copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS (Social media users, 2024-08-16)
Evidence (2024-10-08): This report highlights the questionable rapidity with which Lorenze’s illness was attributed to vaccines by anti-vaccine activists. As a fuller examination of the available evidence shows, it is challenging to reliably establish vaccines as the sole cause of her condition.
Claim: Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS (Social media users, 2024-08-16)
Evidence (2019-02-11): Published: 22 Aug 2024 [...] Facebook reel misinterprets patents for proposed therapies and vaccines as patents for viruses [...] Published: 16 Aug 2024
Claim: Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS (Social media users, 2024-08-16)
Evidence (2024-08-16): Roughly 900 million people lived in low-lying coastal cities and settlements in 2020; a figure that is projected to reach 1 billion by 2050. Is there anything we can do now to reduce sea-level rise and its impacts? Our past actions will already impact sea-levels for thousands of years. But not everything is set in stone. We possess the power to reduce sea-level rise and its impacts over the next century and beyond with our current actions. Some advocate to mitigate the causes, and others to adapt to the consequences. But what do experts say?
Claim: Patent US5676977A is for AIDS, patent US8835624B1 is for H1N1, patents US7897744B2 and US8506968B2 are for SARS (Social media users, 2024-08-16)
Evidence (2024-08-16): A Facebook reel posted on 1 August 2024 shared a screenshot of a tweet asking "Why are there patents on viruses?" The screenshot listed AIDS, H1N1, Ebola, swine flu, Zika, SARS, and coronavirus as evidence of viruses being patented. It also listed a series of numbers ostensibly linked to each virus patent. The reel was viewed more than 257,000 times. [...] This attribution is also inaccurate. This patent isn’t for the H1N1 influenza virus, which causes swine flu, but for an aptamer that binds specifically to the H1N1 influenza virus and ways of using the aptamer. It was filed in 2014 by researchers at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. An aptamer is a short strand of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) that can bind to proteins on cells and viruses, like antibodies. This feature makes aptamers potentially useful for discovery, diagnostic, and therapeutic purposes[1-3]. [...] The first is a patent for the genomic sequence of the virus SARS-CoV-1, which causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). It’s not a patent for the virus itself. It was filed in 2004 by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2019-10-19): The MMR vaccine does not reduce fertility nor does it cause increased mortality. The vaccine also saves lives. All three facts taken together show that the MMR vaccine would actually encourage population growth by counteracting depopulation processes.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-05-28): At the regional level routine immunization coverage has stalled at between 70 and 75% in the past 10 years, well below the 90% target. So, operationalizing the Immunization Agenda 2030 is a top priority in the African Region. [...] Finally, scaling-up vaccine manufacturing in African countries is an important medium-term strategy to build more resilient supply chains and improve access to these global public health goods. We are glad to note that at the political level, at the level of Ministers of Health, our leadership is very determined in embarking on this.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2022-12-21): The year 2022 began on the back of a new COVID-19 wave driven by the more infectious Omicron variant. The continent was grappling with its fourth pandemic wave amid the world’s lowest vaccination rates. World Health Organization, the COVAX Facility and partner organizations ardently pushed for vaccine equity and ramped up supply and support to countries to increase vaccine uptake. [...] World Health Organization steps up support to African countries to bolster surveillance and laboratory diagnosis to detect cases and deter a silent spread of the virus. [...] Africa receives 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses since deliveries began in early 2021. While the continent has made significant efforts to vaccinate its population, less than 30% of the population is currently fully vaccinated against the virus.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-05-17): "Commitment and domestic resourcing is crucial," says Dr Phionah Atuhebwe, WHO Africa’s New Vaccines Introduction Officer. [...] "WHO has been at the centre of the vaccine rollout in Africa, and has supported African countries since the beginning of pandemic," says Dr Richard Mihigo, WHO Africa’s Immunization and Vaccines Development Programme Coordinator. [...] WHO is assisting African countries to assess and alleviate the reasons for the limited vaccine rollout so far.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-04-07): The aim of the UN-backed COVAX scheme is to get two billion vaccine doses into the arms of around a quarter of the population of poorer countries by the end of 2021. What are the main challenges that need to be overcome, if this historic global effort is to be achieved? [...] "WHO supports countries in their efforts to acquire and sustain vaccine production technology and capacity", says Diane Abad-Vergara, COVAX communications lead for the agency, "through such initiatives as the Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network, and helps them to build additional manufacturing bases — especially in Africa, Asia, and Latin America — which will be essential to meeting ongoing demand for COVID-19 booster shots and future vaccines.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-04-14): More supportive environments. The past year has seen a deepening of the political and regulatory support required to manufacture vaccines in Africa. Notable shifts include increased political commitments from African and global leaders in steering the local vaccine-manufacturing agenda and improvements in regionalization and the integration of vaccine markets across the continent. This year’s launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as well as the promise of greater harmonization of markets offered by the African Medicines Agency (AMA) and regional economic communities, seem to be helping. Still, more work needs to be done across the enabling environment; building a sustainable vaccines industry will require a multidecade commitment—especially once the limelight of COVID-19 has dimmed. [...] Simply replicating the models used by other vaccine-producing countries may not work in Africa given the fundamental differences in population sizes, capabilities, and infrastructure. Africa may need creative and complementary approaches for larger regions or the entire continent—for example, by exploring the production of Africa-specific products or leapfrogging technologies to more efficient processes that require smaller scale. Our economic modeling and interviews suggested five potential models for sustainable vaccine manufacturing in Africa (Exhibit 5). Some may be more relevant in certain countries or regions. These models should not be considered mutually exclusive: multiple models could take root simultaneously in different places, and some simpler models may be natural precursors for other more complex ones.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2023-06-30): Sustained control, elimination and eradication of key VPDs is vital to end preventable deaths and protect the health and wellbeing of populations across the African Region. WHO works closely with countries and partners to improve immunization coverage and prevent and control VPDs, as part of broader efforts to strengthen primary health care and help countries move towards UHC. WHO supports all countries in the African Region by establishing norms and standards, developing evidence-based policies and guidance, monitoring VPD situations, contributing to health service delivery in emergency situations, and advocating with governments and partners. [...] In order to respond promptly, efficiently, and with scientific rigour to vaccine safety issues, the WHO Regional Office for Africa has established an African Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (AACVS). This committee provides independent expert advice on technical issues related to the safety, effectiveness and use of all vaccines, consistent with the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), the Regional Strategic Plan for Immunization (RSPI) and the Global Vaccine Safety Blueprint (GVSB).
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2024-04-24): "Vaccines are among the most powerful inventions in history, making once-feared diseases preventable," said WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "Thanks to vaccines, smallpox has been eradicated, polio is on the brink, and with the more recent development of vaccines against diseases like malaria and cervical cancer, we are pushing back the frontiers of disease. With continued research, investment and collaboration, we can save millions more lives today and in the next 50 years."
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-09-23): UNGA SIDE EVENT - Immunization Agenda 2030: Leveraging the global response to COVID-19 to strengthen health systems and build back better 23 September, 2021
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-09-20): Africa needs around 470 million doses to accomplish the global of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of its population by the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. [...] WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said that "export bans and vaccine hoarding have a chokehold on vaccine supplies to Africa." [...] WHO is ramping up support to African countries to identify and address gaps in their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-12-31): As of 30 December, just under half of the countries on the continent had achieved more than 10% of the population fully vaccinated (a target the WHO had set for the end of September, and which was missed by most African nations). [...] The WHO has set a further target of 70% coverage for all countries by June 2022, but this could also be missed across Africa. "As things stand, predictions are that Africa may not reach the 70% vaccination coverage target until August 2024," WHO Africa regional director Matshidiso Moeti says. [...] The WHO says Africa needs more than 900m vaccine doses to fully vaccinate 40% of its population.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-07-06): NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Dr. Phionah Atuhebwe of the World Health Organization about the challenges that countries in Africa are facing in vaccinating their citizens. The Delta variant is rapidly spreading across the African continent in a third wave of COVID-19 infections, and only about 1% of Africans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, making people vulnerable. The majority of African countries participate in COVAX, a global initiative created to improve equity in vaccine distribution. But vaccines haven't reached people as efficiently as hoped. Dr. Phionah Atuhebwe is the World Health Organization's new vaccines introduction officer for Africa. The WHO is one of the organizations leading COVAX. [...] ATUHEBWE: Right now, to be honest, we are at the mercy of the richer countries that are having much more vaccine than they require, given that in Africa we have not even vaccinated 1% of our population, let alone vaccinating the priority groups. We have health workers in Africa working in COVID treatment centers and have not been vaccinated because they cannot access the vaccine dose. And that's ethical and moral obligation that we think the Western world has to the African population. We know that we are a global village. See what the Delta variant has now done, even to countries that have vaccinated huge populations.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2022-02-07): To date, Africa has received more than 587 million vaccine doses: 58 per cent through the UN-backed and equity-based COVAX Facility, 36 per cent through bilateral deals, and six per cent through Africa Vaccines Acquisition Trust (AVAT) of the African Union. "The world has finally heard our calls. Africa is now accessing the vaccines it has demanded for far too long. This is a dose of hope for this year," said the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti. [...] So far, only Mauritius and Seychelles have met the 70 per cent target. Seven other countries have vaccinated around 40 per cent of their population.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2023-06-05): An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 to put the continent back on track to achieve the 2030 global immunization goals that include reducing morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases, an analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) finds. [...] This year, African Vaccination Week and World Immunization Week, from 24–30 April, is being marked under the theme "The Big Catch-Up". This is a global push by WHO and partners to intensify efforts to reach children who missed vaccinations, as well as to restore and strengthen routine immunization programmes. [...] To urgently scale up coverage and protect children, WHO and partners are supporting 10 priority African countries—which are among the top 20 countries globally with the highest numbers of zero-dose children—to carry out catch-up routine vaccination campaigns.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2022-07-15): WHO and UNICEF are working with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and other partners to deliver the global Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), a strategy for all countries and relevant global partners to achieve set goals on preventing diseases through immunization and delivering vaccines to everyone, everywhere, at every age. [...] The Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is an ambitious global strategy to maximize the lifesaving impact of vaccines -one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions of all time. IA2030 aims to reduce by half the number of children who still miss out on essential vaccines, achieve 500 introductions of new or under-used vaccines in low- and middle-income countries, and achieve 90 per cent coverage for key life-saving vaccines. Achieving these goals would avert over 50 million deaths and help build healthcare systems that can withstand the impact of pandemics and deliver rapid vaccination response. The strategy was endorsed by all countries through the 73rd World Health Assembly and is a commitment of IA2030 partners comprised of UN agencies, global health initiatives (such as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the Measles & Rubella Initiative), non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, faith-based organizations and academia. For more information on IA2030 partners, please visit the partners commitment page.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2024-04-18): He then spread a conspiracy theory popular in the anti-vaccine community - that vaccines are a way of "depopulating the world". [...] "This can have devastating consequences for public health, particularly in the WHO African region where vaccine-preventable diseases occur frequently," a WHO spokesperson said. [...] In a sermon in August 2023, the pastor broadcast a clip from a TED talk Bill Gates gave in 2010 as an example of "those who have an agenda for depopulation of the world".
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2022-09-02): Disinformation narrative 2: Gates and the WHO are using vaccines to depopulate Africa [...] Conspiracy theories can often be dismissed and many might never travel beyond the communities in which they originated [90]. However, the tendency of false vaccine depopulation claims to resurface and attract significant levels of engagement should not be ignored, especially when many still believe that past vaccine trials have killed African children [91]. [...] Finally, actors in West Africa are using popular conspiracy theories in the US, such as QAnon, New World Order and targeted depopulation, as part of their anti-vaccine messaging. They are also using sophisticated amplification techniques to reach audiences within different West African countries, including Nigeria, Niger, Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Gabon.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2014-08-31): Activists allege that these two institutions have a working relationship with pharma companies. The main charge against GAVI is that it has representatives from pharmaceutical companies on its board while the PHFI accepts grants from pharma companies. "BMGF and GAVI are pushing the [vaccine] agenda with governments around the world, including India," says Ritu Priya Mehrotra, professor of Social Medicine and Community Health and School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. The community health activist says the biotechnology industry was pushing more and more vaccines into India and that the health ministry was not ensuring that adequate testing was done before recommending their use in government programmes. "We need to follow the precautionary principle when it comes to vaccines. We do need more vaccines...but we should ensure that enough time is given for research to prove the efficacy and safety of new vaccines. The vaccines that are to be brought here should also fit our epidemiological profile," adds Mehrotra. Mehrotra adds that a network of people in aid agencies and the health bureaucracy were pushing this agenda. "They have the advantage of an existing medicalized mindset that believes vaccines are the perfect, safe, effective, low-cost solution for prevention of infectious diseases. There is ample evidence that this is not always the case."
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2021-09-25): The Secretary-General continues to push for the global vaccination plan, expressing hope that the US summit would be "a step in that direction".
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2020-04-01): The World Health Assembly, with the support of countries and partners, has endorsed a new global vision and strategy, called the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), to address these challenges over the next decade and save over 50 million lives. [...] The IA 2030 strategy—to extend the benefits of vaccines to everyone, everywhere—is underpinned by four core principles: it puts people in the centre, is led by countries, implemented through broad partnerships, and driven by data. The IA2030 strategy systematically applies the core principles across each of the strategic priorities.
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2019-10-31): In spite of evidence to the contrary, Rizza Islam claims that the MMR vaccine is used for depopulation [...] Inadequate support: No scientific evidence exists to support the claim that the MMR vaccine is used for depopulation. In fact, all the evidence points to the implausibility of using the vaccine for depopulation. This video, published in October 2019, went viral on Facebook in the same month and has received at least 3,000 shares and 52,000 views. The video shows an interview in which Rizza Islam claims that the MMR vaccination program in Africa is part of a "depopulation agenda".
Claim: The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa (Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19)
Evidence (2022-03-01): Vaccine disinformation and misinformation represent the main tools utilized to drive vaccine hesitancy across all platforms. Disinformation includes inaccurate information with malintent, while misinformation typically includes inaccurate information without deceitful intent. The sources of such information stem from North American and European networks building upon existing anti-vaccine messaging and pre-existing fears given historic unethical Western medical practices. These networks question Western financial and political motives, such as Bill Gates and World Health Organization, to reinforce conspiracy theories like the "New World Order" and targeted depopulation. Anti-vaccine supporters take advantage of the ability to simultaneously reach and influence large audiences through social media. A fifteen country study on vaccine perceptions investigated by the Africa CDC found individuals demonstrating higher levels of vaccine hesitancy and belief in disinformation are more inclined to seek online sources for information. Similarly, nearly half of the respondents reported seeing disinformation, and 59 percent note social media as the source. Anti-vaccine streams can capitalize on this widespread usage of social media to break down trust in actors and institutions involved with the COVID-19 vaccine and consequently push their agenda forward.
Claim: “huge peer review show[ed] vaccines may have caused tens of millions of serious new health problems worldwide” (Alex Berenson, 2023-02-28)
Evidence (2023-02-28): Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a common medical condition making it difficult for people to stand up. Data showed that both COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination could increase the risk of POTS. However, data also showed that the risk is five times higher following the disease than following the vaccination, illustrating the benefits of vaccination.
Claim: “huge peer review show[ed] vaccines may have caused tens of millions of serious new health problems worldwide” (Alex Berenson, 2023-02-28)
Evidence (2024-02-26): The Global Vaccine Data Network cohort study included 99 million vaccinated people from 10 sites across eight countries. Researchers compared the observed with expected rate for 13 neurological, blood, and heart related medical conditions.