AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
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Logically→ Study on COVID-19 vaccines misrepresented to claim they cause ‘VAIDS’ in children
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Megyn Kelly Did NOT Say She Contracted VAIDS After Getting Vaccinated For COVID-19 — She Said She Had An ‘Autoimmune Issue’
Did talk show host and podcaster Megyn Kelly say she "contracted Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (VAIDS)" after getting the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine? No, that's not true: On "The Megyn Kelly Show" in early September 2023, she sai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Government Report’ Did NOT Find ‘Millions of Children’ Vaccinated With COVID Vaccines Developed ‘VAIDS’
Did a 2023 "government report" prove that "millions of children" who were vaccinated with the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed a condition known as "vaccine acquired immune deficiency, or VAIDS"? No, that's not true: There was no "g
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no stranger to FactCheck.org. He is a prominent anti-vaccine advocate who has been on our radar for years, primarily as the founder of Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit that spreads anti-vaccine misinformation.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Shots Do NOT Cause ‘Vaccine-Induced AIDS,’ Did Not Cause 500% Increase In HIV In US Military
Do COVID-19 shots cause "vaccine-induced AIDS" (VAIDS) and did they cause a 500 percent increase in HIV in the U.S. military during 2021? No, that's not true: "The claims are false," U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Lisa Lawrence t
Health Feedback→ HIV infection is the cause of AIDS; persistent HIV/AIDS denialism relies on false information and is potentially deadly
REVIEW Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic and potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); an estimated 40.1 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the beginning of
Full Fact→ No evidence for link between AIDS epidemic and smallpox vaccine
In recent weeks, many accounts across various social media platforms have been resharing an old Times article claiming the AIDS epidemic was triggered by the smallpox vaccine. Although the article is real, there is no evidence for its claims. Published
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Agency Did NOT Publish Data Suggesting People Triple-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Are Developing A New Form Of AIDS
Did the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publish data suggesting that triple vaccinated people in England are developing a new form of AIDS? No, that's not true: The data does not show immune systems being destroyed by COVID-19 vaccines
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines don’t cause immunodeficiency syndrome
An article published by a blog called The Exposé claims that people vaccinated against Covid-19 may be experiencing a form of “vaccine induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome”, otherwise labelled as vaccine induced AIDS. As
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT True That 44% of Black People In US Have HIV
Do 44% of the Black population in the United States have HIV? No, that's not true: If 44% of the African American population in the U.S. had HIV, that would mean around 21 million Black people would test positive for HIV. According to HIV
Health Feedback→ The COVID-19 vaccines don’t weaken the immune system and are unrelated to the HIV VB variant
REVIEW In February 2022, there was a proliferation of social media posts claiming that the COVID-19 vaccines destroy the immune system (see here, here, and here). On occasion, these posts are accompanied by additional claims stating that the recentl
Full Fact→ No link between Covid-19 vaccines and new HIV strain
A post on Facebook draws a link between high Covid-19 vaccination rates in the Netherlands and the discovery of a new, more virulent HIV variant in the country. The post reads “Congratulations, you VAIDS’ed yourself”. The term “
Truth or Fiction?→ Was the ‘Bad Guy’ in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Dr. Fauci?
On December 12 2021, a smear meme circulated on Facebook and Twitter, asserting that the “bad guy” in the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club was Dr. Anthony Fauci: pic.twitter.com/GlpYe3VPhK — TDD (@Tymnyc325) December 12, 2021 Atop a D
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Variant of COVID-19 Is NOT ‘cov-AIDS’ And Does Not Contain HIV or AIDS
Does the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 contain HIV or AIDS? No, that's not true: Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of medicine in infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, and Benjamin Neuman, a professor of biology and chief virol
Health Feedback→ Claims that people were being killed by zidovudine (AZT) instead of AIDS are unsubstantiated
REVIEW Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor on COVID-19, has been the target of attacks pr
Truth or Fiction?→ Mike Pence, LGBTQ Communities, and ‘a Radical Social Agenda’
Vice President Mike Pence’s political history drew renewed attention online in October 2020 as a meme criticizing him spread online in October 2020. The graphic, which was originally posted by poet Andrea Gibson on Instagram, reads: Mike Pence s
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Spin on AIDS Epidemic
In his campaign rally speeches, President Donald Trump often boasts of his administration’s plan to end the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. in 10 years. It’s true he has proposed funding for that initiative, but he’s wrong to say “the previou
PolitiFact→ Edward Markey – No data to support claim that HIV/AIDS has spiked due to fentanyl and heroin use
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | No data to support claim that HIV/AIDS has spiked due to fentanyl and heroin use Democratic Sen. Edward J. Markey said that the Trump administration’s plan to use funds from HIV and AIDS programs to figh