{"id":11196,"date":"2024-09-12T16:58:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T21:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=11196"},"modified":"2024-10-13T17:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T22:19:58","slug":"do-covid-vaccines-cause-eye-problems","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/do-covid-vaccines-cause-eye-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Do COVID vaccines cause eye problems?"},"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=””]Using an\u00a0unsourced graph<\/a>\u00a0as evidence, technology millionaire Steve Kirsch claims that a rise in cataract and other vision problems can\u00a0only<\/span>\u00a0be caused by COVID vaccination.[\/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=””]This claim is based on\u00a0bath-faith debate techniques, such as\u00a0cherry-picking<\/a>,\u00a0to try to make correlations between vaccines and bad outcomes. In this case, Kirsch notices a jump in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0very uncommonly used medical billing code H28 while ignoring other codes between H00 and H59,\u00a0which have remained relatively stable.<\/p>\n

Kirsch asks\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0question “What is\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0more likely explanation if it wasn’t\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shots?” One\u00a0breakdown<\/a>\u00a0(along with sources) shows all\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0data that Kirsch ignores.\u00a0A very plausible explanation that those outside\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0UK NHS might not think about is that\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0increase may be due to more people seeking diagnosis for cataract surgeries rather than a real increase in prevalence.<\/p>\n

When anti-vaxxers see a data point about anything, they immediately tie it to vaccines without testing out other hypotheses. Scientists see an anomaly like this and test out many hypotheses. Be a scientist![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover the truth behind Steve Kirsch’s claims linking COVID vaccines to eye problems, and how cherry-picking data leads to misleading conclusions about vaccine safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,188,218],"class_list":["post-11196","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","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\/11196","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\/11196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11205,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/11196\/revisions\/11205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=11196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}