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The Infodemic: Chiropractor Makes False Claims About Vaccines

FILE - Vials of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are seen in an undated photograph. (Johnson & Johnson/Handout via Reuters)
FILE - Vials of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are seen in an undated photograph. (Johnson & Johnson/Handout via Reuters)

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Daily Debunk

Claim: “Vaccines cause autoimmune disease”; COVID-19 vaccine will “change your genes”; "aborted fetal tissue is in vaccines"

Verdict: Inaccurate

Read the full story at: Health Feedback

Social Media Disinfo

A man receives a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a temporary Clalit healthcare maintenance organisation (HMO) vaccination centre, at a sports arena in Jerusalem February 25, 2021. Picture taken February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Circulating on social media: "Pfizer's vaccine has multiplied the covid-19 deaths of the elderly in Israel by 40."

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: EFFEVerifica

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    Polygraph is a fact-checking feature of the Voice of America (VOA)​. Polygraph serves as a resource for verifying the increasing volume of disinformation and misinformation being distributed and shared globally.

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