CLAIM: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that COVID-19 vaccines are not vaccines and that they cause “irreparable damage.”

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Supreme Court has issued no such ruling. Posts on social media are reviving a long debunked claim, while some social media users are misrepresenting an unrelated October ruling by a New York state Supreme Court judge. That judge said New York City sanitation workers fired for not getting COVID-19 shots should be reinstated and given back pay, but did not rule on the efficacy of the vaccines themselves.

THE FACTS: Claims that the Supreme Court has declared COVID-19 vaccines dangerous, or banned them altogether, have become a fixture of online conspiracy theories. In recent days, the claims have reemerged, with some on social media misrepresenting a real court ruling from New York to bolster the bogus narrative.

One Instagram post shared a screenshot of a headline reading, “The Supreme Court In The US Has Ruled That The Covid Pathogen is Not A Vaccine, Is Unsafe, And Must Be Avoided At All Costs — Supreme Court Has Canceled Universal Vax.”

A Twitter user, meanwhile, shared a tweet stating: “US Supreme Court ruling: Covid vaccines are not vaccines. In its decision, the Supreme Court confirms that the damage caused by Covid’s mRNA gene therapies is irreparable. Because the Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States, there are no further appeals.”

The tweet had received more than 8,000 likes and more than 5,000...

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