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Alerts are based on the monitoring of publicly available media data from diverse sources like social media, broadcast television, news websites, blogs, online video, and more.
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Unsourced post claims COVID-19 booster caused 34 blood clots
Medium Impact
A popular anti-vaccine social media account shared a screenshot of a social media user claiming to have developed 34 blood…
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Video repeats the false claim that the tetanus vaccine causes sterility
Medium Impact
A resurfaced video features a physician claiming that the tetanus vaccine is not needed and is being used as an…
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Post claims that, thanks to vaccines, 1 in 2 people will have autism by 2025
Medium Impact
A social media post suggests that the increase of vaccinations is responsible for the increase in autism diagnoses since 1983.…
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Latest COVID-19 variant continues to drive false claims
High Impact
Several social media posts have gone viral over the last week claiming that emerging COVID-19 variants and the updated vaccine…
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Posts claim that mRNA vaccines are “modified mRNA” meant to alter human DNA
Medium Impact
Several popular social media posts over the last month claim that mRNA in COVID-19 vaccines stands for “modified RNA” rather…
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False claims persist about COVID-19 vaccine-linked “turbo cancers”
Medium Impact
Various popular vaccine opponents, including several health professionals, continue to promote the fake claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause so-called “turbo…
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Baseless claim that COVID-19 vaccine causes dementia circulates
Low Impact
A dedicated proponent of vaccine misinformation is claiming without evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for an increase in dementia…
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Senator falsely claims the FDA approved ivermectin to treat COVID-19
High Impact
A U.S. senator set off a firestorm of misinformation after claiming that the FDA has approved or otherwise endorsed ivermectin…
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Clip resurfaces of former Pfizer exec claiming the pandemic was planned
High Impact
A widely circulated video clip shows a former Pfizer executive turned anti-vaccine activist claiming that the pandemic was orchestrated. One…
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Post resurfaces false claim that doctors were bribed to give COVID-19 vaccines
Medium Impact
A post that has been shared over 11,000 times has resurfaced the misleading claim that insurance programs bribed doctors to…
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Video claims Supreme Court ruled mRNA-vaccinated people are patented goods
Medium Impact
Videos circulating on multiple social media platforms falsely claim that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling classifies people who received mRNA…
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Posts claim the pertussis vaccine is unnecessary and dangerous
Medium Impact
Several social media and blog posts question if the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine is necessary. The post focuses…
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Girl’s death used to claim COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe
Medium Impact
A social media post claims without evidence the 10-year-old daughter of a Johnson & Johnson executive died suddenly after receiving…
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Illegal lab’s shutdown provokes COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Low Impact
The CDC shut down an unauthorized lab in Fresno, California, that reportedly contained thousands of gallons of hazardous and infectious…
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Video claims 5G can reprogram COVID-19 vaccine nanoparticles
Low Impact
A video circulating on social media claims that the lipid nanoparticles that protect vaccine mRNA as it is delivered to…
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Basketball star’s cardiac arrest sets off a wave of anti-vaccine speculation
High Impact
Last week, a University of Southern California basketball player and son of an NBA star was admitted to the hospital…