What’s the risk of autoimmune disease after vaccination?
COVID mRNA vaccines do not lead to autoantibody development or significant autoimmune disease risk, and COVID infection poses a higher risk for such problems.
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COVID mRNA vaccines do not lead to autoantibody development or significant autoimmune disease risk, and COVID infection poses a higher risk for such problems.
Mixing and matching COVID vaccine brands is safe and effective according to studies, and there is no evidence linking COVID vaccines to brain aneurysms.
The claim that a teenage girl was disabled by a COVID vaccine lacks evidence, with doctors suggesting a functional neurological disorder, which the family rejects.
Feeling sick after flu and COVID vaccines is due to your immune system’s reaction, not poison, as it creates inflammation to build protection.
One cardiologist claims that because mRNA produces a “foreign protein” on the surface of human cells, all vaccinated people are injured due to “auto-immunity.”
A video falsely claims that over half a million U.S. deaths were caused by COVID vaccines, based on misinterpretation of VAERS data.
A Project Veritas video falsely claims that COVID vaccines are made from aborted fetal cells, but only the viral vector vaccine uses cell lines from the 60s, while mRNA vaccines do not.
A conspiracy theorist claims COVID vaccines were approved after contaminated trials, but manufacturing processes for trials and mass production meet the same safety standards.
A tech millionaire falsely claims all vaccinated people have heart damage, but a study showed minor heart muscle activity post-vaccination without evidence of severe heart problems.
Claims that COVID vaccines cause diseases like heart and neurological issues are unsubstantiated, while evidence shows the vaccines’ benefits outweigh the risks.