Health Organization, and some users claim...
A social media user with a large platform shared posts claiming that several firefighters in Washington have died from cardiac arrest since 2021. The user implies that these deaths were the result of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for firefighters and claims that vaccine mandates are “murder.” Some commenters agreed. Risk level:...
A functional medicine doctor in Arkansas mocked a physician on social media who stated that their flu infection would have been worse if they hadn’t had their flu shot. The functional medicine doctor claimed that this means the flu vaccine is ineffective. Other social media users who commented on...
A Michigan candidate for Congress faced criticism for supporting vaccines and refusing to state that COVID-19 vaccines should be pulled from the market. This occurred after the candidate responded to a social media post listing other politicians who oppose COVID-19 vaccines. Some social media users claimed the candidate is a...
Five children and one adult in Philadelphia have been infected with measles. The outbreak began at Philadelphia’s top children’s hospital and spread after an infected patient attended a daycare center where some children were too young to receive the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine, despite quarantine requirements. Some commenters on...
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