The Claim:
A former Canadian radiologist claims that there have been 56 sudden and unexpected deaths among children aged 12-15, saying these deaths were caused by COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and suggesting an increase in sudden deaths and cancer in vaccinated children.
The Facts:
To believe Makis, we would also need to believe that side effects are reported 30 times less often than they actually happen. That statistic comes from an analysis of VAERS that claims that severe adverse events during the drug trial should happen at the same rate as the general population, forgetting that adverse events are not necessarily caused by vaccines. In trials, every event, even those not caused by the vaccine, is recorded. However, in the general population, this doesn’t happen as often.
Remember that anyone can report anything to VAERS, even if it wasn’t caused by the vaccine, as noted on the VAERS website. One doctor famously submitted a report that the flu shot turned him into the Incredible Hulk. VAERS is helpful for keeping track of vaccine safety, but just because something is reported doesn’t mean the vaccine caused it.
This radiologist then goes on to list 10 deaths of children from across the globe, where none of the articles about these children discussed their vaccine history. He continues to conclude that every death is a vaccine death without any evidence that the vaccine was given much less caused these deaths.
At the conclusion of the tweet, he mentions 56 deaths (apparently from around the world) of which 5 were cancer. Again, without any evidence that these people were vaccinated.
No evidence supports the claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause so-called turbo cancer or any other form of cancer. The idea that these turbo cancers are a result of vaccines stems, in part, from claims that doctors are seeing huge spikes in cancer rates. However, even some of the most powerful carcinogens can take years to manifest in the form of cancer. While there has been an increase in early-onset cancers (not turbo cancer), this increase started in the early 1990s, well before the introduction of COVID vaccines.
Vaccines are not shown to cause cancer, and anti-vaxxers have yet to produce credible evidence the vaccine is causing turbo cancers.
Read more issues of our newsletter where we debunk turbo cancer myths.
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