The Claim:
On the Jimmy Dore Show, American comedian Kurt Metzger claims COVID vaccines weaken the immune system, causing increases in breast cancer as well as autoimmune diseases and heart and brain disorders.
The Facts:
Claims linking vaccines to cancer, including rising breast cancer rates, aren’t supported by science. Breast cancer cases in younger women had already been increasing long before COVID vaccines became available. Scientists believe these rising numbers result from lifestyle factors, genetics, and better screening rather than vaccines.
This video tries to show that the COVID vaccine causes breast cancer but offers no evidence. The argument also falls apart when they point out that rates of breast cancer in the UK surpass that of the US (not true), yet their COVID vaccine rates were similar.
They quote Ryan Cole, a doctor who lost his license to practice primary care medicine in Washington State because he made false and misleading statements about COVID. He claims that a journal-published paper showed that mRNA vaccines caused cancer and autoimmune issues. However, the lead author of that paper states that there is no evidence for these claims.
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