{"id":12091,"date":"2025-03-20T18:26:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T23:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=12091"},"modified":"2025-03-30T18:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:36:05","slug":"do-covid-vaccines-cause-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/do-covid-vaccines-cause-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Do COVID vaccines cause breast cancer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]On the Jimmy Dore Show, American comedian Kurt Metzger\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/1899188396280680857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Db61cfcc182%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743463487878000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2j6RXJfJc2k9W_u_agirnt\">claims<\/a>\u00a0COVID vaccines weaken the immune system, causing increases in breast cancer as well as autoimmune diseases and heart and brain disorders.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Claims linking vaccines to cancer, including rising breast cancer rates, aren&#8217;t supported by science. Breast cancer cases in younger women had already been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.washu.edu\/news\/breast-cancer-rates-increasing-among-younger-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3De24f63ce28%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743463487879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0gzW4aojcYlUSEIxq9dszs\">increasing\u00a0<\/a>long before COVID\u00a0vaccines became available. Scientists believe these rising numbers result from lifestyle factors, genetics, and better screening rather than vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>This video tries to show\u00a0that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/vaccine-information\/covid19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D0c339c78e1%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743463487879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1SBBc97PnjO-aT0-oslT77\">COVID vaccine<\/a>\u00a0causes breast cancer but offers no evidence.\u00a0The argument also falls apart when they point out that rates of breast cancer in the UK surpass that of the US (not\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcrf.org\/preventing-cancer\/cancer-statistics\/breast-cancer-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D0f8445b7aa%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743463487879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Eqw4P2_ReswuJazDyd_jI\">true<\/a>), yet their COVID\u00a0vaccine rates were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-countries\/articles\/covid-19-vaccination-rates-by-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Da2e0fb88d1%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743463487879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2CXE-_A8MpAv-XAQi67duB\">similar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They\u00a0quote\u00a0Ryan Cole, a doctor\u00a0who lost his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wmc.wa.gov\/news\/wmc-disciplines-idaho-physician%E2%80%99s-license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D3c2147cdd4%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743463487879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1amuDIIdDhBblK9WAzxPvM\">license\u00a0<\/a>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2021\/04\/scicheck-idaho-doctor-makes-baseless-claims-about-safety-of-covid-19-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Dce35b53df6%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743463487879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1nJSbcD_SDHIVKBNhX5c4Q\">author\u00a0<\/a>of that paper states that there is no evidence for these claims.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do COVID vaccines cause breast cancer or immune problems? A viral claim says yes\u2014but the science says no. Learn why experts reject these false, fear-based claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,188,218],"class_list":["post-12091","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\/12091","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\/12091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12094,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/12091\/revisions\/12094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=12091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}