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Reviews of articles from: Instagram
CLAIM REVIEWS
Moderna didn’t already produce COVID-19 mRNA vaccines before the pandemic; statement by CEO of Moderna misinterpreted
CLAIM
Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic
SOURCE: Instagram users, Instagram
Published: 14 Feb 2023
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Pre-human changes in climate do not negate contemporary human influence on modern warming, contrary to implication in popular Instagram post
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Climate changed naturally in prehistoric eras, modern climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon
SOURCE: Social media user, Instagram
Published: 23 Jan 2023
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The Pfizer bivalent vaccines are very unlikely to increase the risk of ischemic stroke, contrary to claims on social media
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The Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine causes strokes
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 18 Jan 2023
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French political advisor Jacques Attali didn’t call for world depopulation through pandemics or vaccines
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Attali wrote “the future will be about finding a way to reduce the population”, elites will “find a real cause, a pandemic” after having “taken care of having panned the treatment”
SOURCE: Instagram users, Instagram
Published: 02 Jan 2023
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Contrary to viral Instagram videos, COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against severe disease
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Vaccine effectiveness has fallen from 100% to 20%; the early reported vaccine effectiveness figures were lies
SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram
Published: 08 Dez 2022
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Laura Braden’s comments questioning the safety and usefulness of childhood vaccines are unfounded; studies show that the hepatitis B and HPV vaccines are safe
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Vaccines and vitamin K injections given to children are unsafe
SOURCE: Laura Braden, Rumble, Instagram
Published: 25 Nov 2022
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Death of a four-year-old boy in Argentina was due to lung infection, contrary to social media posts implying vaccination was the cause
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Death of 4 years old poster boy for vaccination campaign is linked to COVID-19 vaccine
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram
Published: 17 Nov 2022
VERDICT
mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 don’t modify humans, and don’t make them patentable or owned by any entities
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“if a human is injected with a GMO it becomes a patented piece of property from the government”, “they take away all your rights with mRNAs”
SOURCE: Instagram Users, TikTok, Instagram
Published: 15 Nov 2022
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Bill and Melinda Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates is fully vaccinated, including against COVID-19, despite online claims to the contrary
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Phoebe Adele Gates is “unvaccinated, not even [for] childhood vaccines”.
SOURCE: Instagram Users, Instagram
Published: 10 Nov 2022
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Japan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
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“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously”
SOURCE: Zachary Stieber, Stephen Hussey, The Epoch Times, Instagram
Published: 03 Nov 2022
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