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Nog meer prikcollages van Hugo de Jonge. Dit keer: 6 coronaprikken.
Publisher’s rating: Zoals Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) al meermaals aantoonde is het niet waar dat Hugo de Jonge al veel vaker een coronavaccinatie ontving dan de meeste Nederlanders. Demissionair minister De Jonge kreeg tot nu toe twee coronavaccinaties. Drie andere foto’s in deze collage zijn van griepprikken. De zesde is ook goed te verklaren: er is twee keer een foto van dezelfde prikafspraak gebruikt.
The reviewed claim appeared with a Facebook collage showing Hugo de Jonge receiving injections in six photographs. The allegation was that all six showed COVID vaccinations. The review distinguishes the photographs rather than treating each injection as evidence of a separate COVID dose: it reports that De Jonge had received two COVID vaccinations, while three images show flu vaccinations and the remaining image is explained by a duplicated appointment.
هل لقاحات كوفيد-19 تؤثر على الدورة الشهرية؟
Publisher’s rating: غير صحيح
Die Zahlen in der Tabelle belegen, dass die Corona-Impfung keinen Effekt zeigt.
Publisher’s rating: Die Zahlen sind teilweise falsch und lassen sich wegen der seit einigen Monaten vorherrschenden Delta-Variante nicht vergleichen. Die Wirksamkeit der Impfung wurde hinlänglich bestätigt.
The claim concerned a Facebook post that contrasted Austrian testing, infection and hospital figures for October 2020 and October 2021, presenting them as evidence that vaccination had no apparent effect. The review checked those figures against data attributed to the ORF, the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), and the Epidemiological Reporting System (EMS). It reports that the post’s test counts were accurate: 159,170 tests in the cited 2020 period and 2,263,574 in the same period in 2021. But its positive-test figures were not: the review gives 25,459 infections in 2020 and 30,567 in 2021 for October 23–29. The comparison also mischaracterized vaccination coverage. As of October 29, 2021, 65.82% of the total population had received at least one dose, while 62.50% was fully immunized; for people over 12, the review cites 68.20% fully vaccinated as of November 2. It says the post’s positivity rates differed slightly from official figures and that the 2020 rate could not be established securely for the whole period. The review notes reported rates of over 14% on October 24, 12% on October 29, and 18.5% on November 6, 2020, compared with an average 1.08% in the cited 2021 period. It explains that the higher 2020 positivity rate suggests more infections went undetected. The hospital figures in the post were correct, but the review says they do not establish that vaccination had no effect: it attributes the similar levels, including more intensive-care patients in 2021, in part to the more transmissible Delta variant that had dominated for months. It also distinguishes infection from protection against severe disease, citing an RKI estimate of about 90% lower likelihood of severe COVID-19 for fully vaccinated people and ministry figures that roughly three quarters of COVID-19 intensive-care patients in Austria in early November 2021 were not fully vaccinated.
Op teletekst staat dat Thierry Baudet is gevaccineerd.
Publisher’s rating: De teletekstpagina is niet echt. Er is geen duidelijk bewijs dat Thierry Baudet daadwerkelijk is gevaccineerd. Hijzelf ontkende dit bovendien, toen de geruchten op gang kwamen.
The claim circulated in November 2021 alongside a screenshot headed “Forum-voorman Baudet gevaccineerd.” The investigation checked whether this was an authentic NOS Teletext item and whether there was evidence that Baudet had received a COVID-19 vaccination. It reports that the screenshot was shared amid a wave of posts using the hashtag #thierryisgevaccineerd, but that the image was a fabricated Teletext page rather than a genuine report. The review describes several checks of the image’s provenance and appearance. It says internet archives contained no version of Teletext page 107 reporting Baudet’s vaccination, and that the item did not appear on the NOS Teletext Twitter account, where posts were normally reposted. The review also points to formatting differences: the screenshot has spaces after punctuation where Teletext did not use them, begins its final sentence without a capital letter, and uses letters that are less tightly spaced and thinner than those in authentic Teletext reports. On the vaccination question, the review says it found no online evidence such as photographs or video of an appointment. It also reports that Baudet denied being vaccinated on Twitter, saying he had “of course” not received a vaccine. These findings address the specific screenshot and the claim it was used to promote; the excerpt does not establish Baudet’s vaccination status through medical records or another independent record.
மருத்துவ தயாரிப்புகளின் சாத்தியமான பக்கவிளைவுகளின் WHO உலகளாவிய தரவுத்தளமான விஜிபேஸில் உள்ள தகவல்களைப் பொது அணுகலை வழங்குவதற்காக VigiAccess ஆனது 2015 ஆம் ஆண்டு உலக சுகாதார அமைப்பால் (WHO) தொடங்கப்பட்டது. 2020-2021-ல் கோவிட்-19 தடுப்பூசியால் 24,57,386 பேர் பாதகமான மருந்து எதிர்வினையால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளனர்.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Deze cijfers bewijzen dat de coronavaccins bijzonder veel bijwerkingen heeft.
Publisher’s rating: De cijfers die in de afbeelding kunnen niet gebruikt worden om iets af te leiden over de veiligheid van de coronavaccins. VigiAccess verzamelt alle meldingen van symptomen, los van het bestaan van causale verbanden. Er kan dan ook enkel op basis van deze cijfers - zonder context - niets over de veiligheid van de coronavaccins worden gezegd.
The post’s table appears to compare reports of adverse drug reactions for coronavirus vaccines with reports for other vaccines and medicines. The review identifies the figures as data from VigiAccess, a platform that makes information from the WHO’s VigiBase database publicly available. It says the table showed about 2.5 million reports for coronavirus vaccines, more than for the other products listed. Those counts, however, are reports of suspected reactions, not proof that a vaccine caused them. The review explains that VigiAccess presents possible adverse reactions and lacks the additional information needed to establish causation representatively. The totals are also absolute counts, not reports adjusted for how many people received each product. Therefore, the table alone cannot show whether a reported number is proportionally high or low, or establish that the vaccines are unsafe. The figures for coronavirus vaccines aggregate vaccines together, without distinguishing among individual products. The review notes that a European database allows reports to be viewed by vaccine, but cautions that it carries the same kind of disclaimer. In short, the post treats raw reports as evidence of proven, unusually frequent harms, while the review describes important limits on what those reports can establish.
VigiAccess was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015 to provide public access to information in VigiBase, the WHO global database of reported potential side effects of medical products. 24,57,386 people have had adverse drug reactions to the Covid vaccine in 2020-2021.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Duitse arts Thomas Jendgens deelde deze video waarin hij zegt dat de coronavaccins een genocide zijn en pleegde daarna zelfmoord.
Publisher’s rating: De man in de video is Duitse gyneacoloog Guido Hofmann, niet dokter Thomas Jendges. Die laatste pleegde zelfmoord, maar er is geen enkel bewijs dat hij in een afscheidsboodschap de coronavaccins als een gevaar omschreef.
The claim combines two separate matters: a video in which a man denounces coronavirus vaccines and Thomas Jendges’s death. The investigation identifies the speaker in the video as Guido Hofmann, a German gynaecologist, rather than Jendges. It reports that Hofmann confirmed on Telegram on 23 November 2021 that he was the person shown and not Jendges. The review says the video had circulated since September and that some versions show Hofmann’s name. It also describes an identity comparison: despite poor image quality, Hofmann could be recognized by comparing the video with a photograph on his website and a photograph of Jendges. The excerpts do not describe any further technical analysis of the video. Jendges was a physician and director of a hospital in Chemnitz, and he died by suicide in early November. The investigation says there was no evidence that he left a farewell letter expressing the vaccine-related sentiments attributed to him. It reports that dpa had previously checked this with police and the Chemnitz municipality, and adds that Jendges had been openly in favour of vaccination. The video’s anti-vaccine statements therefore do not establish that Jendges made them: the investigation attributes them to Hofmann instead.
Des chiffres officiels montrent des milliers de décès et des millions d'effets secondaires suite à la vaccination contre le Covid-19.
Publisher’s rating: Les données de l’EMA concernent des signalements d’effets secondaires qui pourraient être liés à l’utilisation des vaccins contre le Covid-19, mais qui ne le sont pas forcément. Il s’agit de rapports qui doivent encore faire l’objet d’un examen. Un signalement sur la base de données de l’EMA ne signifie pas qu’il existe un lien avéré entre le vaccin et l’effet observé.
The claim refers to figures circulating on social media that purport to show thousands of confirmed deaths and millions of side effects after Covid-19 vaccination. DPA traced those figures to the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) database of suspected adverse-reaction reports. The review says the posts add together reported reactions, including reports recorded with a fatal outcome, and present the totals as a vaccination tally. The figures therefore describe reports made after vaccination, not proof that vaccination caused the reported events. DPA explains that the database records possible adverse reactions and explicitly warns that its entries do not confirm a link between a medicine and an observed effect. Events reported after vaccination may instead have another cause, such as illness or another medicine taken at the same time. The review also notes that reports can include duplicates and that one person can have several suspected reactions, so reaction counts need not equal counts of individual cases. The review says determining whether a medicine caused an event requires scientific assessment that considers other factors, including the person’s health and medical history. More precise figures, after potential duplicates are identified, appear in the EMA’s vaccine-safety updates, but those figures still concern suspected adverse effects. The evidence in the review therefore supports the narrower conclusion that the cited totals are reports requiring assessment; it does not establish the claimed causal connection or a count of confirmed vaccine-caused deaths and effects.
Les vaccinés positifs peuvent continuer à aller là où bon leur semble.
Publisher’s rating: Une personne vaccinée qui est testée positive au Covid-19 est logée à la même enseigne que celles non vaccinées. Lors d’un test positif, le Covid Safe Ticket de la personne concernée est rendu invalide pendant 11 jours. Elle doit par ailleurs se soumettre à une quarantaine.
The claim arose in a Facebook post asking why vaccinated people who tested positive could still go wherever they liked. The review examined the Belgian Covid Safe Ticket (CST), which had been introduced to limit the spread of Covid-19, and checked what happened to a vaccinated person’s certificate after a positive test. The rules described in the review contradict the claim: a positive result temporarily prevents the person from using the vaccination certificate as a CST. The review reports that the CST rules published on covidsafe.be made a vaccination certificate invalid for 11 days after a positive test. It also quotes the Walloon Agency for Quality of Life (AViQ), which confirmed that the vaccination CST would be invalidated during those 11 days and would become valid again automatically afterward. The article says this rule applied throughout Belgium, including Brussels and Flanders. A positive test also triggered isolation requirements, regardless of vaccination status. The review says a person testing positive had to isolate for at least 10 days, and could leave home after that period only if they had been without fever for at least three days and no longer had respiratory problems. Thus, the claim’s suggestion that vaccinated people who tested positive could continue using the CST and go about freely leaves out both the temporary certificate invalidation and the isolation requirement.
Ivermectin hilft gegen Covid-19 bzw schützt davor
Publisher’s rating: Nicht belegt. Gesundheitsbehörden warnen vor eigenständiger Einnahme. Durch falsche Dosierung vergiften sich viele Menschen. Eine Wirksamkeit des Anti-Parasitenmittels konnte in klinischen Tests nicht belegt werden.
Plus de 2,4 millions d'effets secondaires des vaccins contre le Covid-19, selon les données de l'OMS.
Publisher’s rating: La vidéo ne précise pas que les données de l’OMS portent sur des signalements d’effets secondaires possibles des vaccins et médicaments concernés. Un signalement ne veut pas dire qu’il existe un lien avéré entre l’évènement observé et le vaccin ou médicament utilisé.
The claim concerns a video comparing counts of reported effects for COVID-19 vaccines with counts for other vaccines and medicines. The video gives the figure 2,457,386 for COVID-19 vaccine effects “in less than two years.” The review checked those figures against data available through the WHO’s VigiAccess site. It reports that, as of November 22, 2021, VigiAccess showed 2,555,971 reports for COVID-19 vaccines—somewhat more than the video’s figure—as well as 273,871 for influenza vaccine, 122,334 for polio vaccine, and 167,482 for ibuprofen. The central qualification is what these counts represent. The review says the database concerns suspected reports, not confirmed vaccine-caused effects. It quotes VigiAccess warning that its information cannot establish a confirmed link between a suspected effect and a specific medicine, and that observed symptoms or circumstances may or may not have been caused by the product. The database also cannot determine the probability of an effect occurring. Thus, the count is a count of reports, not proof that all reported events were caused by COVID-19 vaccines. The video’s side-by-side comparisons also omit important differences. The review notes that the products are used for different diseases and that the scale of use matters; it reports that more than 7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered worldwide in less than a year. It concludes that comparisons between medicines and vaccines are not necessarily meaningful on their own. The evidence therefore supports the existence of millions of reports in the database, while the video’s framing as millions of established vaccine side effects is not supported by what those reports show.
Las vacunas eliminan los anticuerpos desarrollados por quienes tuvieron covid-19
Publisher’s rating: Falso
సైటోస్పాంజ్ టెక్నిక్తో గుండెలోని బ్లాకేజీలను ఆపరేషన్ లేకుండా డైరెక్టుగా తొలగించవచ్చు
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
শরীরে চিনি না পেলে ক্যান্সার সেলগুলো এমনিতেই বা প্রাকৃতিকভাবেই বিনাশ হয়ে যাবে
Publisher’s rating: False
তিন মাস সকালে খাবারের আগে খালি পেটে এই লেবু মিশ্রিত গরম জল পান করুন, উধাও হয়ে যাবে ক্যান্সার
Publisher’s rating: False
