Social Media Posts Conflate Coronavirus and COVID-19
A social media post with more than 11,000 likes has been flagged as false for mistakenly conflating coronavirus and COVID-19. The post references an episode of Grey's Anatomy in which…
A social media post with more than 11,000 likes has been flagged as false for mistakenly conflating coronavirus and COVID-19. The post references an episode of Grey's Anatomy in which…
A previously debunked video from 2014 resurfaced this week, featuring an alleged whistleblower who claimed the CDC destroyed data proving that the MMR vaccine causes autism in African-American boys. The…
Social media posts are once again falsely claiming that airline executives are considering banning vaccinated passengers from flying due to fears of blood clots at high altitudes, this time in…
A small, non-peer-reviewed study is circulating online, with sharers claiming that it shows that high doses of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) can increase COVID-19 survival rates by 200 percent. Critics of the…
A video posted on several independent sites claims that airline companies are meeting to discuss banning vaccinated individuals from flying because of the recent discovery of 150,000 “hidden” vaccine-related deaths…
Last week, a Danish soccer player collapsed unexpectedly during the Euro 2020 Cup and was later confirmed to have suffered cardiac arrest. Several social media users speculated that the event…
A video on social media features a man previously shown to spread conspiracy theories calling the COVID-19 pandemic a hoax created to promote climate change, which he also said was…
Over the last week, a California judge has garnered criticism for spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. During a controversial ruling to strike down the state’s assault weapons ban, the…
Claims that the COVID-19 vaccines will worsen illness in those who are exposed to the virus through antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) continue to circulate on social media. ADE occurs when antibodies…
A video that has been viewed more than 40,000 times features an anti-vaccine chiropractor listing five reasons people should not get a COVID-19 vaccine. The video includes several widely debunked…