The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shared a social media post encouraging parents to vaccinate their children against measles and other diseases, as routine vaccines are required for children who attend school and daycare. In response to the post, some social media users commented that infants...
Eight cases of mumps have been reported in New Jersey. Health officials are urging New Jersey residents to look out for symptoms and to receive the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine if they are unvaccinated. In response to an article about the outbreak, some social media users are blaming immigrants for the...
A popular social media post shared a video clip from a news program warning of a virus in New York that is transmitted through mosquito bites. The news anchor in the clip mentions that there are no vaccines to protect against this virus, yet the post’s author falsely implies...
Several social media posts are expressing concerns that a New York bill will allow minors to be vaccinated without parental consent. Parents are claiming that this bill will revoke their right to make decisions about their children’s health care. Risk level: Medium Recommendation: While conversations about this bill are...
A doctor with a large social media platform shared a post about a New Hampshire bill that would require death certificates to include vaccination status. The doctor stated that this bill “makes sense” due to the number of unexpected deaths in New Hampshire, implying that COVID-19 vaccines are to blame....
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...
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...
At a Massachusetts legislature hearing, vaccine opponents falsely claimed that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer, have led to over half a billion so-called “vaccine injuries” worldwide, and have caused 17 million deaths. Risk level: Medium Recommendation: Social media posts and articles about this hearing may discourage patients in Massachusetts from getting...
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 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...
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