Images and videos of large blood clots that are allegedly linked to COVID-19 vaccines have resurfaced online. These images are circulating widely in English and Spanish-language posts, with social media users expressing concerns about COVID-19 vaccine safety. Recommendation: Alarming images of blood clots allegedly linked to vaccines circulate periodically, with...
The Kansas attorney general is suing Pfizer for misrepresenting COVID-19 vaccine safety and covering up risks, specifically pregnancy complications and heart inflammation. As with a similar lawsuit in Texas, some social media posts from vaccine opponents in both English and Spanish are using the allegations in the suit to claim...
On June 10, Moderna reported positive results from a late-stage clinical trial of a combination mRNA-based flu and COVID-19 vaccine for adults 50 and older. Many online users expressed skepticism about the vaccine, with some declaring that they would never take it. Other posts went further, claiming that they would...
Social media posts in both English and Spanish reacted to Reuters’s report about a clandestine Pentagon anti-vaccine campaign to discredit China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. Posts shared quotes and parts of the report while criticizing the Pentagon’s actions, especially its role in undermining broader public health efforts in...
Several popular posts attacking routine vaccines are circulating online. Vaccine opponents continue to misrepresent the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to overturn the dismissal of an anti-vaccine mandate lawsuit, claiming it proves that health officials lied about COVID-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness. An attorney who has led many anti-vaccine...
On June 10, Moderna reported positive results from a late-stage clinical trial of a combination mRNA-based flu and COVID-19 vaccine for adults 50 and older. Many online users expressed skepticism about the vaccine, with some declaring that they would never take it. Other posts went further, claiming that they would...
Several popular posts attacking routine vaccines are circulating online. Vaccine opponents continue to misrepresent the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to overturn the dismissal of an anti-vaccine mandate lawsuit, claiming it proves that health officials lied about COVID-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness. An attorney who has led many anti-vaccine...
Social media posts in both English and Spanish reacted to Reuters’s report about a clandestine Pentagon anti-vaccine campaign to discredit China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. Posts shared quotes and parts of the report while criticizing the Pentagon’s actions, especially its role in undermining broader public health efforts in...
A new study published in BMJ assessed data from 47 countries from Our World in Data between 2020 and 2022, finding a total of three million reported excess deaths, with 2021 having the highest number of reported deaths. The study concluded that “excess mortality has remained high in the Western...
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the dismissal of a lawsuit against the state of California over the now-expired COVID-19 vaccine mandates for Los Angeles school employees. The ruling allows the case to move forward, a year after a lower district court dismissed the suit because a previous Supreme...
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