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Health Feedback→ Benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines outweigh their risks, even for teenagers, contrary to Alex Berenson’s claim
REVIEW On 12 September 2023, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a meeting discussing COVID-19 vaccines. Writer Alex Berenson used data presented at this meeting to
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No one has been sentenced to 20 years for filming the Jan. 6 riots, contrary to congressman’s claim
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
FactCheck.org→ Flu Shots, MMR Vaccines Have Saved Millions of Lives, Contrary to Online Claim
SciCheck Digest Flu shots and vaccines that protect children against measles, mumps and rubella have been effective in preventing illness, serious disease and death. But a meme has been circulating with the false suggestion that those vaccines are
Health Feedback→ VAERS death reports don’t prove COVID-19 vaccines killed hundreds of thousands, contrary to claim by Steve Kirsch
REVIEW A Facebook video posted on 6 August 2022 showed Steve Kirsch, a known spreader of COVID-19 misinformation, claiming that the COVID-19 vaccines caused higher rates of death than previously reported. Specifically, he claimed that these deaths
Health Feedback→ CDC data didn’t show an increased risk of hospitalization in people vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
REVIEW Casting doubt on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines has been a recurring theme of misinformation since the vaccination rollout in December 2020. Health Feedback has covered this subject in several previous reviews, explaining why claims t
FactCheck.org→ WHO Director-General Is Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Contrary to Online Post
SciCheck Digest Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, is an advocate for equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines in countries around the globe. But a social media post misleadingly claims,
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ There is no connection between rising COVID cases and elections, contrary to claims online
CLAIM: COVID-19 only spikes during election seasons. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. There is no connection between rising COVID-19 cases and the electoral process, epidemiology experts confirm.
Health Feedback→ Study didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines weaken children’s immune response, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
REVIEW A study from researchers at the University of Melbourne[1] became the basis of claims on social media that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine damaged children’s immune response against other diseases. One example of such a claim can be seen in thi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Tafari Campbell’s widow didn’t expose the Obama family, contrary to social media claims
“Barack Obama’s late chef’s wife comes out to expose Obama family.”
Health Feedback→ Health authorities continue to collect safety data on COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to misleading claim by the Daily Wire
REVIEW In August 2023, the headline of a Daily Wire article claimed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had “Remove[d] COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports” from its website. Daily Wire’s contributors Ben Shapiro and
Health Feedback→ Vitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan
REVIEW Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB) is a potentially fatal condition where the lack of vitamin K in newborns impairs blood clotting and causes hemorrhages. VKDB occurs in one in 60 to one in 250 newborns. Since the 1960s, newborns generally
Health Feedback→ The FDA continues to recommend against ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19, despite claims to the contrary
REVIEW Since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, many misleading claims have promoted the ability of ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19 despite a lack of evidence. Recently, social media claims have suggested that the U.S. Food and Drug
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Counties don’t decide presidential elections, contrary to misleading posts about 2020
CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump won 2,497 counties in 2020, far more than President Joe Biden’s 477 counties, suggesting Trump actually won the election.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of light flashing through sky above a beach was taken in Florida, not Maui, contrary to claims
CLAIM: A video of a beam of light traveling through clouds across the sky above the ocean was filmed in Lahaina, in Maui, around the time of the wildfires.
Health Feedback→ England mortality data shows a lower COVID-19 mortality risk among vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated ones, contrary to claim by Slay News
REVIEW Large clinical trials and post-marketing real-world data showed that COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing severe forms of the disease[1-5]. Despite this evidence, there have been misleading claims that the higher number of COVID-19 d
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Trees and poles standing amid Maui fire wreckage aren’t unusual, contrary to conspiracy theories
CLAIM: Scenes from the Maui wildfires show cars and buildings badly damaged near trees and poles that remain standing, suggesting a wildfire wasn’t the cause.
Health Feedback→ VAERS data don’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are deadly; Steve Kirsch’s claim to the contrary relied on flawed analysis
REVIEW The claim that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the deaths of many people is a recurring theme of disinformation that Health Feedback has refuted on previous occasions. In yet another iteration of this claim, entrepreneur Steve Kirsch pu
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t cause long-term spike protein production in the body, contrary to claims by retired professor
REVIEW On 27 July 2023, The Epoch Times published an article by Klaus Steger, a molecular biologist who specializes in the gene regulation of sperm development, carrying the headline “COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters Were Never Made With mRNA”. Th
FactCheck.org→ Romney Not Switching Parties, Contrary to Online Claim
Quick Take Sen. Mitt Romney has sometimes been critical of fellow Republicans and veered from the party line. But an Instagram post falsely claims Romney “threatens to leave the Republican Party and Join Democrats.” A Romney spokesperso
Health Feedback→ WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to edited video claiming otherwise
REVIEW Since the onset of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, several inaccurate claims have circulated that individuals directly or indirectly connected to the global vaccination effort avoided receiving their own doses. This is the case for instanc
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Nuclear weapons are real, contrary to conspiracy theory about archival test footage
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Health Feedback→ The commercially available Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is safe and was tested on more than 250 people, contrary to claim by statistician Christine Cotton
REVIEW A 2020 clinical trial on more than 43,000 participants showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine had a 95% efficacy at preventing symptomatic forms of the disease[1]. The positive result led to the vaccine authorization both in th
FactCheck.org→ Thermography Is No Substitute for Mammograms, Contrary to Facebook Post’s Advice
SciCheck Digest The U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers mammograms “the most effective primary breast cancer screening test” and says there is no evidence to indicate that thermography can replace mammograms. But an article shared o
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Contrary to claims, Pfizer plant damaged by tornado didn’t hold COVID vaccines
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden aren’t dead, contrary to social media claims
“Donald Trump and Joe Biden both died years ago.”
Health Feedback→ 2023 malaria cases in the U.S. are unrelated to the release of genetically modified mosquitoes, contrary to viral claims online
REVIEW Mosquitoes serve as vectors for a number of potentially fatal diseases like dengue, chikungunya, Yellow fever, and West Nile fever, as well as malaria and Japanese encephalitis. Altogether, they cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year
Health Feedback→ Analysis of adverse event variation between Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine batches doesn’t indicate safety problems, contrary to claim by John Campbell
REVIEW On 5 July 2023, YouTuber and retired nurse instructor John Campbell published a YouTube video regarding findings published in a research letter by Schmeling et al. in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation[1]. In the video, which rece
FactCheck.org→ Sam Bankman-Fried Under House Arrest and Awaiting Trial, Contrary to Online Claims
Quick Take FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in 2022 for allegedly defrauding customers by stealing billions of dollars for personal use, including nearly $38 million in political donations to Democrats. Online posts falsely claim the B
Health Feedback→ CDC data didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of hospitalization, contrary to claim by The Epoch Times
REVIEW The narrative that COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of getting sick with COVID-19 has resurfaced many times since the start of the vaccination campaign in late 2020. Health Feedback explained previously on multiple occasions that claims fe
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Say what? Contrary to altered video, child didn’t yell expletive at President Joe Biden
A video shows a child yelling an expletive at President Joe Biden.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – It’s Pride Month, but the United Nations didn’t replace its country flags with LGBTQ flags, contrary
“The United Nations replaces all 193 country flags with LGBT flags.”
Health Feedback→ There are FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. as of May 2023, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
REVIEW COVID-19 vaccine distribution began in the U.S. on 14 December 2020, following the authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier that month. Almost two and a half years later, in May 2023, participants in an Arizona Sen
AllSides→ Biden Officials Have Taken Oaths of Office, Contrary to Social Media Claim
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FactCheck.org→ Biden Officials Have Taken Oaths of Office, Contrary to Social Media Claim
Quick Take Officials serving in President Joe Biden’s administration have taken their oaths of office, and most can be seen in videos from their swearing-in ceremonies. But a video circulating on social media falsely suggests that they haven&
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 is caused by a virus, not snake venom; no snake venom in COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to claim by chiropractor Bryan Ardis
REVIEW Among some of the wildest claims about the origins of COVID-19 can be traced back to chiropractor Bryan Ardis, who in an April 2022 pseudodocumentary titled “Watch The Water”, falsely claimed that COVID-19 wasn’t caused by a virus, but
FactCheck.org→ mRNA Vaccines Protect Against COVID-19 Mortality, Contrary to Misleading Posts
SciCheck Digest Numerous studies have shown the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective in preventing severe disease and death from COVID-19. But some social media posts are citing a criticized study that focuses on overall mortality to false
FactCheck.org→ CNN Says Future Town Halls Will Include Live Audiences, Contrary to Online Posts
Quick Take CNN was criticized by some for hosting a town hall with Donald Trump and a live audience that expressed strong support for the former president. Online posts now wrongly claim CNN will have “no more live audiences at town halls.
FactCheck.org→ Michelle Obama Not a 2024 Presidential Candidate, Contrary to Online Posts
Quick Take President Joe Biden has said he will seek a second term, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson have said they will challenge him for the 2024 Democratic nomination. But social media posts falsely claim that the party &#
Health Feedback→ No evidence that hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin cure cancer; cancer and multiple sclerosis aren’t caused solely by parasites, contrary to claim by orthopedic surgeon
REVIEW A Facebook video posted on 5 May 2023 claimed that parasites cause cancer and multiple sclerosis, receiving more than 130,000 views. The video is an excerpt from a 5 December 2022 episode of the podcast “After Hours with Dr. Sigoloff”, du