The Claim:
A Twitter account posts a video as “evidence” that doctors across the United States are warning the world that COVID vaccines are too dangerous to take.
The Facts:
The individuals in this video do not represent the majority of doctors in the United States who confidently vaccinate their patients to protect them from COVID-19. Instead, the video showcases four physicians who are recognized for spreading misinformation and opposing COVID vaccines. Several are under review by governing medical boards. A look into the background of each of these individuals is informative.
One of the showcased physicians is well-known for touting Ivermectin as a cure for COVID. He spreads mistrust with claims that vaccines are toxic, ineffective, and driven by corporate interests. Meanwhile, he runs a private, fee-based telehealth service to evaluate and treat patients with alternative treatments and sells his book about Ivermectin.
Another doctor appearing in the video is in danger of losing his medical license. His license is currently under investigation as the result of his 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.
A third video-featured doctor’s medical certifications are also under review. The American Board of Internal Medicine has threatened to revoke his credentials based on his public statements spreading false and inaccurate information.
The statements of the remaining individual in this video are also unsubstantiated by medical evidence. His claims of fertility damage caused by vaccines have been refuted as factually inaccurate, inadequately supported, and lacking appropriate context.
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