Fact Checking Covid-Denier Nonsense
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Let's take a look at the latest anti-vax Covid-denier nonsense being pushed in the past week.
Fact check: False claim Thailand is banning Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine after princess' health issues
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...banning-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine/11237189002/
Fact Check: Did a CDC Deputy Director Say the COVID Vaccines Cause Illnesses?
No.
https://thedispatch.com/article/fac...ector-say-the-covid-vaccines-cause-illnesses/
Fact check: Georgia schools' sudden cardiac arrest form is from 2019, predates COVID-19 vaccines
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-form-predates-covid-19-vaccines/11206753002/
Fact check: Post misinterprets Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel's comments on vaccine supply
The claim: Moderna CEO admits company produced 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses before pandemic
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...erna-ceo-comments-vaccine-supply/11219825002/
Fact check: No link between Air Force cadet's death, COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...th-wasnt-caused-covid-19-vaccine/11198003002/
Fact Check-Death certificates listing COVID as ‘sole’ cause of death are just a fraction of deaths caused by COVID in England and Wales
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-ons-idUSL1N34Q0UF
Fact check: False claim Thailand is banning Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine after princess' health issues
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...banning-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine/11237189002/
Fact Check: Did a CDC Deputy Director Say the COVID Vaccines Cause Illnesses?
No.
https://thedispatch.com/article/fac...ector-say-the-covid-vaccines-cause-illnesses/
Fact check: Georgia schools' sudden cardiac arrest form is from 2019, predates COVID-19 vaccines
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-form-predates-covid-19-vaccines/11206753002/
Fact check: Post misinterprets Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel's comments on vaccine supply
The claim: Moderna CEO admits company produced 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses before pandemic
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...erna-ceo-comments-vaccine-supply/11219825002/
Fact check: No link between Air Force cadet's death, COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...th-wasnt-caused-covid-19-vaccine/11198003002/
Fact Check-Death certificates listing COVID as ‘sole’ cause of death are just a fraction of deaths caused by COVID in England and Wales
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-ons-idUSL1N34Q0UF
And all along I thought this was mis-information!
Oh, but, mah Long Covid. LOL.
All these Long Covid'ers (well, most) can't admit they are vaccine injured. I guess I'd pretend that the flu gave me myocarditis if I was really stupid enough to believe the propaganda pharmovernment cartel.
is Govaceutical industry a better term?
Once again anti-vax Covid-deniers misusing public vaccine reporting databases to create fabricated nonsense. This time it involves Northern Ireland.
Have almost 50 people died in NI because of a Covid-19 vaccine?
https://factcheckni.org/uncategoriz...ple-died-in-ni-because-of-a-covid-19-vaccine/
Have almost 50 people died in NI because of a Covid-19 vaccine?
https://factcheckni.org/uncategoriz...ple-died-in-ni-because-of-a-covid-19-vaccine/
- This claim misrepresents data from the Yellow Card reporting system for suspected adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines
- A Yellow Card report about a fatal outcome is NOT the same as a death where vaccines have been confirmed as a factor
- However, a closer look at official figures reveals how confusing and incomplete publicly-available information can be
Let's take a look at the nonsense being spread by anti-vaxxers about a "giant blood clot". It is amazing the extent that anti-vax Covid-deniers will go to spread complete misinformation.
'Giant blood clot' image unrelated to Covid-19 vaccine
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.338W4BV
An article claims a photo shows a massive blood clot caused by Covid-19 vaccination. This is false; the picture predates the pandemic and is unrelated to vaccines.
"Experienced Pathologist confirms COVID Vaccination causes giant Blood Clots, Cancer & Infertility," says the headline of a February 6, 2023 article from The Expose, a website that AFP has previously fact-checked for spreading inaccurate health information.
The claims circulated elsewhere on Twitter and Facebook, including in other languages.
But the article misleads on vaccination risks -- and it uses an image from a medical case that predates the coronavirus pandemic.
A reverse image search indicates the photo was first submitted to The New England Journal of Medicine in 2018.
The picture depicts a blood clot that a 36-year-old man coughed up after he was "admitted to the intensive care unit with an acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure," according to the peer-reviewed journal.
After the placement of a ventricular assist device -- a pump to support heart function -- "hemoptysis developed, and he expectorated a cast of the right bronchial tree," doctors Gavitt Woodard and Georg Wieselthaler said in the journal.
"Hemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up blood. The image is of a blood clot," Woodard, an assistant professor of surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, told AFP in a February 9 email.
She added: "This photo was taken in 2018. It has no relationship to Covid at all."
Baseless vaccine claims
The article makes additional unsupported claims about Covid-19 vaccines, including purported links to cancer and fertility issues.
AFP has previously debunked allegations that the shots have been linked to cancer -- including claims from dermatopathologist Ryan Cole, who is featured in The Expose's article.
Covid-19 vaccines have undergone extensive safety monitoring. The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City "strongly" recommends vaccination to patients with cancer.
"None of the vaccines interact with or alter your DNA in any way, and therefore cannot cause cancer," the institution says on its website.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says there is no evidence that "any vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines" cause fertility issues. AFP has previously debunked claims asserting otherwise.
The CDC says on its website that it is monitoring rare "adverse events of interest" reported after Covid-19 vaccination -- including thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), which causes blood clotting. The condition has occurred in approximately four cases per one million doses of Johnson and Johnson's (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine.
But the US health agency told AFP in a February 10 email that it has detected "no unusual or unexpected patterns of cancer, infertility or blood clots, other than TTS following J&J Janssen Covid-19 vaccine, that would indicate Covid-19 vaccine are causing or contributing to these conditions."
'Giant blood clot' image unrelated to Covid-19 vaccine
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.338W4BV
An article claims a photo shows a massive blood clot caused by Covid-19 vaccination. This is false; the picture predates the pandemic and is unrelated to vaccines.
"Experienced Pathologist confirms COVID Vaccination causes giant Blood Clots, Cancer & Infertility," says the headline of a February 6, 2023 article from The Expose, a website that AFP has previously fact-checked for spreading inaccurate health information.
The claims circulated elsewhere on Twitter and Facebook, including in other languages.
But the article misleads on vaccination risks -- and it uses an image from a medical case that predates the coronavirus pandemic.
A reverse image search indicates the photo was first submitted to The New England Journal of Medicine in 2018.
The picture depicts a blood clot that a 36-year-old man coughed up after he was "admitted to the intensive care unit with an acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure," according to the peer-reviewed journal.
After the placement of a ventricular assist device -- a pump to support heart function -- "hemoptysis developed, and he expectorated a cast of the right bronchial tree," doctors Gavitt Woodard and Georg Wieselthaler said in the journal.
"Hemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up blood. The image is of a blood clot," Woodard, an assistant professor of surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, told AFP in a February 9 email.
She added: "This photo was taken in 2018. It has no relationship to Covid at all."
Baseless vaccine claims
The article makes additional unsupported claims about Covid-19 vaccines, including purported links to cancer and fertility issues.
AFP has previously debunked allegations that the shots have been linked to cancer -- including claims from dermatopathologist Ryan Cole, who is featured in The Expose's article.
Covid-19 vaccines have undergone extensive safety monitoring. The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City "strongly" recommends vaccination to patients with cancer.
"None of the vaccines interact with or alter your DNA in any way, and therefore cannot cause cancer," the institution says on its website.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says there is no evidence that "any vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines" cause fertility issues. AFP has previously debunked claims asserting otherwise.
The CDC says on its website that it is monitoring rare "adverse events of interest" reported after Covid-19 vaccination -- including thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), which causes blood clotting. The condition has occurred in approximately four cases per one million doses of Johnson and Johnson's (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine.
But the US health agency told AFP in a February 10 email that it has detected "no unusual or unexpected patterns of cancer, infertility or blood clots, other than TTS following J&J Janssen Covid-19 vaccine, that would indicate Covid-19 vaccine are causing or contributing to these conditions."
The demented anti-vax clowns will even go as far as altering sound tracks to create misinformation. At some point people need to be held legally liable and criminally responsible for created and spreading these type of fakes with intent to deceive.
Fact check: Central bank president discussed global economy, not gene therapy at conference
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ristine-lagarde-and-gene-therapy/11222727002/
The claim: Video shows European Central Bank president discussing gene therapy at World Economic Forum conference
A Jan. 25 Facebook video (direct link, archived link) shows Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, speaking onstage at a World Economic Forum conference.
"We're in the timeline right now where we're seeing the first generation of mutated human DNA where it’s going to be leading to that timeline of humans evolving and mutating into becoming the greys, OK?" says the audio.
The video, taken from TikTok, was shared 100 times within two weeks. Another version of the video was viewed 11,000 times on TikTok.
Our rating: Altered
The audio track of the video has been altered. The original video shows Lagarde discussing economic policy and climate change. She does not mention gene therapy.
Original video shows talk of economic growth and energy consumption
The clip was taken from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland in January. Lagarde’s remarks can be found in a video on the organization’s website titled "Global Economic Outlook: Is this the End of an Era?"
Lagarde speaks three times during the conversation. Once at the 23-minute mark, a second time at the 51-minute mark and again at the 55-minute mark. She does not mention genetics or gene therapy.
Instead, she discusses the economic growth of different countries, monetary policies regarding climate change and how China’s COVID-19 policies have impacted the global economy.
There’s another hint that the video has been digitally fabricated. The voice in the Facebook post has an American accent, but Lagarde is French and speaks with a French accent, which is heard in the original video.
USA TODAY has debunked a slew of false claims about the World Economic Forum, including that the organization banned vaccinated pilots from flying conference attendees, announced a "new one world religion" and recommended killing pets to reduce carbon emissions.
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user for comment. They did not provide evidence to support the claim. The TikTok user could not be reached.
AAP Fact Check also debunked the claim.
Our fact-check sources:
Fact check: Central bank president discussed global economy, not gene therapy at conference
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ristine-lagarde-and-gene-therapy/11222727002/
The claim: Video shows European Central Bank president discussing gene therapy at World Economic Forum conference
A Jan. 25 Facebook video (direct link, archived link) shows Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, speaking onstage at a World Economic Forum conference.
"We're in the timeline right now where we're seeing the first generation of mutated human DNA where it’s going to be leading to that timeline of humans evolving and mutating into becoming the greys, OK?" says the audio.
The video, taken from TikTok, was shared 100 times within two weeks. Another version of the video was viewed 11,000 times on TikTok.
Our rating: Altered
The audio track of the video has been altered. The original video shows Lagarde discussing economic policy and climate change. She does not mention gene therapy.
Original video shows talk of economic growth and energy consumption
The clip was taken from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland in January. Lagarde’s remarks can be found in a video on the organization’s website titled "Global Economic Outlook: Is this the End of an Era?"
Lagarde speaks three times during the conversation. Once at the 23-minute mark, a second time at the 51-minute mark and again at the 55-minute mark. She does not mention genetics or gene therapy.
Instead, she discusses the economic growth of different countries, monetary policies regarding climate change and how China’s COVID-19 policies have impacted the global economy.
There’s another hint that the video has been digitally fabricated. The voice in the Facebook post has an American accent, but Lagarde is French and speaks with a French accent, which is heard in the original video.
USA TODAY has debunked a slew of false claims about the World Economic Forum, including that the organization banned vaccinated pilots from flying conference attendees, announced a "new one world religion" and recommended killing pets to reduce carbon emissions.
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user for comment. They did not provide evidence to support the claim. The TikTok user could not be reached.
AAP Fact Check also debunked the claim.
Our fact-check sources:
- Encyclopedia Britannica, Jan. 1, Christine Lagarde
- World Economic Forum, Jan. 20, Global Economic Outlook: Is this the End of an Era?
- World Economic Forum, accessed Feb. 9, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
- AAP Fact Check, Jan. 31, Doctored WEF audio in need of a check-up