Are childhood vaccines unnecessary?
RFK Jr. falsely claims childhood vaccines are unnecessary. Hepatitis B vaccine at birth is crucial to prevent chronic infections and related health risks.
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RFK Jr. falsely claims childhood vaccines are unnecessary. Hepatitis B vaccine at birth is crucial to prevent chronic infections and related health risks.
Claims that unvaccinated people are healthier are based on a retracted, biased study. Proper research shows no health advantage for the unvaccinated.
Vaccines don’t cross the blood-brain barrier. Aluminum in vaccines is safely metabolized and doesn’t cause autism or autoimmune diseases.
Claims that Vitamin K and Hepatitis B vaccines cause harm in newborns are false. These vaccines are safe and prevent serious health issues like hemorrhage and liver disease.
A widely shared tweet falsely claims that an 8-year-old’s tragic death from cardiac arrest was caused by vaccines, despite no evidence linking the two.
Despite varying vaccination rates among Amish communities, autism is present, debunking the myth that vaccines cause autism and that the Amish do not have autism.
A study found a possible link between aluminum in vaccines and childhood asthma, but no causal relationship has been established.
An anti-vaccine cardiologist’s article claiming better health outcomes for unvaccinated children is based on a biased study with flawed methods and lacks credible evidence.
Vitamin K injections are safe for infants, preventing potentially deadly bleeding without any proven link to cancers or harm at the administered doses.
The claim that the Hepatitis B vaccine causes autism is unsupported by evidence and based on debunked misinformation.