Misinformation about vaccines has swirled online since US President Donald Trump appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – who has long spread false claims about vaccines – as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Recent Facebook posts claim Trump has issued orders to ban mRNA vaccines used against Covid-19 and arrest their makers. However, this is false. As of publication, Trump has not issued any executive orders banning mRNA vaccines, and a US-based vaccine policy expert told AFP Fact Check that there are currently no bills intended to criminalise them before Congress.

“BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP STRIKES BACK — DEATH PENALTY FOR mRNA CRIMES NOW ON THE TABLE”, reads the headline of a lengthy Facebook post published on February 26, 2025.

It goes on to read: “President Trump has BANNED all mRNA shots, issued orders for MASS ARRESTS, and is preparing MILITARY TRIBUNALS for the criminals behind the pandemic. Bill Gates, Fauci, Big Pharma CEOs — their days are numbered. The DEATH PENALTY is now in play for crimes against humanity.”

The Gates Foundation has contributed to development and surveillance programmes around the world; Anthony Fauci, meanwhile, was a top health official who led the US campaign against Covid-19 and retired in 2022.

The post goes on to suggest the pandemic “was about control, power, and depopulation,” echoing recurrent conspiracy theories about depopulation through vaccines.

The post, shared more than 300 times, was published by a Nigeria-based...

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