Vaccine Misinformation

Anti-vaccine activists have spread misinformation about vaccines to promote an agenda. Snopes fact-checks their claims and common anti-vaccine tropes.

Evidence of Polio in London Stirs COVID Vaccine Concerns, Conspiracies

Evidence of Poliovirus in London Stirs Vaccine Confusion

29 June 2022

Social media users tried to sow doubt and confusion about the safety and efficacy of...

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Did the FBI Raid the CDC for Data on Vaccines and Autism?

24 January 2017

A known hoax purveyor spread false claims that the FBI "raided" the CDC in the...

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Was the Raggedy Ann Doll Modeled After a Child Killed by a Vaccine?

11 January 2017

Raggedy Ann's creator filed patents for the doll several months before his daughter fell ill...

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Wisconsin Girl Dies as a Result of Receiving Gardasil HPV Vaccine

5 August 2016

An online article claiming that a 12-year-old girl in Waukesha, Wisconsin, died as a result...

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American Immunity to the Zika Virus

25 May 2016

A false — and dangerous — claim that Americans are immune to the Zika virus...

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Girl receiving vaccine for cervical cancer

Is Autism Now Disclosed as a DTaP Vaccine Side Effect?

22 March 2016

Autism has not just been listed as a known side effect of the DTaP vaccine;...

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