{"id":12304,"date":"2025-06-05T14:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=just-the-facts&#038;p=12304"},"modified":"2025-06-26T14:47:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:47:57","slug":"correcting-this-weeks-misinformation-week-of-june-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"just-the-facts","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/just-the-facts\/correcting-this-weeks-misinformation-week-of-june-5-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Correcting this week\u2019s misinformation: week of June 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-default-css\">.vc_do_custom_heading{margin-bottom:0.625rem;margin-top:0;}<\/style><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-custom-css\">.vc_custom_1708910460305{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #004789 !important;border-radius: 2px !important;}<\/style>[vc_row remove_bottom_col_margin=\"true\" css=\".vc_custom_1708910460305{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #004789 !important;border-radius: 2px !important;}\"][vc_column]<div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:15px;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\" content_placement=\"top\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/6\"]<figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/just-immunization-facts.png\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/just-immunization-facts.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/just-immunization-facts-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/just-immunization-facts-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/just-immunization-facts-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/just-immunization-facts-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/just-immunization-facts-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/just-immunization-facts-50x50@2x.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"5\/6\"][vc_custom_heading source=\"post_title\" font_container=\"tag:h1|font_size:1.615em|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff\" use_theme_fonts=\"yes\" css=\"\"]<div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=\"\"]\r\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff; text-align: right;\">Want to see debunkings like this in action? Watch the <a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLM53nMUclCyzp58Ns_M85dxsGsaJfuPe2\">videos<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][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]<div class=\"wpex-post-cards wpex-post-cards-template_10153 wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpex-post-cards-inner\"><div class=\"wpex-post-cards-loop wpex-post-cards-grid wpex-row wpex-clr\"><div class=\"wpex-post-cards-entry col col-1 span_1_of_1 post-12298 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-189 jtf_topic_subjects-209 jtf_topic_subjects-188 jtf_topic_subjects-218\"><div class=\"wpex-card wpex-card-template_10153\"><div class=\"wpex-card-inner\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vcex-page-title vcex-module\"><h2 class=\"vcex-page-title__heading wpex-heading wpex-text-3xl\"><span class=\"vcex-page-title__text\">Do COVID vaccines make you sicker than COVID?<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vcex-post-content\">\n\t<style>.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vcex-post-content-c wpex-clr\"><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1708910874436 wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >The Claim:<\/h3>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>In a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheChiefNerd\/status\/1925291963936297157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast episode<\/a>, Joe Rogan and guest Aaron Rodgers how they say the COVID\u201119 vaccine spreads through the body, keeps making spike protein for years, lowers fertility, causes unusual blood clots, heart inflammation and other health problems, and even makes people more likely to get sick despite needing many booster shots.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >The Facts:<\/h3>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>These claims are based on misconstrued\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210531130146\/https:\/\/www.pmda.go.jp\/drugs\/2021\/P20210212001\/672212000_30300AMX00231_I100_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D0a237cc385%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692988718745000&amp;usg=AOvVaw39fKZxkywSzsPwib4Se4qx\">data<\/a>\u00a0where scientists\u00a0tested lipid nanoparticles on rats. These nanoparticles are like tiny packages that hold\u00a0the\u00a0mRNA used in\u00a0the\u00a0COVID vaccine.\u00a0The\u00a0scientists put a special label on these nanoparticles that allowed them to see where they went in\u00a0the\u00a0rats&#8217; bodies and how long they stayed there.<\/p>\n<p>When we look at\u00a0the\u00a0data, we see that most of\u00a0the\u00a0nanoparticles stayed where they were injected, and some went to\u00a0the\u00a0liver. Only very tiny amounts, less than 1%, went to other parts of\u00a0the\u00a0body, and in most places, it was even less than 0.1%. So,\u00a0the\u00a0claim that most of these nanoparticles spread throughout\u00a0the\u00a0body is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/healthfeedback.org\/claimreview\/covid-19-vaccines-dont-affect-ovaries-or-fertility-in-general-the-vaccines-are-highly-effective-at-preventing-illness-and-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not correct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of mRNA stays near the muscle and breaks down within a day or two.\u202fThe small amount of spike protein it makes is cleared fast, so it does not build up in other organs or keep churning out years later.<\/p>\n<p>Large real\u2011world studies on people trying to get pregnant and on thousands of pregnancies show no extra risk for infertility, miscarriage, or problems for the baby after COVID vaccination.\u202fResearch on couples, IVF clinics, and more than 100,000 pregnancies shows\u00a0the\u00a0vaccines are not associated with risks for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0264410X22011185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D8ce9b00d92%26e%3D7362aa7434&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1749144385211000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1LWszfjbiA3-ABdG1kCXMQ\">fertility<\/a>, pregnancies, or babies, and vaccination actually\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanepe\/article\/PIIS2666-7762%2824%2900192-3\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Dd9b2f78233%26e%3D7362aa7434&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1749144385211000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Emgxp7e9LIjR7_vSBdb33\">lowers<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0risk of severe illness during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-vaccine activists have used prior concerns about a particular type of blood\u00a0clot\u00a0associated\u00a0with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/coronavirus-vaccine#:~:text=Scientists%20do%20not%20understand%20the,form%20clots%20to%20stop%20bleeding.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D6b6d8f3ade%26e%3D7362aa7434&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1749144643983000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0pepa_PFCnGXVjgzyEXgVC\">\u00a0adenovirus vector vaccines<\/a>.\u00a0mRNA vaccines, like Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10052419\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Dfa7b28713e%26e%3D7362aa7434&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1749144643983000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Om9yzzQOAE2FdDr1CEAmP\">minimal risk<\/a>\u00a0of blood\u00a0clots, unlike\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/news\/2022\/09\/19\/blood-clot-risk-remains-elevated-nearly-a-year-after-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D1bb303df2c%26e%3D7362aa7434&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1749144643983000&amp;usg=AOvVaw24fJ6Qf8zTSjf6RD54TvjK\">COVID itself<\/a>, which significantly increases\u00a0the\u00a0risk of blood\u00a0clots\u00a0and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Some teens and young adults can get mild myocarditis after an mRNA dose, but most cases clear with rest, and catching COVID is still more likely to hurt the heart than the vaccine.\u202fIn most people, being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-49634-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vaccinated<\/a>\u00a0on shots actually reduced the risk of strokes, heart attacks, and clots.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that the conspiracy theorists, even the quarterbacks, were incorrect.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpex-post-cards-entry col col-1 span_1_of_1 post-12299 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-189 jtf_topic_subjects-188 jtf_topic_subjects-218\"><div class=\"wpex-card wpex-card-template_10153\"><div class=\"wpex-card-inner\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vcex-page-title vcex-module\"><h2 class=\"vcex-page-title__heading wpex-heading wpex-text-3xl\"><span class=\"vcex-page-title__text\">Is the media finally getting wise to COVID vaccines?<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vcex-post-content\">\n\t<style>.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vcex-post-content-c wpex-clr\"><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1708910874436 wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >The Claim:<\/h3>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BGatesIsaPyscho\/status\/1928344449882673418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsmax report<\/a>\u00a0claims that leaders forced people to take COVID shots instead of trusting natural immunity, hid dangers like heart swelling, said the shots would stop the virus when they didn\u2019t, paid doctors extra to give them, and blocked injured people from suing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >The Facts:<\/h3>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Natural immunity only appears after you catch the disease, and that means risking a serious infection or even death.\u00a0Getting a vaccine teaches your body to fight the virus without making you dangerously sick.<\/p>\n<p>The mRNA COVID shots can rarely cause mild, short\u2011lived heart swelling, yet heart problems happen more often after a COVID\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/covid-19-infection-poses-higher-risk-for-myocarditis-than-vaccines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infection<\/a>\u00a0itself.\u00a0Almost everyone who gets vaccine\u2011related myocarditis recovers quickly. One\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamacardiology\/fullarticle\/2791253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0did find that rates of myocarditis were higher in males under 40 after vaccination than after COVID infection. The authors of the paper pointed out that COVID-induced myocarditis had a much\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a_husby\/status\/1621629462382010368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">higher risk<\/a>\u00a0of heart failure or death than vaccine-induced myocarditis did.\u00a0And many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/doi\/full\/10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D58100bf73e%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1710722919327000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ZSLirQp-kzqi-CjrhsU6B\">studies<\/a>\u00a0often\u00a0explain that\u00a0the\u00a0risks of\u00a0myocarditis\u00a0from COVID far outweigh\u00a0the\u00a0risks of\u00a0myocarditis\u00a0from the vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>COVID\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2800816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D428de42560%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692988718745000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3MEXQWUW71X2ZMvnSWT1za\">kills<\/a>, even young, healthy people. And death isn\u2019t even the only severe outcome of COVID.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/news\/2023\/04\/25\/long-covid-in-children-still-poses-plenty-of-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Da3403d0783%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692988718745000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0aIlwDy3xmyiTCWYlsH0Nw\">Long COVID<\/a>, can impact between 4-25% of children and young adults as well. No vaccine completely prevents\u00a0every case of COVID, but real\u2011world studies show the COVID shots cut the chance of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9933576\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospitalization<\/a>\u00a0and death, so they still save lives and slow outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors do bill a small fee or sometimes earn a modest quality bonus from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vaxopedia.org\/2024\/07\/06\/about-the-blue-cross-blue-shield-vaccine-bonus-for-pediatricians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insurance<\/a>\u00a0companies for vaccinations, but those payments mainly cover supplies and staff time and are nowhere near the big profits anti\u2011vaccine activists claim.<\/p>\n<p>The Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/cicp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CICP<\/a>) was developed as a supplementary program based on the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, specifically for public health emergencies, like pandemics.\u00a0It is a no-fault system\u00a0for people who believe they were seriously hurt by a vaccine to file for compensation. Manufacturers are shielded from design\u2011defect lawsuits only if the vaccine is made and labeled correctly, so injured individuals are not left without help.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpex-post-cards-entry col col-1 span_1_of_1 post-12300 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-191 jtf_topic_subjects-203 jtf_topic_subjects-218\"><div class=\"wpex-card wpex-card-template_10153\"><div class=\"wpex-card-inner\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vcex-page-title vcex-module\"><h2 class=\"vcex-page-title__heading wpex-heading wpex-text-3xl\"><span class=\"vcex-page-title__text\">Does the MMR vaccine cause measles?<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vcex-post-content\">\n\t<style>.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vcex-post-content-c wpex-clr\"><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1708910874436 wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >The Claim:<\/h3>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>A viral\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/toobaffled\/status\/1928355097655836841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>\u00a0claims that the MMR vaccine causes measles, citing the package insert as evidence.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >The Facts:<\/h3>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Listed in the insert is atypical measles, which is a very\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC4593278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare<\/a>, serious form of measles\u00a0in those who had received an older, inactivated form of the vaccine prior to 1967 and was subsequently exposed to measles. We have not seen a case since 1980. These inserts are legal documents, and not medical ones, and since atypical measles was once a very rare side effect, many years ago, it remains in the insert.<\/p>\n<p>The current MMR shot uses a weakened live measles virus (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/php\/laboratories\/genetic-analysis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">genotype\u202fA<\/a>) that is so mild it cannot make healthy people sick, and scientists can easily tell it apart from the wild strain (currently D8)\u00a0virus that drives recent outbreaks. To date, there has never been a case of measles resulting from vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>When measles spread this year in Texas and New\u202fMexico, almost every case was in people who were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dshs.texas.gov\/news-alerts\/measles-outbreak-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not vaccinated<\/a>. if the vaccine really caused measles, the opposite pattern would show up, but it never does.<\/p>\n<p>A few vaccinated people may get a brief rash or low fever, and only those with severely weakened immune systems face a very small chance of a vaccine\u2011related illness, while wild\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/vaccine-information\/mmr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measles<\/a>\u00a0regularly causes pneumonia, brain swelling, and even death.<\/p>\n<p>After two doses, the MMR vaccine is about\u00a097% effective against measles, and has helped cut global measles deaths by about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/mm5847a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">78%<\/a>\u00a0since 2000, proving the shot prevents disease instead of causing it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore and debunk viral claims about COVID vaccines, the MMR shot, and natural immunity with facts on myocarditis, vaccine safety, and measles prevention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[],"class_list":["post-12304","just-the-facts","type-just-the-facts","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/just-the-facts\/12304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/just-the-facts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/just-the-facts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=12304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}