Based only on the 55 claims I have been told so far I am confident (76%) that you should take the COVID vaccine if recommended by the CDC. If you feel I am incorrect please look through my reasons below and tell me what I am missing on Twitter or anonymously. I believe everything I am told until I am given a reason not to. How the scores work. Click the "more info" link to see the claims this is based on -> A vaccine will reduce your chance of getting seriously sick due to COVID-19 #severe #illness #disease Not one vaccinated person got sick enough to require hospitalization during clinical trials I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. UNCERTAIN: A vaccine minimizes the long-term negative side effects of the COVID-19 disease #permanent #persistent #symptoms Approximately 30% of outpatients in a study reported persistent COVID-19 disease symptoms for as long as 9 months after illness. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. More information is needed to determine whether vaccines prevent long haul covid I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. There is low transparency in the vaccines data reporting #secrecy #confidence #governments ICMRA1 and WHO called on the pharmaceutical industry to provide wide access to clinical data for all new medicines and vaccines I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. This claim has a lower impact because other claims in this section have a higher importance. Look at the claims with higher impact to see why they are more important. A lack of transparency in COVID-19 vaccine trials and secrecy over deals between governments and drug companies risks the success of the global pandemic response This claim has a lower impact because other claims in this section have a higher importance. Look at the claims with higher impact to see why they are more important. Analysis of the global COVID-19 vaccination process indicates a lack of quality governance in the areas of clinical trials and contracting in pandemic situations I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. A vaccine will reduce the spread of COVID-19 to others #protection #viral #transmission Results from clinical studies show that vaccines reduce the spread of the virus. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. MYTH: Large-scale vaccination could increase the virus spread in the future Vaccine developers are well aware of the ability of viruses to change over time, and they created vaccines that would account for that. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. A vaccine will reduce your chance of dying from the COVID-19 disease. #mortality #unvaccinated #hospital All authorized COVID-19 vaccines demonstrated high efficacy against COVID-19-associated death. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. Real-world data indicate that a high proportion of COVID-19 deaths might be preventable by vaccination I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. MYTH: The COVID-19 vaccine may kill you by causing an "antibody dependent enhancement" (causing worse disease than before the vaccine). There is no evidence to suggest COVID-19 vaccines will kill people by causing antibody- dependent enhancement I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. A vaccine may not protect you against future variants of COVID-19 #virus #mutation #strain UNCERTAIN: We don't know yet how current vaccines will work against COVID-19 variants. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. MYTH: Vaccines may cause new COVID-19 variants When an individual is vaccinated, they are less likely to contract and transmit the virus, and therefore less likely to contract and transmit viral variants of COVID-19 I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. While vaccine effectiveness against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants remains under investigation, available evidence suggests that the COVID-19 vaccines presently authorized in the United States offer protection against known emerging variants. This claim has lower importance because it is only partial coverage and has not been validated yet. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. There is a chance you can experience a negative side effect from the COVID-19 vaccines #adverse #reaction #safety COVID-19 vaccines are under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted by the FDA I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. MYTH: COVID-19 vaccines may cause infertility. #woman There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines impact fertility I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. MYTH: COVID-19 vaccines could change your DNA COVID-19 vaccines do not change or interact with your DNA in any way. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. COVID-19 vaccines could cause cerebral venous thrombosis The risk of getting cerebral venous thrombosis is much higher from those who get COVID-19 than it is for those who get COVID-19 vaccine I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. MYTH: COVID-19 vaccines could suppress the immune system by transiently suppressing lymphocytes The observation of lymphocyte numbers temporarily dropping in blood is actually a common phenomenon in immune responses. White blood cells are the immune system’s scouts. After an effective vaccination, some of them leave the blood and go to the site of inflammation, such as the arm that received the shot. The cells are not gone. They come back to the blood in a few days. It is generally a good sign of an immune response, not the opposite I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. Vaccines may have negative long-term health effects I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. Vaccines have not been through long term trials Because COVID-19 vaccines are new, there is a lack of long-term data on their safety and efficacy I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. Vaccines went through animal testing All three vaccines authorized by the FDA to date, underwent preclinical testing in animals before they received authorization. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine mRNA vaccines have been trialed in humans for oncologic therapies for nearly a decade, and have been trialed in humans for infectious disease for over 3 years Elsevier Public Health Emergency Collection | March 15, 2021 I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. mRNA vaccines represent a promising alternative to conventional vaccine approaches because of their high potency, capacity for rapid development, and potential for low-cost manufacture and safe administration I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. COVID-19 vaccines are not FDA approved Full vaccine approval normally takes five to ten years. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. In normal conditions, it might take years for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a drug as safe and effective I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. You cannot sue the vaccine manufacturer if you have a negative side effect. The federal government has granted companies like Pfizer and Moderna immunity from liability if something unintentionally goes wrong with their vaccines I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. Those who do have serious complications concerning the COVID-19 vaccine will be able to petition for payment from an established fund I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. Vaccines have common minor side effects Like any vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects, most of which are mild or moderate and go away within a few days on their own I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. In large clinical trials, most side effects have been minor. A side effect or reaction may indicate that the body is building protection against the virus. I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims. For people under 50 the side effects of the vaccines are worse than having COVID-19 Hundreds of thousands of people under age 50 have likely gone to the hospital with COVID-19 while vaccine side effects are minor I assume this claim is 100% accurate because I have not been given a reason to doubt it yet. I am gullible. If you feel this claim is incorrect please give me your specific reasons and evidence on Twitter or anonymously. How I score claims.Likely: based on 55 claims.Likely: based on 55 claims.Srong Pro: based on 1 claim.Srong Pro: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Unsupported Pro: based on 2 claims.Unsupported Pro: based on 2 claims.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Con: Assumed Srong Con: Weak Con: based on 3 claims.Weak Con: based on 3 claims.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Very Srong Con: based on 1 claim.Very Srong Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Increases ImportanceAssumed Increases ImportanceSrong Pro: based on 3 claims.Srong Pro: based on 3 claims.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Srong Pro: based on 4 claims.Srong Pro: based on 4 claims.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Weak Con: based on 5 claims.Weak Con: based on 5 claims.Assumed Srong Con: Assumed Srong Con: Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Pro: based on 1 claim. Pro: based on 1 claim.Assumed Decreases ImportanceAssumed Decreases ImportanceMyth Con: based on 30 claims.Myth Con: based on 30 claims.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Increases Importance based on 1 claim.Increases Importance based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Con: Srong Con: based on 1 claim.Srong Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Con: Assumed Srong Con: Srong Pro: based on 1 claim.Srong Pro: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Myth Con: based on 2 claims.Myth Con: based on 2 claims.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Unsupported Con: based on 2 claims.Unsupported Con: based on 2 claims.Assumed Srong Con: Assumed Srong Con: Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Unsupported Con: based on 2 claims.Unsupported Con: based on 2 claims.Assumed Srong Con: Assumed Srong Con: Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Increases Importance based on 4 claims.Increases Importance based on 4 claims.Assumed Decreases ImportanceAssumed Decreases ImportanceAssumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Myth Con: based on 1 claim.Assumed Srong Pro: Assumed Srong Pro: