The Facebook page "Neighborhood Watchers - Prishtina" has published a post with a photo and caption stating that, at the "Sami Frashëri" Gymnasium in Prishtina, leaflets containing false content and messages against anti-COVID-19 vaccines were distributed on Thursday (November 25).
On the first page of this brochure, a logo with the name "FREE CITIZEN" is seen, which is alluded to as the compilers of these leaflets.
Hibrid.info, after conducting research on social networks, found the Facebook group called "Free Citizen", which has nearly 600 members. This group is private and its main activity is anti-vaccine advocacy.
In the rules of this group it says "All members of this group, we are AGAINST FORCED VACCINATION, we are AGAINST MEASURES THAT VIOLATE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, we are AGAINST ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL DECISIONS. Each accepted member is understood to be in agreement with the aforementioned text."
Link to the "Free Citizen" group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1119713531767447
These leaflets quote several people who are against the anti-Covid vaccine, one of the most mentioned of whom is Stanley Alan Plotkin.
In the content of these leaflets, various quotes are seen such as "Vaccines contain pork fat...", "Vaccines contain monkey cells", and "Vaccines contain parts of the organs of aborted children".
Link to posting flyers on the “Neighborhood Watchers – Prishtina” Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/vrojtuesitPrishtine/posts/929280927983054
These leaflets contain quotes from Stanley Alan Plotkin, who is an American physician who works as a consultant for vaccine manufacturers, such as Sanofi Pasteur, as well as biotechnology firms, non-profit organizations, and governments. (here)Also the Clinical Epidemiologist and Endocrinologist, Ilir Alimehmeti (here), as well as professor at Dublin College, Dolores Cahill (here).
In each quote found in these leaflets, the sources from which they were taken are also given at the bottom of the page. Hibrid.info searched on Youtube, where it found the video of Plotkin's speech, which was published on October 8, 2018. (here).
These allusions by these individuals mentioned in these leaflets contain no facts or arguments to support them.
Hibrid.info has previously published articles denying that vaccines contain cells from aborted fetuses.
Below you can find articles published on hibrid.info, which clearly state the contents of vaccines published by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Analyze:
According to what can be seen in the photos of the post distributed by "Neighborhood Watchers - Pristina", it is understood that, apart from a few quotes, no argument has been presented to prove the claim.
Also, most of the authors cited in these leaflets are known for conspiracy theories, mainly about vaccines.
For this reason, hibrid.info evaluates the content of these leaflets as "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are media reports that disseminate a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event, or person, presenting it as part of or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). A characteristic of these reports is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any credible evidence.