0 People 72 Fact-checks 11 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (72) Steve Kirsch stated on August 08, 2023 in a blog post: COVID-19 vaccines have killed 676,000 Americans. By Tom Kertscher• August 14, 2023 Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2021 in an Instagram post: Deaths from vaccines have totaled 1,621 from Johnson & Johnson, 4,799 from Moderna, 13,039 from Pfizer and 73 from unknown vaccines. And this is an undercount because “only 1% of deaths are reported.” By Gabrielle Settles• December 10, 2021 TikTok posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine. By Tom Kertscher• August 9, 2021 Instagram posts stated on May 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: “943 innocent kids … are now injured or dead” because of the COVID-19 vaccine. By Gabrielle Settles• May 26, 2021 Will Cain stated on October 01, 2021 in a Fox News segment: "You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS." By Bill McCarthy• October 7, 2021 Instagram posts stated on February 14, 2022 in an Instagram post: Says the FDA said that Pfizer “falsely misled” the agency about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines and that the shots are killing more people than they save. By Samantha Putterman• February 17, 2022 Steve Kirsch stated on September 14, 2021 in a tweet: "Pfizer vaccine kills more people than it saves." By Tom Kertscher• September 22, 2021 Instagram posts stated on July 20, 2021 in a post: “45,000 confirmed dead from the COVID-19 shots within three days… and they’ve covered it up.” By Monique Curet• July 22, 2021 Instagram posts stated on June 04, 2021 in an Instagram post: "920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated." By Miriam Valverde• June 8, 2021 Bloggers stated on December 04, 2021 in a blog post: "2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots as New Documents Prove Pfizer, the FDA, and the CDC Knew the Shots Were Not Safe for Pregnant Women" By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 15, 2021 Bloggers stated on May 04, 2021 in articles and social media: "15-year-old boy passes away from heart attack two days after Pfizer COVID-19 experimental jab." By Tom Kertscher• May 6, 2021 Facebook posts stated on February 09, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says death reports in federal database show the fatal risk of COVID-19 vaccines. By Noah Y. Kim• February 16, 2021 Tucker Carlson stated on May 05, 2021 in a TV segment: “Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.” By Bill McCarthy• May 6, 2021 Bloggers stated on September 26, 2021 in a website: "Millions have died from COVID injections." By Gabrielle Settles• October 1, 2021 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stated on December 06, 2021 in a meeting with Louisiana lawmakers: The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.” By Samantha Putterman• December 10, 2021 Instagram posts stated on June 11, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Report: Vaccine related deaths may rival recorded COVID-19 deaths." By Tom Kertscher• June 11, 2021 Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination. By Tom Kertscher• September 20, 2021 Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. By Gabrielle Settles• September 30, 2021 Bill Zedler stated on April 25, 2017 in his responses to a physician testifying before the Texas House Committee on Public Health: Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides. By W. Gardner Selby• May 11, 2017 Instagram posts stated on June 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome “is absolutely a side effect of vaccination.” By Emily Tian• July 12, 2021 Articles (11) How an alternative gateway to VAERS data helps fuel vaccine misinformation By Gabrielle Settles• February 28, 2022 Federal VAERS database is a critical tool for researchers, but a breeding ground for misinformation By Gabrielle Settles• May 3, 2021 Doubts raised over preprint study regarding myocarditis risk in teenage boys By Samantha Putterman• September 20, 2021 V-Safe: How everyday people help the CDC track COVID-19 vaccine safety with their phones By Amanda Michelle Gomez• August 26, 2021 PolitiFact’s guide to commonly misunderstood vaccine terms, and how to talk about them By Samantha Putterman• November 23, 2021 Should I get a COVID-19 vaccination? Answering questions for vaccine skeptics By Noah Y. Kim, Samantha Putterman• May 27, 2021 Licensed doctors who spread COVID-19 disinformation face no consequences, report shows By Victoria Knight• September 22, 2021 Answering questions, concerns about the coronavirus vaccines By Daniel Funke• April 14, 2021 Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• March 15, 2024 Who is Robert Malone? Joe Rogan’s guest was a vaccine scientist, became an anti-vaccine darling By Bill McCarthy• January 6, 2022 10 types of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation swirling online, fact-checked By Bill McCarthy• July 26, 2021
Steve Kirsch stated on August 08, 2023 in a blog post: COVID-19 vaccines have killed 676,000 Americans. By Tom Kertscher• August 14, 2023 Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2021 in an Instagram post: Deaths from vaccines have totaled 1,621 from Johnson & Johnson, 4,799 from Moderna, 13,039 from Pfizer and 73 from unknown vaccines. And this is an undercount because “only 1% of deaths are reported.” By Gabrielle Settles• December 10, 2021 TikTok posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine. By Tom Kertscher• August 9, 2021 Instagram posts stated on May 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: “943 innocent kids … are now injured or dead” because of the COVID-19 vaccine. By Gabrielle Settles• May 26, 2021 Will Cain stated on October 01, 2021 in a Fox News segment: "You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS." By Bill McCarthy• October 7, 2021 Instagram posts stated on February 14, 2022 in an Instagram post: Says the FDA said that Pfizer “falsely misled” the agency about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines and that the shots are killing more people than they save. By Samantha Putterman• February 17, 2022 Steve Kirsch stated on September 14, 2021 in a tweet: "Pfizer vaccine kills more people than it saves." By Tom Kertscher• September 22, 2021 Instagram posts stated on July 20, 2021 in a post: “45,000 confirmed dead from the COVID-19 shots within three days… and they’ve covered it up.” By Monique Curet• July 22, 2021 Instagram posts stated on June 04, 2021 in an Instagram post: "920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated." By Miriam Valverde• June 8, 2021 Bloggers stated on December 04, 2021 in a blog post: "2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots as New Documents Prove Pfizer, the FDA, and the CDC Knew the Shots Were Not Safe for Pregnant Women" By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 15, 2021 Bloggers stated on May 04, 2021 in articles and social media: "15-year-old boy passes away from heart attack two days after Pfizer COVID-19 experimental jab." By Tom Kertscher• May 6, 2021 Facebook posts stated on February 09, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says death reports in federal database show the fatal risk of COVID-19 vaccines. By Noah Y. Kim• February 16, 2021 Tucker Carlson stated on May 05, 2021 in a TV segment: “Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.” By Bill McCarthy• May 6, 2021 Bloggers stated on September 26, 2021 in a website: "Millions have died from COVID injections." By Gabrielle Settles• October 1, 2021 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stated on December 06, 2021 in a meeting with Louisiana lawmakers: The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.” By Samantha Putterman• December 10, 2021 Instagram posts stated on June 11, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Report: Vaccine related deaths may rival recorded COVID-19 deaths." By Tom Kertscher• June 11, 2021 Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination. By Tom Kertscher• September 20, 2021 Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. By Gabrielle Settles• September 30, 2021 Bill Zedler stated on April 25, 2017 in his responses to a physician testifying before the Texas House Committee on Public Health: Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides. By W. Gardner Selby• May 11, 2017 Instagram posts stated on June 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome “is absolutely a side effect of vaccination.” By Emily Tian• July 12, 2021
How an alternative gateway to VAERS data helps fuel vaccine misinformation By Gabrielle Settles• February 28, 2022 Federal VAERS database is a critical tool for researchers, but a breeding ground for misinformation By Gabrielle Settles• May 3, 2021 Doubts raised over preprint study regarding myocarditis risk in teenage boys By Samantha Putterman• September 20, 2021 V-Safe: How everyday people help the CDC track COVID-19 vaccine safety with their phones By Amanda Michelle Gomez• August 26, 2021 PolitiFact’s guide to commonly misunderstood vaccine terms, and how to talk about them By Samantha Putterman• November 23, 2021 Should I get a COVID-19 vaccination? Answering questions for vaccine skeptics By Noah Y. Kim, Samantha Putterman• May 27, 2021 Licensed doctors who spread COVID-19 disinformation face no consequences, report shows By Victoria Knight• September 22, 2021 Answering questions, concerns about the coronavirus vaccines By Daniel Funke• April 14, 2021 Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• March 15, 2024 Who is Robert Malone? Joe Rogan’s guest was a vaccine scientist, became an anti-vaccine darling By Bill McCarthy• January 6, 2022 10 types of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation swirling online, fact-checked By Bill McCarthy• July 26, 2021