President Joe Biden's plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for any business with more than 100 employees threw gas on the misinformation fire surrounding vaccination. Though 63% of the US population has received at least one shot, millions of people remain unvaccinated.
As the government and health officials push to get more people vaccinated, false claims about the COVID-19 vaccines continue to proliferate on social media. Facebook, Reddit and YouTube have tried to stop the spread of misinformation on their platforms, but the problem remains. In July, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy described COVID-19 misinformation as an "urgent threat" to public health.
We're going to debunk some common false claims being posted on social media, and we'll explore the facts about COVID-19 vaccines.
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False: The vaccine kills more people than COVID
A common misconception about COVID-19 vaccines is the idea that they're causing a high number of deaths. To back up this false statement, conspiracy theorists often point to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The system works as a vaccine surveillance program to "detect unusual or unexpected reporting patterns of adverse events for vaccines."
The latest numbers from VAERS show 7,653 reported deaths as of Sept. 24. That's 0.002% of the 380 million doses administered.
These recorded events don't directly link death to a vaccine and can be submitted by anyone,...
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