Science is under attack and it’s causing real harm to people, communities, and public trust.
Health misinformation spreads for many reasons: profit, politics, or simply to create confusion and erode trust in science. Regardless of intent, these lies are everywhere, shaping public opinion, influencing health decisions, and even driving policies. The results? People get hurt, and lives are put at risk.
Together, we can make the Canadian information environment more resilient and protect the health of Canadians. We all have a role to play in standing up for science. Together, let’s speak up and say unwaveringly that #ScienceMatters.
Share with us how false health information is impacting you, Canada and the world.
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- COVID-19 vaccinations have saved more than 1.4 million lives in the WHO European Region, a new study finds | World Health Organization | January 2024
- Lives saved by COVID‐19 vaccines | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health on PubMed Central | September 2022
- Global Estimates of Lives and Life-Years Saved by COVID-19 Vaccination During 2020-2024 | JAMA Health Forum | July 2025
- COVID-19 vaccine safety: Report on side effects following immunization | Government of Canada | January 2024
- Canadian Adverse Events Following Immunization Surveillance System (CAEFISS) | Government of Canada | February 2025
- Vaccine Safety Systems | CDC
- COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Surveillance | FDA | January 2025
- Safety of COVID-19 vaccines | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
- Causality assessment of an adverse event following immunization (AEFI): user manual for the revised WHO classification, 2nd ed., 2019 update | WHO | April 2021
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine Safety | CDC | January 2025
- Evaluation of mortality attributable to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration using national level data from Qatar | Nature Communications | January 2023
- COVID-19 vaccine doses administered | Government of Canada | June 2024
- Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome: Findings from the Advisory Committee on Causality Assessment | Government of Canada | May 2024
- False claims persist about COVID-19 vaccine-linked “turbo cancers” | Public Health Communications Collaborative | August 2023
- COVID-19 Vaccines Have Not Been Shown to Cause ‘Turbo Cancer’ | FactCheck.org | August 2023
- Fact Check: No evidence COVID-19 vaccines cause ‘turbo cancer’ | Reuters | December 2022
- Plasmid-gate: Debunking the DNA contamination claims in mRNA vaccines | Global Vaccine Data Network | October 2024
- COVID-19 Vaccines and People with Cancer | National Cancer Institute | October 2023
- There is no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccines with diseases like cancer or HIV | Health Desk | October 2021
- COVID-19 Vaccines in People with Cancer | American Cancer Society | September 2024
- Fact Check: No evidence COVID-19 vaccines have caused increase in cancers, contrary to claims made on social media | Reuters | February 2022
- Fact Check: No evidence COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer | Reuters | November 2021
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