Should we promote other public health measures?
Nutrition, sanitation, and clean water are vital, but vaccines are also essential. Combined, they prevent millions of deaths and improve health.
We debunk the latest vaccine misinformation each week in our Just the Facts: Correcting this week’s disinformation newsletter. Browse the other Just the Facts Newsletter Topics by clicking the link below:
Nutrition, sanitation, and clean water are vital, but vaccines are also essential. Combined, they prevent millions of deaths and improve health.
Claims that mRNA vaccines create unusual genetic activity are misleading. Frameshifting is rare and not harmful; vaccines are safe and effective.
Claims that COVID vaccines cause autism in rodents are based on flawed studies with small samples. Extensive research shows no link between vaccines and autism in humans.
Claims that a flu shot caused a young man’s death are unproven. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is rare, and evidence linking it to vaccines is weak.
Claims that vaccination status flaws skew COVID death data are misleading. Studies show higher COVID death rates in unvaccinated and low-vaccination areas.
Claims that vaccines cause more cardiac problems than reported are false. Studies show COVID vaccines reduce the risk of heart issues, while COVID itself increases the risk.
Claims that polio and measles vaccines don’t work are false. Vaccines have significantly reduced measles cases and nearly eradicated polio, proving their effectiveness.
Claims that COVID vaccines increase infection risk are false. A Cleveland Clinic study shows the bivalent booster reduces COVID-19 infection and hospitalization risk.
Claims that mRNA vaccines are unsafe are unfounded. Studies show minimal risk from vaccine DNA fragments and highlight the benefits in reducing COVID complications.
Claims that COVID vaccines cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) are unfounded. No evidence links mRNA vaccines to prion diseases.