Last week, a school board in Cypress, Texas, voted to remove a list of “controversial” topics from textbooks. Banned topics include vaccines, human development, climate and conservation, and diversity and culture. The decision gained widespread attention across social media platforms, with some social media users expressing support for the school...
Several Spanish-language social media users known for spreading vaccine misinformation resurfaced a Pfizer document claiming that it shows all of the vaccine’s “adverse effects.” Users also falsely claim that Pfizer was forced to publish the document with the vaccine’s supposed 1,291 adverse effects and that the company...
Last week, a news anchor said on a podcast that he has been taking ivermectin daily to treat long COVID, despite having spoken out against ivermectin in the past. A video clip from the podcast sparked widespread conversation on social media, with some social media users promoting ivermectin as a...
An allegedly leaked email from 2021 claims to show evidence that U.S. Pfizer employees received different COVID-19 vaccines than the general public. The email, which notes that the vaccine stock available to the staff was “separate and distinct,” is recirculating in English and Spanish. Recommendation: These types of false...
A team of researchers from Cambridge, Oxford, and CalTech universities has developed an experimental vaccine that may have the potential to protect against a wide range of coronaviruses. The vaccine uses nanoparticles to train the immune system to recognize multiple proteins from various coronaviruses, inducing a broader immune response that...
Reports of the H5N1 virus being detected in cow’s milk have kept the outbreak in the news and in social media conversations....
Following a New York Times article about COVID-19 vaccine injuries, a well-known vaccine opponent in California falsely claimed on social media that COVID-19 vaccines have injured more than 10 million people. In response, some social media users shared concerns about COVID-19 vaccine safety and personal stories about vaccine injuries, while...
At a town hall meeting with New York City’s mayor, an audience member reported the mayor said “it was un-American” to not allow migrants to work while thousands of New York City employees were terminated for not complying with vaccine mandates. She asked the mayor why he is still...
Last week, the Ohio Capitol Journal published an article about HB 319—the “Conscientious Right to Refuse Act”—which would prevent employers and institutions in Ohio from placing restrictions on those who refuse vaccines or other medical treatments due to personal or religious beliefs. Many social media users who shared...
A recent University of Florida clinical trial found that a newly-developed mRNA cancer vaccine was able to reprogram patients’ immune systems to attack glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. While many social media users celebrated these findings, others expressed distrust in mRNA technology and made false claims about mRNA COVID-19 vaccine...
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