Misinformation and Disinformation on COVID by

vanessacarbone1 — 2025-09-10 01:43:32 UTC

One of the most well-known examples of misinformation is the potential link of the MMR vaccine with autism and gastroenteritis in children.

2025-09-22 06:16:47 UTC

“COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips to track people.” Conspiracy theory pushed by anti-vaccine groups.

mpickard1_1 — 2025-09-22 06:17:46 UTC

Does COVID-19 spread through wireless or mobile networks?

No. Viruses can only spread between living beings and can't travel on radio waves and mobile networks.

2025-09-22 06:19:23 UTC

Drinking hot water, garlic, or alcohol can prevent infection.

None of these prevent COVID-19; only vaccination, masking, ventilation, and hygiene help.

2025-09-22 06:19:27 UTC

Can COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility?

No. COVID-19 vaccines do not cause fertility problems. After getting the vaccine, some women who get a period, also called menstruation, may have changes to their menstrual cycle. But these changes don't last and don't affect a person's ability to get pregnant.

If males have a fever after vaccination, they may produce less sperm for a short time. This is the case with fever from any cause, not just in response to a vaccine.

2025-09-22 06:19:58 UTC

A common piece of misinformation was that 5G mobile networks spread COVID-19. Some people believed the virus was transmitted through radio waves, and as a result, phone towers were even vandalised in some countries. This was false because viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks.

2025-09-22 06:21:02 UTC

Vaccine lies circulated which were saying they contained microchips, caused infertility, or were part of secret government plans.

2025-09-22 06:21:05 UTC

young people cannot catch COVID-19, only older people get sick

2025-09-22 06:22:04 UTC

A repeated false claim about COVID-19 vaccines is that the vaccines cause female infertility. In December 2020, almost immediately there arose conspiracy theories claiming that these vaccines cause menstrual irregularities, miscarriages, and infertility, promoted by noted antivaccine activists Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Andrew Wakefield among others.

2025-09-22 06:23:17 UTC

potential link of the MMR vaccine with autism and gastroenteritis in children caused people to have Covid.

5G technology spreads covid; the australian government and fact checkers categorically debunked this claim

people believed the covid 19 vaccine not only that it will effect on fertility in women and the ability to alter the human genome but also beliefs regarding a global effort to decrease world population

2025-09-22 06:23:40 UTC

That mobile phone towers transmit or spread the virus