What are the actual risks of COVID vaccines?
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.
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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.
Vaccines do not cause the diseases they prevent. Killed, weakened, and mRNA vaccines cannot grow, spread, or cause infection.
HPV vaccines are not shown to harm reproductive health. Florida Medicaid records can show patterns but cannot prove vaccines caused any diagnosis.
Insurers profit when customers stay healthier, which is why some offer vaccine incentives. RFK Jr. claims vaccines harm people for profit.
Vaccine aluminum is processed by the body just like food aluminum. It’s injected into muscle, not the blood, with a 60+ year safety record.
The Children’s Health Defense paper claiming vaccinated 2-month-olds die more often was never peer reviewed and has multiple methodological flaws.