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COVID vaccines are safer than COVID itself

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Fallacy Man

Some of the most persistent myths and misconceptions around COVID19 vaccines concern the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly in young people. A massive new study has obliterated these myths using a very clever study design, and it’s worth diving … Continue reading →

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Vaccines are tested against placebos

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Fallacy Man

Lately, my Facebook page has been flooded with people insisting that  “no vaccine is tested against a placebo” (sometimes stated with additional qualifiers like “double-blind” or “saline placebo”). This claim, like so many anti-vaccer claims, is blatantly false. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading →

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Masks and COVID vaccines were huge successes; ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were not

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Fallacy Man

COVID19 presented an unprecedented challenge for modern science/medicine. Faced with a novel infectious disease, doctors, scientists, and health officials rose to the challenge in remarkable speed. That rate at which we went from never having heard of COVID19 to having … Continue reading →

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Debunking 30 bad arguments about COVID/vaccines

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Fallacy Man

The COVID era has been a golden age of misinformation. It has seen the development of innumerable false claims and shoddy arguments, and it has breathed new life into ancient anti-vaccine tropes. Indeed, I find it impossible to make any … Continue reading →

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The “99% survive COVID” argument is deceptive and completely misses the point

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Fallacy Man

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the argument that “99% of COVID patients survive” has been repeatedly used as an excuse to oppose public health measures including mask mandates, lockdowns, and, more recently, vaccines. It asserts that because COVID has a ~99% … Continue reading →

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