Did COVID vaccines cause more deaths than wars?
Comparing Pfizer and Moderna recipients cannot show vaccines caused deaths or killed millions. A French study found no higher overall death risk.
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Comparing Pfizer and Moderna recipients cannot show vaccines caused deaths or killed millions. A French study found no higher overall death risk.
A JAMA Pediatrics review of over 190 studies found no link between vaccines and food allergies, contrary to claims that aluminum in vaccines causes them.
FOIA records do not include every published study. Dorit Reiss explains why missing CDC files do not show vaccines cause autism.
The 2016 Moms Across America report did not confirm glyphosate in childhood vaccines. Its ELISA screening needs more accurate testing to verify results.
A Zenodo preprint does not prove COVID vaccines cause cancer. Its small SV40 DNA promoter cannot make the virus or its cancer-linked proteins.
COVID raises stroke risk; vaccines help lower it. A 2024 study found updated boosters cut risk 47% to 51%, opposing claims vaccines caused Sen. Murphy’s stroke.
Claims that HPV vaccines cause ovarian problems or increase HPV infections lack support. A Danish study of 1 million found no link to early ovarian failure.
No evidence shows mRNA COVID vaccines spread through everyday contact. The McCullough Group paper is a Zenodo preprint, not a peer-reviewed study.
CHOP offers flu vaccines to children already under anesthesia, but parents must consent. The shot is a separate choice, not an automatic part of care.
A Swedish study of nearly 625,000 births linked HPV vaccination before pregnancy to fewer preterm births, but it did not prove causation.