Retracted COVID-19 Vaccine Study Was Funded by Anti-Vaxxer A Michigan State University economist falsely claimed that nearly 300,000 deaths could be attributed to the vaccine.
‘George Washington Mandated Inoculation’ On September 13 2021, a Facebook account shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which claimed that George Washington mandated inoculation: George Washington mandated inoculation against small pox. The Supreme Court has ruled state vaccine mandates to be constitutional for more than a century. We've had vaccine mandates, including for things like attending public schools, for […]
‘This Comic Was Created Around 1930’ A cartoon illustrations how disinformation recirculates through history.
Did ’61 out of 63 Females’ Become Infertile After Receiving a Vaccine Against COVID-19? A British man's anti-vaccine video has spread even further, thanks to a meme.
Has ICE Refused Even Donated Flu Shot Vaccines for Detainees? Viral tweets claimed that border agencies turned away flu shot donations — even as new details emerged about a teenaged detainee's flu-related death earlier in the year.
Did New York State Kick 26,000 Students out of School Over Vaccinations — Only to Still Have Chickenpox Cases? A Rocky Point School District letter is circulating virally on social media, but it comes with some inherent misinformation, disinformation, and inaccurate inferences.
Did Elvis Presley Receive a Polio Vaccination on Live TV in 1956 and Raise Immunization Revels to 80 Percent? A Reddit user deemed Presley a good "influencer" in a post that claims the singer's televised 1956 polio vaccination helped boost the vaccine's popularity.
Did Luke Perry Die After a Pneumonia Vaccine? Actor Luke Perry died following a stroke on March 4 2019. That same day, a screenshot (archived here) suggesting Perry had received a pneumonia vaccine just before his stroke appeared and quickly began circulating: The post, captioned “In case someone was wondering!”, displayed what appeared at first glance to be an article reporting Perry was hospitalized due […]
Did the FDA Confirm the DTaP Vaccine Causes Autism? "Health" blogs seized on and regurgitated outdated, false claims yet again.
Did 98 Million Americans Contract Cancer Through Polio Shots? Claims that 98 millions were given cancer through polio shots from 1955 to 1963 are false, and links between SV40 and cancer have been overstated.
