{"id":12186,"date":"2025-04-17T18:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T23:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=12186"},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:18:00","slug":"is-it-safer-to-skip-the-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/is-it-safer-to-skip-the-covid-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it safer to skip the COVID vaccine?"},"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=””]In a committee hearing, Georgia Representative\u00a0Marjorie Taylor Green<\/a>\u00a0claimed that COVID vaccines were rushed without proper testing, that safer treatments like ivermectin were ignored, and that vaccinated people still get and spread COVID while those with natural immunity do not.[\/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=””]The COVID vaccines came to be much faster than usual for lots of reasons. Researchers had already spent more than a\u00a0decade\u00a0<\/a>working on and refining mRNA vaccine technology. Once they figured out the genetic code of the virus that causes COVID, they were able to quickly create a vaccine by putting the spike protein’s instructions into that mRNA system. Plus, this\u00a0method had already been tested for other possible vaccines.<\/p>\n

Because the pandemic was such a serious emergency,\u00a0a lot of time and money across the globe poured into creating these vaccines.\u00a0Vaccine trials, which usually happen one after the other, were done at the same time.\u00a0And the FDA dramatically\u00a0accelerated\u00a0<\/a>the review timeline by\u00a0having teams work on different parts at the same time to review the data. This helped\u00a0shave years off the approvals process.<\/p>\n

Using VAERS is also not helpful in Rep. Green’s arguments. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a tool that anyone can use to report a health problem after getting a vaccine, regardless of causation,\u00a0as is\u00a0noted on\u00a0the\u00a0VAERS\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0most pertinent warning on\u00a0the\u00a0website helps put\u00a0the\u00a0above claims into context:\u00a0“VAERS\u00a0reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable.\u00a0<\/strong>Reports to\u00a0VAERS\u00a0can also be biased. As a result, there are limitations on how\u00a0the\u00a0data can be used scientifically. Data from\u00a0VAERS\u00a0reports should always be interpreted with these limitations in mind.”<\/p>\n

One doctor famously submitted a report that\u00a0the\u00a0flu shot turned him into\u00a0the\u00a0Incredible\u00a0Hulk<\/a>.\u00a0VAERS\u00a0is helpful for keeping track of vaccine safety, but\u00a0just\u00a0because something is reported doesn’t mean\u00a0the\u00a0vaccine caused it. Even if they’re not sure, doctors should report any important health problems that happen after vaccination.<\/p>\n

After reports are collected, scientists do careful studies to find out if the vaccine really caused the problem. With COVID vaccines, those studies showed that the vaccines helped\u00a0protect<\/a>\u00a0people from getting sick, going to the hospital, or dying.<\/p>\n

Lastly, Rep. Greeen advocates for treatments we know do not work.\u00a0Ivermectin is an anti-parasitical medicine,\u00a0but studies show little benefit for COVID. Early on, there were small lab studies that made people hopeful, but\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0after\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0in humans didn\u2019t show any real benefit. Also, using the version of ivermectin made for animals is\u00a0dangerous<\/a>\u00a0for humans. That\u2019s why health officials warned people not to take it. Doctors and scientists don\u2019t call it \u201chorse paste\u201d to be mean. They want people to understand that not all versions of a drug are safe for people.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it safer to skip the COVID vaccine? Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says yes\u2014but science says no. Learn why vaccines were well-tested, effective, and far safer than infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,188,218],"class_list":["post-12186","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\/12186","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\/12186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12189,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/12186\/revisions\/12189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=12186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}