Other posts falsely claimed that unvaccinated people face lower COVID-19 risks than their vaccinated peers. In the past week, two social media posts falsely suggested that COVID-19 vaccines cause death. In response, comments spread false claims about vaccines and mRNA technology. Insights brought to you by the reporters and science
Other social media users falsely linked COVID-19 vaccines to dementia. In the past week, an X post cited a study from an anti-vaccine journal to falsely claim that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines contain arsenic, inciting panic in the comments. Another X post shared an article falsely linking mRNA vaccines to
Other videos reignited unfounded concerns about COVID-19 vaccine safety. This past week, a video on X claiming that COVID-19 is not real garnered hundreds of thousands of views, with some comments falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines contain poison. In other discussions, two YouTube videos elicited thousands of comments doubting vaccine