Merck’s decision boosts “natural immunity” misinformation
False claims to continue to circulate that it is better to acquire COVID-19 than to get the vaccine. This new spike in the same misinformation stems from Merck's discontinuation of…
False claims to continue to circulate that it is better to acquire COVID-19 than to get the vaccine. This new spike in the same misinformation stems from Merck's discontinuation of…
Stories about the deaths of 30+ elderly people in Norway following COVID-19 vaccination are being widely circulated. The deaths were investigated, and Norway health officials have determined that the inoculations…
Reports of allergic reactions in 6 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine recipients at a clinic in San Diego temporarily slowed down vaccinations. According to the county’s Director of Epidemiology, the number of…
Discredited scientist and unlicensed physician Andrew Wakefield, known as a leader of the global anti-vaccine movement, has recently begun making claims that the new mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 are a…
A Florida medical doctor died 16 days after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. An Emeritus Professor of medicine from a respected medical institution claimed in an interview with a large media…
A false claim that a nursing home had zero deaths from COVID-19 until it started vaccinations is circulating on social media. Without any evidence, the claim states that the vaccine…
The Nation of Islam (NOI), an African American political and religious movement in the United States, has begun an anti-vaccine campaign. An in-person and online event featured a lengthy seminar…
A video titled “The Future of Vaccines” is circulating containing various debunked claims, including that COVID-19 vaccines cause genetic mutations to unborn fetuses in pregnant women, that the vaccines are…
Several stories have been trending around adverse reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. Last week a story about a nurse who fainted after receiving her Pfizer vaccine was…
A Facebook photo is being shared that shows a bloody and disheveled hospital room with a fake CNN screen reading, "Breaking News: Hospitals on lockdown as first COVID-19 vaccine patients…