{"id":10289,"date":"2024-01-25T16:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T22:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=10289"},"modified":"2024-08-10T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:04:12","slug":"do-covid-vaccines-give-rodents-autism","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/do-covid-vaccines-give-rodents-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Do COVID vaccines give rodents autism?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]\n
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A\u00a0podcaster<\/a> is running with the hypothesis that a new study proves that COVID vaccines cause autism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]Autism<\/a>\u00a0is a neurodevelopmental difference that, for the most part, occurs prior to birth. In one\u00a0study<\/a>, researchers found\u00a0evidence that autism starts during pregnancy, based on analysis of brain tissue showing disrupted development in children with autism.\u00a0These developmental differences were found in nearly all samples of brains from autistic children, regardless of the diversity of their symptoms.<\/p>\n

The podcast\u2019s claims that the COVID vaccine causes autism is based on a\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0that looked at a few selected chosen offspring of 15 female rats, some given a full, human dose of COVID vaccine during pregnancy, and determined there was an increase of \u201cautism-like behaviors\u201d\u00a0in selected pups from the vaccinated group. These behaviors included decreased social interaction and increased repetitive\u00a0behaviors.<\/p>\n

Concluding from this study the COVID vaccines cause autism in humans is premature.\u00a0The study itself cautions that \u201cdrawing conclusions from\u00a0animal models<\/a>\u00a0has its limitations.\u201d Secondly, the rats received large doses of the vaccine: the equivalent of a human receiving hundreds of vaccines.<\/p>\n

Other histological testing that showed a difference between the vaccine and non-vaccine wings of the study was done with just 3-4 rats in each group, which is an extremely small sample size.<\/p>\n

There are also concerns about the study design itself. The methods section gave no indication that the rats were blinded, meaning that the researchers likely knew which rats were born to vaccinated mothers. Since observation was a large part of the study, their biases could have influenced the description of their behaviors. Additionally, they didn\u2019t actually look at known autism genes, nor did they use a\u00a0positive control<\/a>\u00a0using an\u00a0established autism rat model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moreover, we know from countless studies,\u00a0vaccines are not associated with autism<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claims that COVID vaccines cause autism in rodents are based on flawed studies with small samples. Extensive research shows no link between vaccines and autism in humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[195,189,188,218],"class_list":["post-10289","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-autism","jtf_topic_subjects-covid-19","jtf_topic_subjects-mrna-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10368,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10289\/revisions\/10368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}