The Claim:
The sad news that Celine Dion had to cancel shows because she is suffering from Stiff Person Syndrome has some people conjecturing that vaccines did it.
The Facts:
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) was first identified in 1956. Its cause is unknown, but there seems to be a mechanism by which the immune system attacks a specific protein resulting in motor neuron dysfunction.
We have no reason to believe that the COVID vaccine caused this in Celine Dion, any more than anything else she’s experienced. SPS seems to affect 1-2 people in a million people, and the rates do not appear to be increasing since the covid vaccine was introduced. This is another example of people jumping to conclusions without evidence.
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