REVIEW An Instagram reel posted in January 2024 claimed that polio hasn’t actually been eradicated in India and that the disease was only being renamed as acute flaccid myelitis and Guillain Barré syndrome to hide its existence. It cited how case
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome Are NOT Different Names For Polio
Instead of being largely eradicated worldwide, has polio just been renamed acute flaccid myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome to hide its existence? No, that's not true: Polio is a viral infection caused by the poliovirus. Acute flaccid
FactCheck.org→ Polio Elimination Due to Vaccination, Not End of Pesticide Use
SciCheck Digest Polio, a paralytic disease caused by a virus, has been eliminated in the U.S. — and nearly wiped out globally — thanks to vaccines. But social media posts are reviving old, false claims that polio is instead caused by pe
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – DDT ban didn’t stop U.S. polio epidemic, vaccines did
Polio wasn’t eradicated in the United States by a vaccine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Polio Is NOT Caused By DDT, Vaccine IS Key To Eradication
Did the end of the use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), not the polio vaccine, cause the sharp drop in polio cases? No, that's not true: Polio is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus -- not DDT. Thanks to the vaccine, c
Logically→ Bill Gates is responsible for a polio vaccine that has paralyzed 48,000 children.
FactCheck.org→ Poliovirus Found in New York City Wastewater, Not Tap Water
Quick Take Wastewater surveillance is a public health tool that can track the spread of pathogens. The virus that causes polio was detected in New York City sewage as part of such monitoring efforts. Social media posts, however, have incorrectly clai
Poynter→ Fact check: Polio was found in New York wastewater, not its tap water
In July, New York City Mayor Eric Adams posted a video of himself on Twitter urging New Yorkers to drink the city’s tap water — a tip for “keeping cool this summer.” But […] The post Fact check: Polio was found in New York wast
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Polio was found in New York wastewater, not its tap water
There’s polio in New York City’s tap water.
Snopes→ London Kids to Be Offered Polio Shot After More Virus Found
Britain's Health Security Agency said it detected viruses derived from the oral polio vaccine in the sewage water of eight London boroughs.
Snopes→ New York Reports 1st US Polio Case in Nearly a Decade
The person developed symptoms a month ago and did not recently travel outside the country.
Logically→ The poliovirus discovered in the U.K. is a new variant resulting from the polio vaccines modified by Bill Gates in 2000.
Logically→ The lack of proper health checkups for immigrants upon arrival in the U.K. has resulted in the poliovirus resurfacing in the country.
Logically→ Cases of paralysis from the polio outbreak in the early 20th century were caused by the insecticide DDT.
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Snopes→ Evidence of Poliovirus in London Stirs Vaccine Confusion
Social media users tried to sow doubt and confusion about the safety and efficacy of vaccines after British health authorities found traces of vaccine-derived polio in sewage water.
Logically→ Monkeypox came about as a side effect of the polio vaccine, which was first injected into monkeys in Denmark in 1958.
Denmark reported the first monkeypox outbreak in 1958. There is no clinical evidence linking this outbreak to polio vaccines.
Logically→ The polio vaccine does not protect against poliovirus as new cases of polio are “vaccine-derived.”
FactCheck.org→ Polio Vaccine Is a Four-Shot Series, Contrary to Greene Comments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it “recommends that children get four doses of polio vaccine,” with the last dose given between ages 4 and 6. But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, when speaking against a potential fourth dos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rare Polio Vaccine Breakthrough Infections DO Happen
Are people who get two or three shots of the polio vaccine 100% protected, with no breakthrough cases ever? No, that's not true: The statement that someone would "have questions" if they had gotten two or three polio vaccines and still go
Health Feedback→ Vaccine boosters help maintain protection provided by initial vaccination; boosters have been used for routine vaccinations like tetanus and polio for decades
REVIEW As the number of COVID-19 cases rises again, countries fortunate enough to have vaccinated a large proportion of their adult population against COVID-19 are now debating whether an additional vaccine dose (booster) might be needed for those w
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Polio and Smallpox Never Reached Herd Immunity; They Were Eradicated by Vaccines’
On July 20 2021, a Facebook account shared the following image text, which contained the claim that polio and smallpox “never reached herd immunity”: Text across a nature-like background read: I don’t know who needs to hear this but
Logically→ 12 kids were given sanitizer instead of Polio vaccine drops.
12 children were administered hand sanitiser drops instead of oral polio vaccine drops in a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra.
Snopes→ Did the Polio Vaccine Inspire ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’?
The popular “Mary Poppins” song had a real-life story behind it.
Health Feedback→ Polio vaccine plays a critical role in eradicating polio; polio is caused by a virus, not by DDT
REVIEW An Instagram post containing a video, published on 2 December 2020, received more than 35,000 views. The post claims that vaccines did not get rid of polio and, “between 1955–1963 [the] CDC admits 98 million Americans received the polio v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Polio Vaccine Worked And The CDC Did NOT Admit 98 Million Americans Received Vaccine Contaminated With Cancer Agent
Did the CDC admit 98 million Americans received the polio vaccine between 1955 and 1963 when it was "contaminated with cancer-causing virus 'SV 40'"? No, that mis-states what the public health agency said and over-states the number expose
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim about vaccines and polio outbreaks in Africa spreads online
A claim that polio outbreaks reported in several African countries in September 2020 were caused by corresponding vaccines has been shared multiple times on websites and various social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. The claim is mislea
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim about vaccines and polio outbreaks in Africa spreads online
A claim that polio outbreaks reported in several African countries in September 2020 were caused by corresponding vaccines has been shared multiple times on websites and various social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. The claim is mislea
Health Feedback→ Adequate immunization and improved sanitation together protect against infection from both wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus
REVIEW Articles like this one, published on 4 September 2020 on 21st Century Wire, report an outbreak of 13 cases of vaccine-derived polio that began in Sudan in March 2020 and was announced by the Sudan Federal Ministry of Health just one week afte
AFP Fact Check→ This 1998 photo shows young polio patients in Sierra Leone
A purported image of children with limb deformities has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts published in 2020 alongside a claim it shows the aftermath of vaccine trials on Africans. The claim is false; the photo, taken in 1998 in t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 496,000 Children In India Were NOT Paralyzed From ‘Bill Gates Polio Vaccine’ From 2000-2017
Were 496,000 children in India paralyzed from "Bill Gates polio vaccine" from 2000-2017? No, that's not true: Posts being shared on social media are filled with false claims about Gates and the vaccinations in India. Further, the claims grossl
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Falsely Links Flu Vaccine to Polio
Quick Take A popular Instagram post falsely claims “over 1,100 people died from reactions to the [flu] shot” in 2018, and suggests that the immunization gave some children polio. The flu vaccine cannot give anyone polio and there is no evidence to
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Elvis Presley Receive a Polio Vaccination on Live TV in 1956 and Raise Immunization Revels to 80 Percent?
On September 18 2019, a Reddit user shared the following post to r/interestingasfuck, along with the claim that Elvis Presley’s televised 1956 polio vaccination helped boost the popularity of the vaccine not long after its introduction:
FactCheck.org→ Did the Polio Vaccine Cause Cancer?
Q: Did people develop cancer because of the polio vaccine? A: There are no known cases, and it’s very unlikely. In the 1950s and 1960s, people did receive polio vaccines contaminated with a virus that causes cancer in rodents. But researc
Truth or Fiction?→ Mitch McConnell Had Polio, Government Healthcare Saved His Life-Fiction!
Mitch McConnell Had Polio, Government Healthcare Saved His Life-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Claims that Senator Mitch McConnell had polio as a child and free government healthcare saved his life began making the rounds as McConnell led Senate
Snopes→ Did the U.S. Government Pay for Mitch McConnell’s Polio Care in the 1940s?
Partisan web sites misrepresent the source of funding for the Republican senator's care as an infant in Alabama.
Truth or Fiction?→ 98 Million Americans Were Given Cancer Through Polio Shots-Fiction!
98 Million Americans Were Given Cancer Through Polio Shots-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has admitted that 98 million Americans were given cancer through polio shots contaminated with SV40, a cancer-ca
Health Feedback→ DTaP vaccine isn’t associated with sudden infant death syndrome, whooping cough vaccine led to historic decline in cases
REVIEW An Instagram reel posted in March 2024 suggested that the whooping cough vaccine was never needed, since whooping cough deaths had plummeted before the vaccine was available. It also implied that the DTaP vaccine is dangerous and associated w
Truth or Fiction?→ Vaccines and Autism: Fact Check
The myth that vaccines lead to autism has been influencing people’s views on vaccination for years, despite strong scientific evidence disproving this belief. By understanding where this myth started and looking at the facts, we aim to clear up con
Health Feedback→ Tennessee House Bill HB1894 isn’t evidence that vaccines are present in food at grocery stores; edible vaccines remain hypothetical for now
REVIEW On 21 February 2024, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill (HB1894) on food labeling sponsored by lawmaker Scott Cepicky. The bill “prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding, or offering for sale of any food that
Health Feedback→ Various childhood vaccines have been tested in saline placebo-controlled randomized trials, contrary to claims by those opposed to vaccination
REVIEW The claim that no childhood vaccine has ever been tested against a placebo in a double-blind, randomized trial commonly crops up in anti-vaccine content. One example of this claim can be seen in this Instagram post. Prominent figures in the