Is the tetanus vaccine given to make women infertile?
WHO and UNICEF say tetanus vaccines do not contain hCG. Kenya’s vaccines were retested with better methods and found free of the pregnancy hormone.
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WHO and UNICEF say tetanus vaccines do not contain hCG. Kenya’s vaccines were retested with better methods and found free of the pregnancy hormone.
Vaccines prevent COVID-19; hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin treat illness. Studies show neither drug works well for COVID-19.
Claims that vaccinated children are more unhealthy rest on an unfinished Henry Ford paper. It was never submitted and had serious flaws.
Naomi Wolf’s claim that COVID vaccines damaged the prefrontal cortex lacks evidence. Brain scans found no physical changes after mRNA vaccination.
Amish vaccination is not zero, and autism occurs in never-vaccinated people. Studies find no meaningful difference in autism rates.
COVID vaccines have rare side effects, mostly mild. Myocarditis is valid but less than from COVID itself; studies show no link to infertility or miscarriage.
The medical examiner found arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease caused Lindsey Graham’s aortic dissection. Anti-vaccine claims blame a prior COVID vaccine.
Vaccine benefits are not exaggerated. A CDC study projects lifetime illness and death prevented across millions of children born from 1994 onward.
Studies show vaccines do not cause SIDS. Some studies find vaccinated babies have a lower SIDS risk.
Autistic people have always existed. Before IDEA, only 1 in 5 children with disabilities attended public school. Vaccines do not cause autism.