Numerous online posts are criticizing California's governor for his reflections on how he initially handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, the governor faced backlash for implementing mask mandates and strict vaccine requirements, and he now states he would have pursued another course of action. Social media users argue that...
Arkansas signed into law S.B. 3, which prohibits the government from mandating COVID-19 vaccination for public employees or state funded entities, with an exception for entities that stand to lose federal funding should they remove vaccine mandates. The bill also requires the Department of Health to maintain and publicize...
A story has gone viral about an infant in Maine who died 34 hours after receiving childhood vaccines in October 2022. According to the article, a toxicology report revealed that the infant’s blood had a dangerously high level of aluminum, which the article attributes to the vaccines. The infant’...
Social media users are sharing a recent video of Dr. Anthony Fauci stating that the COVID-19 vaccine carries a low risk of myocarditis among young men. Responses to these posts allege that concerns about myocarditis related to mRNA vaccines have been understated throughout the pandemic. In the video, Dr. Fauci...
An online influencer has manipulated CDC data to support their argument that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective at preventing COVID-19 deaths. Their trending post cherry-picks slides from the CDC’s ACIP presentation, suggesting that vaccinating one million teenagers would, at best, prevent only one death and potentially result in 200,000...
Arkansas signed into law S.B. 3, which prohibits the government from mandating COVID-19 vaccination for public employees or state funded entities, with an exception for entities that stand to lose federal funding should they remove vaccine mandates. The bill also requires the Department of Health to maintain and publicize...
Numerous online posts are criticizing California's governor for his reflections on how he initially handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, the governor faced backlash for implementing mask mandates and strict vaccine requirements, and he now states he would have pursued another course of action. Social media users argue that...
The Huntington Beach City Council in California has voted 4-3 to pursue a ban on universal mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates within the city. The motion’s proponent argued that previous mask mandates imposed in 2020 and 2021 unnecessarily limited people’s freedoms. The resolution now requests that the city...
The Florida Surgeon General warned against COVID-19 vaccines at a recent press conference, claiming that there are numerous red flags with the updated vaccine. He argued that there is no need for updated COVID-19 vaccines, claimed there is a lack of clinical trial data, and cited previously debunked concerns about...
According to a recently published article, nearly two dozen schools in Dane County have vaccination rates of 85 percent or lower, which health officials deem a risk for disease outbreaks. This trend is partly attributed to more parents seeking philosophical waivers to exempt their children from vaccines; Wisconsin’s nonmedical...
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