Do COVID vaccines cause sudden death in adults?
No evidence shows COVID vaccines cause sudden death years later. Lancet and JAMA studies link mRNA shots only to rare, mild myocarditis.
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No evidence shows COVID vaccines cause sudden death years later. Lancet and JAMA studies link mRNA shots only to rare, mild myocarditis.
Measles is far deadlier than the MMR vaccine. Paul Thomas’s claim compares mismatched numbers; pre-vaccine measles killed about 1 in 6,000 cases.
COVID vaccines do not contain hantavirus, and measles caused serious illness before MMR. VFV also examines claims that doctors profit from vaccines.
In a new video, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny claims that before the vaccine, measles deaths were very rare and that the vaccine isn’t needed.
A video from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing “Voices of the Vaccine Injured” from July of last year is going around again. In it, several people claim that doctors exaggerate how dangerous vaccine-preventable diseases are because they make…
A new rumor claims that hantavirus is listed as an adverse reaction in the package inserts for a COVID vaccine.
A video from a COVID roundtable discussion led by Senator Ron Johnson is going around again. In it, Senator Johnson says that government officials ignored warning signs that COVID vaccines might cause serious side effects and hid this information from the public.
A video from a COVID roundtable discussion led by Senator Ron Johnson is going around again. In it, Senator Johnson says that government officials ignored warning signs that COVID vaccines might cause serious side effects and hid this information from the public.
A newer study looked at the data from the so-called “Inconvenient Study” talked about in a September 2025 Senate hearing. The study says that vaccines, especially the full childhood schedule, can cause more illness, brain and behavior problems, and long-term health issues, and that…
A viral video claims tetanus shots are unsafe, not very helpful, rarely needed, and that taking vitamin C is a better way to prevent or survive tetanus.