Alerts
The alerts on these pages are based on the monitoring of publicly available data. While some alerts reference false claims, others are included to indicate gaps in knowledge, concerns, speculation, and other trending narratives. Inclusion in reporting is based on reach and velocity of spread and on whether conversations may impact health behaviors and decisions.
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Trending image promotes myth that polio was caused by a pesticide
Medium Impact
A social post repeats the long-disproven myth that the elimination of polio was not due to vaccines but to reduced…
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Father and daughter’s deaths used to promote COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Low Impact
A 25-year-old recent pharmacy school graduate who helped run vaccine clinics died of unknown causes late last year. Some vaccine…
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Misleading headlines inaccurately suggest a link between COVID-19 booster and stroke
High Impact
The CDC investigated a potential link between the Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster and increased stroke risk in older adults. The…
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Trending video falsely claims COVID-19 vaccines are used for strep infections
Medium Impact
A widely circulated video features several false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, including that people who are fully vaccinated and boosted…
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Claim circulates that COVID-19 vaccines have killed, injured 1,600 athletes
Medium Impact
Articles and social media posts are claiming that hundreds of athletes have collapsed or died after receiving COVID-19 vaccines. The…
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Football player’s cardiac arrest tied without evidence to COVID-19 vaccination
High Impact
After a football player went into cardiac arrest during a Monday night football game, social media users and several newsletter…
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Hoax news site claims Japan is investigating millions of COVID-19 vaccine deaths
High Impact
A website that publishes hoax news stories claimed that the government of Japan is investigating millions of deaths supposedly caused…
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Study is misrepresented to claim COVID-19 vaccines cause blood clots
High Impact
A study of COVID-19 vaccine safety in older adults has been widely circulated and misrepresented by vaccine opponents. The study…
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Posts blame masks, COVID-19 mitigations for respiratory disease “tripledemic”
Medium Impact
Several popular social media accounts are promoting the idea that mask mandates and other COVID-19 protections are responsible for the…
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Mother claims transfusion of vaccinated blood killed baby
Medium Impact
Less than a week after a New Zealand baby whose parents attempted to refuse vaccinated blood received life-saving surgery, a…
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Right-wing commentator continues coverage of anti-vaccine documentary
Medium Impact
A popular right-wing figure with millions of social media followers continued promotion of the debunked documentary that falsely claims COVID-19…
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Vaccine opponents advocate for “pure” unvaccinated blood banks
Medium Impact
Several right-wing and anti-vaccine sites are promoting an international movement to open unvaccinated blood banks. Anti-vaccine conspiracists insist that blood…
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Narrative circulates that COVID-19 vaccines caused surge in RSV cases
Medium Impact
Several trending social posts have attempted to link COVID-19 vaccines to the rise in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases in…
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Alleged billboard claims COVID-19 vaccines kill children
Medium Impact
An anti-mandate social media account posted the image of a billboard that is reportedly outside the CDC’s Atlanta headquarters. The…
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Trending video falsely claims babies are being born with “vaccine-induced AIDS”
Medium Impact
A widely shared video features an OBGYN claiming that many newborns of mothers vaccinated for COVID-19 have vaccine-induced AIDS (VAIDS).…
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Image claims COVID-19 vaccines caused spike in fetal death, “strange” blood clots
Medium Impact
An image posted on social media claims to show abnormal blood clots that have been removed from the bodies of…