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. 2021 Jan 15;18(2):727. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020727

Table 4.

Hoaxes and conspiracy theories detected in the videos.

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    The influenza vaccine is totally ineffective.

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    The influenza vaccine is a scam by the big pharmaceutical industries to make money from vulnerable people.

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    Influenza vaccines are used to control our minds—the vaccine is a way to introduce control agents/nanotechnology microchips into our bodies, in addition to experimental pathogens.

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    Influenza vaccines often make the flu worse.

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    It is better to drink celery, ginger, lemon, and pineapple juice than obtain an influenza shot.

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    It is best to drink hot tea made from lemons, oranges, pineapple, ginger, apple cider vinegar, turmeric, cayenne pepper, stevia or organic honey, and garlic than obtain an influenza shot.

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    Drinking cod liver oil, thyme, turmeric or ginger tea, honey, and calendrus is a good alternative to the influenza vaccine.

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    Influenza vaccines are not safe.

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    Influenza vaccines spread the flu—people who receive influenza vaccines release 630 percent more influenza virus particles into the air compared to unvaccinated people.

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    The vaccine is toxic to health because it is made from formaldehyde and thiomerosal (derived from mercury), which are neurotoxins with harmful effects on people’s health.

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    The mercury and aluminum contained in influenza vaccines alter the immune system, causing it to not work properly and slowing it down.

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    Influenza vaccination among children is associated with autistic children.

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    It has been shown that influenza vaccination is associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

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    Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was produced by the influenza vaccine because it contains coronavirus.

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    Every year, thousands of people die from the influenza vaccine (without allergic reactions justifying all those deaths).

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    The influenza vaccine most likely killed United States Senator Jose Peralta by causing him to go into septic shock.

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    The increased use of influenza vaccines is directly related to an increase in all types of autoimmune diseases.

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    There is a correlation between increased rates of childhood influenza vaccination and increased infant mortality rates.

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    Influenza vaccination is harmful to a mother’s fetus and is linked to miscarriage.

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    Influenza vaccines can lead to influenza.

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    The influenza vaccine is contraindicated in people with chronic or degenerative diseases or those with some type of immunosuppression.

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    Influenza vaccines cause fibromyalgia.

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    Influenza vaccines cause multiple sclerosis.