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3. “IT'S SAFER TO JUST GET THE DISEASE RATHER THAN THE VACCINE.” Claims that building natural immunity is safer than vaccine-acquired immunity are barred. 4. “THE COVID-19 VACCINES

WON'T PROTECT YOU.” Facebook prohibits posts that say the vaccines do not provide any immunity or that they're not effective in preventing COVID-19. The authorized vaccines were

found to be about 95 percent effective in clinical trials. 5. “THE COVID-19 VACCINE TURNED ME INTO A MONKEY.” It's OK to post about your vaccine side effects, but Facebook does not

allow claims about side effects that are “incredulous or irrational.” 6. “COVID-19 IS NO MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE FLU.” Posts that deny the existence of COVID-19 or downplay it are banned.

Any claim that the number of deaths from COVID-19 is much lower than the official figure must include additional information or context. 7. “THE CORONAVIRUS IS ACTUALLY A BIOWEAPON.”

Facebook does not allow content that says COVID-19 is manmade, manufactured or bioengineered, or that it was created by an individual, government or country. 8. “THIS HERBAL REMEDY WILL

PREVENT COVID-19.” You can't tout an unapproved product as a way to cure or prevent COVID-19, or say that a specific activity or treatment results in immunity. In addition, Facebook

won't let you sell medical or respiratory face masks or COVID-19 test kits on the platform. 9. “DID YOU KNOW COVID-19 WAS ACTUALLY PATENTED (OR PREDICTED) MANY YEARS AGO?” Facebook will

delete any posts that say COVID-19 has been patented or that it was predicted, including during the “Event 201” pandemic simulation hosted by Johns Hopkins University in 2019. 10. “THE

COVID-19 VACCINE CAUSES INFERTILITY.” Facebook forbids anything that says the COVID-19 vaccines kill or seriously harm people. You also cannot make assertions that the vaccines cause autism,

that they change people's DNA or that they infect people with the coronavirus. 11. “FACE MASKS DON'T HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.” Content that discourages mask wearing is

banned, including posts that say face masks are connected to 5G technology, that masks can make the wearer sick or that health authorities do not recommend that healthy people wear masks.

12. “HOSPITALS KILL PATIENTS TO INCREASE THEIR COVID NUMBERS AND GET MORE MONEY!” Facebook will remove content that inaccurately represents the access, availability or eligibility of health

services such as hospitals. That includes claims that a specific hospital is closed or that only certain people are allowed to receive medical care for COVID-19. _Michelle Crouch is a

contributing writer who has covered health and personal finance for some of the nation's top consumer publications. Her work has appeared in _Reader's Digest, Real Simple,

Prevention, The Washington Post_ and _The New York Times_._