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Misleading: Vaccines are unsafe – more than 30,000 women in the U.K. have reported disrupted periods after their COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Vaccines are unsafe – more than 30,000 women in the U.K. have reported disrupted periods after their COVID-19 vaccine.
Misleading: In clinical trial(s), 86 percent of children suffered an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: In clinical trial(s), 86 percent of children suffered an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
False: Since March 2020, 9 children have died from COVID-19 in the U.K.
Health-Covid Health-Covid

False: Since March 2020, 9 children have died from COVID-19 in the U.K.
Misleading: Bill Gates smiled after suggesting that unvaccinated people should be stripped of their Social Security.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

Misleading: Bill Gates smiled after suggesting that unvaccinated people should be stripped of their Social Security.
False: White House staff are not required to get vaccinated.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-Policy

False: White House staff are not required to get vaccinated.
False: Nasal swabs used in COVID-19 testing are unsafe because they have been sterilized with ethylene oxide.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Nasal swabs used in COVID-19 testing are unsafe because they have been sterilized with ethylene oxide.
Misleading: GPs are incentivized to inject the adult population with the COVID-19 vaccine.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: GPs are incentivized to inject the adult population with the COVID-19 vaccine.
False: Ear candling helps remove excess amounts of earwax.
Health-General

False: Ear candling helps remove excess amounts of earwax.
False: COVID-19 is a rebrand of the seasonal flu.
Health-Covid

False: COVID-19 is a rebrand of the seasonal flu.
Misleading: COVID-19 cases have not risen in European countries, even though most of the population is unvaccinated.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: COVID-19 cases have not risen in European countries, even though most of the population is unvaccinated.
True: The DCGI has approved the study to assess the effect of mixing Covaxin and Covishield dosage.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: The DCGI has approved the study to assess the effect of mixing Covaxin and Covishield dosage.
False: A Boston court has revoked custody of the parents of a 14-year-old child for not consenting to her COVID-19 vaccination.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: A Boston court has revoked custody of the parents of a 14-year-old child for not consenting to her COVID-19 vaccination.
False: Covishield and Covaxin are more effective in dealing with the Delta variant of COVID-19 than other vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Covishield and Covaxin are more effective in dealing with the Delta variant of COVID-19 than other vaccines.
False: Wearing face masks cause you to breathe in more carbon dioxide (CO2), and can negatively affect your health.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Wearing face masks cause you to breathe in more carbon dioxide (CO2), and can negatively affect your health.
True: It is safe for people who are allergic to bees to receive COVID-19 vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: It is safe for people who are allergic to bees to receive COVID-19 vaccines.
False: COVID-19 vaccines can cause humans to become magnetic.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Tech-General

False: COVID-19 vaccines can cause humans to become magnetic.
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