O.J. Simpson, a football star acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, died of cancer at age 76, and conspiracy theorists and vaccine opponents quickly spun his death into anti-vaccination fodder, claiming that his death was related to his COVID-19 vaccination.

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Amy Schumer has explained that she is experiencing some medical and hormonal issues related to endometriosis, but some social media users are falsely claiming that she is suffering from a vaccine-related ailment, as the condition "VAIDS" does not exist.

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The World Health Organization uses the term "Disease X" to refer to an as-yet-unknown new illness, but conspiracy theorists have twisted the term into something that is part of a sinister plot to wreak havoc on the world.

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A meme on social media misrepresents the views and media coverage of climatologist Judith Curry, who is popular among those who believe climate change is a hoax, and suggests that she gets an unfair proportion of media coverage compared with environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

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Flu shots and vaccines that protect children against measles, mumps and rubella have been effective in preventing illness, serious disease and death. But a meme has been circulating with the false suggestion that those vaccines are ineffective.

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A video repeating the claim that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the sudden onset of various visible ailments — such as fainting and facial paralysis — is making the rounds, again. But, just like the other, similar posts we’ve addressed, there’s no support for this one, either.

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No COVID-19 vaccines were affected by the tornado that damaged Pfizer’s North Carolina warehouse, which doesn’t produce the vaccines. But some misinformation spreaders are claiming vaccines were destroyed.

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Studies have found the rate of autism is the same in vaccinated and unvaccinated children. But the false claim that vaccines are associated with the disorder persists.

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Public health organizations have explained that the reason there were far fewer cases of the flu in 2020 and 2021 was likely due to measures adopted to slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, such as handwashing and social distancing. But a post on social media has spread the false claim that the dip in flu cases suggests that COVID-19 was a hoax.

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Government health agencies disclosed a potential safety concern for strokes in those 65 and older with one of the COVID-19 vaccines, but the agencies haven’t found any causal relationship and the concern was flagged by just one of several monitoring systems. Anti-vaccine campaigners, however, have wrongly claimed the agencies have found a link between the boosters and strokes.

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