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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: Studies from the CDC, U.K. government, and Oxford University have deemed COVID-19 vaccines ineffective.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Studies from the CDC, U.K. government, and Oxford University have deemed COVID-19 vaccines ineffective.
False: The FDA approved a BioNTech product that is similar to – but not the same as –  the Pfizer “vaccine."
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

False: The FDA approved a BioNTech product that is similar to – but not the same as –  the Pfizer “vaccine."
True: A person who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 can get infected.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: A person who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 can get infected.
Misleading: The risks of COVID-19 vaccination to children outweigh its benefits.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The risks of COVID-19 vaccination to children outweigh its benefits.
Misleading: Coagulation problems are being seen with the mRNA vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Coagulation problems are being seen with the mRNA vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines are not effective.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

COVID-19 vaccines are not effective.
Misleading: The Lancet published an article in November 2021 about 89 percent of new COVID-19 cases occurring among fully vaccinated people in the U.K.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The Lancet published an article in November 2021 about 89 percent of new COVID-19 cases occurring among fully vaccinated people in the U.K.
False: Drinking one's own urine can cure COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Drinking one's own urine can cure COVID-19.
Misleading: Fatality rates among the fully vaccinated are higher than the unvaccinated in the U.K.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Fatality rates among the fully vaccinated are higher than the unvaccinated in the U.K.
Misleading: In India, promising studies on ivermectin were stopped for political reasons.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

Misleading: In India, promising studies on ivermectin were stopped for political reasons.
True: The IHU variant of COVID-19 was discovered before Omicron.
Health-Covid

True: The IHU variant of COVID-19 was discovered before Omicron.
Misleading: Thanks to its COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer made a $24.1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2021.
Economics-Business Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Thanks to its COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer made a $24.1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2021.
Unverifiable: The use of face masks has a negative impact on a child's development.
Health-General Health-Covid

Unverifiable: The use of face masks has a negative impact on a child's development.
False: Pap smears cause HPV.
Health-General

False: Pap smears cause HPV.
False: COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people dying due to the virus in Scotland are vaccinated.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people dying due to the virus in Scotland are vaccinated.
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