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
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Health Feedback→ COVID-19 mRNA vaccines saved lives by reducing risks of infection and severe COVID-19
REVIEW Large randomized clinical trials (RCT) showed that COVID-19 vaccines were safe and effective against COVID-19, a disease that caused more than 6 million deaths worldwide as of May 2023. After the first year of mass vaccination worldwide, math
Full Fact→ Pfizer hasn’t been fined $2.3 billion for fraud relating to Covid vaccines
An out-of-context video has been liked more than 28,000 times on Instagram.
Logically→ WHO’s VigiAccess data used to misrepresent vaccine injuries and deaths
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Say ‘AIDS-Associated Diseases And Cancers Increased 338x Since Rollout Of The COVID Vaccine’
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that AIDS-associated diseases and cancers have increased by 338 times since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The CDC says there are no indications that
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence of exponential increase in ‘AIDS-associated diseases and cancers’ after COVID-19 vaccine
“AIDS-associated diseases and cancers have increased by 338x since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, according to the CDC and foreign government bodies."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clinical Trials For MRNA Universal Influenza Vaccine Will NOT Involve Only ’50 Healthy Volunteers’ To ‘Assess The Safety’
Will a new mRNA universal flu vaccine only be tested on 50 volunteers to "assess the safety" of the experimental shot? No, that's not true: New drugs and medicines in the United States go through rigorous testing and three phases of clini
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Uptick in cases of myocarditis in newborns in Wales linked to enterovirus, not COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines administered during pregnancy drove an increase in cases of myocarditis in babies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Document Does NOT Show COVID-19 Vaccine Causes ‘Devastating Harm To The Musculoskeletal System’
Does a Pfizer document show that the pharmaceutical company's COVID-19 vaccine causes "devastating harm to the musculoskeletal system"? No, that's not true: The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in p
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, COVID-19 vaccines didn’t cause 500% increase in HIV infections within US military
“U.S. military is now testing soldiers for AIDS, after DOD database reports 500% increase in HIV since the COVID vaccine rollout.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the numbers and letters on streetlights aren’t a secret code for mRNA vaccines
“Street lights are connected to mRNA.”
AllSides→ Biden’s Education Secretary Insists He Didn’t Support Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Schoolchildren
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-education-secretary-insists-he-didnt-support-mandatory-covid-vaccines-for-schoolchildren/
AllSides→ Biden’s Education Secretary Insists He Didn’t Support Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Schoolchildren
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-education-secretary-insists-he-didnt-support-mandatory-covid-vaccines-for-schoolchildren/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Watch The Water 2’ Does NOT Prove COVID-19 MRNA Vaccines Come From Snake Venom, Do NOT Cause Humans To Produce Venom In Bodies
Do COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and treatments for the virus come from snake venom and do the vaccines then cause humans to produce venom in their bodies? In addition, is nicotine the "perfect antidote" for COVID, making the vaccines unnecessar
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Study on possible COVID-19 brain effects looked at virus, not vaccines
“A European study has found COVID vaccines could be causing ‘long-term brain damage.’”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Do Tdap shots expose pregnant women to undue risk? No. Studies show the vaccines are safe
Pregnant women getting the Tdap vaccine “voluntarily are quite literally the experiment.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof Pneumococcal Vaccine Causes Autism In Children
Does the pneumococcal vaccine cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children? No, that's not true: There is no scientific evidence to support the assertion that the pneumococcal vaccine or any other vaccine causes autism. The shots are
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pfizer’s $2.3 billion settlement was not related to COVID-19 vaccines
Video shows Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 billion in a health care fraud settlement involving COVID-19 vaccines.
Logically→ No, Chelsea Clinton didn’t say children in the U.S. should be administered mRNA vaccines forcefully
Health Feedback→ Animal studies included in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approval application showed no signs of reproductive toxicity
REVIEW On 19 April 2023, the Brownstone Institute published an article claiming that Australian regulatory authority the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had evidence that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was unsafe during pregnancy before
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mercury Found In Vaccines Is NOT ‘Killing You Slowly’
Is thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, found in "almost every single vaccine" and is it "killing you slowly"? No, that's not true: Multiple studies have shown "no evidence of harm caused by the low doses of thimerosal in vaccines,"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton-Endorsed Vaccine Program ‘The Big Catch-Up’ Does NOT Mandate Vaccines For US Children
Does the Chelsea Clinton-endorsed vaccine program "The Big Catch-up" require U.S. children to receive a COVID-19 mRNA immunization? No, that's not true: The program is a global effort to "catch up" on giving recommended childhood vaccines
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Global vaccine catch-up effort involving Chelsea Clinton does not include forced vaccination
Chelsea Clinton said, “It’s time to force-jab every unvaccinated child in America.”
AllSides→ COVID-19 Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Small Risks, Contrary to Flawed Claim From U.K. Cardiologist
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/scicheck-covid-19-vaccine-benefits-outweigh-small-risks-contrary-to-flawed-claim-from-u-k-cardiologist/
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Small Risks, Contrary to Flawed Claim From U.K. Cardiologist
SciCheck Digest Dozens of studies support the use of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which have a good safety profile and work well in preventing severe disease and death. Yet, citing a single, flawed paper, a British cardiologist known for peddling mi
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – These on-air medical emergencies were not caused by COVID-19 vaccines, as video suggests
Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.
Logically→ No, Pfizer document does not confirm their mRNA-based COVID vaccine contains graphene oxide
Health Feedback→ Peter McCullough makes multiple false, misleading, and unsupported claims about COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy in viral podcast
REVIEW On 22 April 2023, the website X22 Report published a 27-minute podcast interview with cardiologist Peter McCullough. During the interview, McCullough referred to the COVID-19 vaccination campaign as a “worldwide debacle” and repeated prev
Logically→ U.K.’s ONS data has been misrepresented to show that COVID vaccines caused 600,000 deaths in the U.S.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence of pilots dying on flights from COVID-19 vaccine effects
"Healthy pilots are suffering from myocarditis and dropping dead on flights” because of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Logically→ No, monovalent COVID-19 vaccines have not been banned
Poynter→ No, brain aneurysms are not a ‘common’ side effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
Corinne Foxx, daughter of Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx, said April 12 that her father had suffered a “medical complication” and was recovering. Absent additional details, the internet did what it […] The post No, brain aneurysms are
Logically→ Spike proteins from COVID-19 vaccines have not completely replaced sperm in vaccinated men
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, brain aneurysms are not a ‘common’ side effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
Brain aneurysms are a “serious and common COVID-19 mRNA vaccine injury in young people.”
PolitiFact→ Why the FDA is recommending the newer, bivalent COVID-19 vaccines
The FDA announced that it was revoking the original, monovalent COVID-19 vaccines to replace them with newer, bivalent doses. The change is unrelated to safety. The bivalent vaccines protect against multiple variants and require a single dose.
Logically→ No, the BBC has not admitted that the COVID-19 vaccines caused excess deaths in 2022 in the U.K.
Logically→ mRNA vaccines are not administered into the food supply or livestock
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Ban COVID-19 Vaccines
Did the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban COVID-19 vaccines in April 2023? No, that's not true: On April 18, 2023, the agency amended its previous emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to remove authorization for monovalent vaccin
Full Fact→ FDA document does not say graphene oxide is in Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
A blog has made false claims about a recently released Covid-19 vaccine document. The document does not say that the Pfizer vaccine contains graphene oxide.
Health Feedback→ Analysis by insurance executive Josh Stirling misrepresents official UK data, doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines led to 600,000 deaths
REVIEW An article published by the website The Florida Standard claimed that 600,000 Americans died from the COVID-19 vaccines, attributing this to an analysis by insurance executive Josh Stirling. Stirling collaborated with financier Edward Dowd to