Tall Tales About Vaccines

Misleading claims about vaccines are a real health concern. Here is a collection of reports and fact checks that analyze claims — some of them outright conspiracy theories — about vaccination.

'First Ever' Study Comparing Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children Shows Harm from Vaccines?

May 17, 2017 This study, with its suspect statistics and devil-may-care attitude toward methodological design ...

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Was a Scientist Jailed After Discovering a Deadly Virus Delivered Through Vaccines?

Dec. 8, 2018 Judy Mikovits did not discover a deadly virus delivered through vaccines; she was arrested for a ...

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Did the Government Censor an Expert Witness Who Changed His View on Vaccines?

Jan. 21, 2019 A deep dive into some misleading statements contained in a recent “Full Measure” segment produce ...

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Did 60 Lab Studies Recently Confirm a Cancer Link to a Vaccine You Had as a Child?

July 17, 2018 An attention-grabbing headline mischaracterized actual polio vaccine contamination in the 1950s ...

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Are Pharmaceutical Companies Hiding the Presence of Peanut Oil in Vaccines?

Feb. 16, 2017 Despite arguments that vaccines are to blame for rising peanut allergies, the claim that peanut ...

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Would Breaking a Vaccine Vial Necessitate Evacuating a Building?

May 15, 2017 This claim, made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is a solid illustration of why scale and context matt ...

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Did Bill Gates 'Admit' Vaccinations Are Designed So Governments Can 'Depopulate' the World?

March 10, 2017 The computer magnate believes that vaccines can be used to reduce childhood mortality and ultima ...

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Are 35,000 Gulf War Soldiers Dead Due to Anthrax Vaccinations?

Jan. 18, 2017 A controversial film suggests that 35,000 servicemembers died from anthrax vaccinations, but we ...

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