{"id":15351,"date":"2025-11-20T12:28:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=just-the-facts&#038;p=15351"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:32:04","slug":"correcting-this-weeks-misinformation-week-of-november-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"just-the-facts","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/just-the-facts\/correcting-this-weeks-misinformation-week-of-november-20-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Correcting this week\u2019s misinformation: week of November 20, 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-15343 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-195 jtf_topic_subjects-199 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\">What are the facts on autism?<\/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>Changes to the CDC &#8220;Vaccines and Autism&#8221; web page have people concerned that vaccines might be related to the causes of autism. Let&#8217;s talk about the facts.<\/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>The main issue with the CDC&#8217;s new statement is that it gets the scientific process backwards. Science begins with a hypothesis or a question and conducts multiple experiments to see if they can come up with the same answer over and over again. There are some important parts of this process that the new web page ignores:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Science cannot prove a negative. If someone asked the question &#8220;Can pigs fly?&#8221; scientists could come up with experiments to observe whether or not a pig could fly. The scientific, technical answer would probably be &#8220;Evidence does not exist to support the hypothesis that pigs can fly.&#8221; But that doesn&#8217;t mean that pigs can fly. They can&#8217;t. The statement simply accurately describes the evidence.<\/li>\n<li>If scientists wanted to proclaim that pigs can fly, they would need to provide proof that pigs can fly. Saying that no studies say that they do not fly is not proof that they can fly. It&#8217;s only\u00a0misunderstanding the science.<\/li>\n<li>Scientists know that not all studies are good studies, and they do not need to consider or take into account poorly done studies. Let&#8217;s say someone conducted a survey by sending out a survey out via social media, asking people if they have ever seen a pig fly. This study would have a lot of problems, the least of which is who would decide to take the survey. Scientists would not need to include this study in discussions about flying pigs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Instead of following the evidence, the rewritten CDC web page has decided it wants to frame vaccines for causing autism, so it is warping the evidence to fit that conclusion. They have violated every rule of science.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"null\"><strong>The evidence about autism:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Do pigs fly? No. Do vaccines cause autism? No. But how do we know that?<\/p>\n<p>Studies show that autism is mostly caused by genetics and starts very early, even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2014\/03\/26\/294446735\/brain-changes-suggest-autism-starts-in-the-womb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Dba8865a22d%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1731887310907000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3RaDd1u4PMEAzyUCJ06Rpr\">before a baby is born<\/a>. The brain differences seen in people with autism begin during early development in the womb, not because of vaccines or anything that happens later.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the web page misrepresents many studies we have discussed before:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/autismsciencefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vaccine.2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0from Denmark looked at more than 650,000 children born between 1999 and 2010 to see if the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine was linked to autism. It found that whether or not a child was diagnosed with autism was not at all related to them receiving or not receiving the MMR vaccine. The web page makes it sound like vaccines in Denmark are different, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.ssi.dk\/vaccination\/the-danish-childhood-vaccination-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danish kids<\/a>\u00a0and American kids get the same MMR vaccines at very similar times.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commed.vcu.edu\/IntroPH\/Communicable_Disease\/2012\/adverseffectsVaccines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IOM study<\/a>\u00a0states that there is &#8220;insufficient evidence&#8221; to accept or reject specific hypotheses about vaccines and autism.\u00a0In systematic reviews like this, the label \u201cinsufficient evidence\u201d does not mean a hypothesis\u00a0is just as likely to be true as any other explanation. This phrase is often used because some conditions are very rare or have too few cases to study, not because researchers see warning signs or think the hypothesis might be correct.<\/li>\n<li>The IOM study clearly states:\u00a0\u201cThe evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between MMR vaccine and autism.\u201d The MMR does not cause autism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The web page also builds in doubt about the entire childhood vaccine schedule causing autism, suggesting that kids today get too many vaccines. But that doesn&#8217;t line up with what has actually happened with autism rates and vaccine development:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Autism diagnoses kept increasing from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aafp.org\/pubs\/afp\/issues\/2011\/0301\/p515.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2000 to 2020<\/a>, even though most major childhood vaccines were introduced back in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chop.edu\/vaccine-education-center\/science-history\/vaccine-history\/developments-by-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1980s and 1990s<\/a>, and only smaller changes were made to the schedule after 2000..<\/li>\n<li>Autism affects 1 out of every 36 children in the United States. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/country-rankings\/autism-rates-by-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other countries<\/a>, autism rates are about 1the same or higher,\u00a0even though their vaccine schedules are different from the U.S. schedule and often include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se\/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden\/communicable-disease-control\/vaccinations\/vaccination-programmes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fewer shots<\/a>\u00a0for young children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"null\"><strong>What&#8217;s important to know about autism:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Autism isn&#8217;t a tragedy. Autistic people deserve a world that accepts them and can accomodate them. That doesn&#8217;t mean parenting an autistic child is easy. We certainly do not do enough to support parents in general, much less parents of neurodivergent children.<\/p>\n<p>Incorrectly tying vaccines to autism harms autistic people. They can be subjected to phony treatments or harmful ableism. And autistic children deserve to the protection of vaccination.<\/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-15345 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-199 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 entire childhood vaccine schedule compromised?<\/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>On Del Bigtree&#8217;s internet show, lawyer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/newstart_2024\/status\/1989819564297797852?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Siri\u00a0<\/a>claims that the whole childhood vaccine schedule is unsafe because, according to him, none of the vaccines were ever tested the right way with real placebo groups.<\/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>Siri says that most childhood vaccines are tested against other vaccines instead of a simple salt-water placebo. But in real life, many vaccines\u00a0<strong>have<\/strong>\u00a0been tested using saline placebos to check\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/toolkits\/vaccine-overview-development-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safety<\/a>\u00a0and how well they work, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9142061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D9b4a4b97e3%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690295150789000&amp;usg=AOvVaw32oSp_dVw5AFEA2hLObqz2\">Rubella<\/a>\u00a0vaccine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/3893185\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D1314eaff2f%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690295150789000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PV3wc84z5i8otVAT5ijJB\">Pneumococcal<\/a>\u00a0vaccine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2233906\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Dd9bfacac6f%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690295150789000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3B47LWEmeZJ9UFuSp41fnZ\">Hib<\/a>\u00a0vaccines<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17484215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D0a8f83150d%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690295150789000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3S7pEL9M4FoVxfSXW70fP1\">HPV<\/a>\u00a0vaccine<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Salk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sph.umich.edu\/polio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Da2a711ac2d%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690295150789000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1rjsKhrOWv2q4efQBMXlUv\">Polio<\/a>\u00a0vaccine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2554544\/pdf\/bullwho00229-0146.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D193f62c8d5%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690295150789000&amp;usg=AOvVaw07mO3bnLmB-iTf6XH4fua8\">Measles<\/a>\u00a0vaccine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classic.clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/show\/NCT00707148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D2e7339de7d%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690295150789000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KcULsazeuKY7oqZTa45Pq\">Tdap<\/a>\u00a0vaccine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8767431\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D5c1ba28577%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690295150789000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SyiBRp4rCDJv-cq9-r5B7\">COVID<\/a>\u00a0vaccine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes a new vaccine is compared to an older vaccine, or the placebo may have tiny amounts of things like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/jtf_topics\/are-aluminum-adjuvants-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adjuvants<\/a>\u00a0or stabilizers that scientists already know are safe.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/4e780c85-62ad-499b-af13-2ed24369fb23\/content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Health Organization<\/a>\u00a0has rules for when using a placebo is fair and safe. It is okay to use a placebo when no good vaccine exists yet and the study could help protect people. But if a country already has a safe, effective vaccine, it is not ethical to give people a placebo instead, because that would leave them unprotected and at risk.<\/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-15347 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-209 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\">Were vaccines made to depopulate the world?<\/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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JimFergusonUK\/status\/1990315676456583599?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">videos<\/a>\u00a0being shared by many people, security specialist Gavin de Becker\u00a0claims that vaccines (especially tetanus shots) have been secretly used to reduce women\u2019s and men\u2019s ability to have children as part of a supposed plan by the U.S., the WHO, and people like Bill Gates to lower the world\u2019s population.<\/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>This idea began with a 2010\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97&amp;id=37be48b474&amp;e=bcaec034a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D37be48b474%26e%3Dbcaec034a7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1763651858054000&amp;usg=AOvVaw34bHZJnvQ5TelU1V6YrYzu\">TED talk<\/a>\u00a0where Bill Gates said, \u201cThe world today has 6.8 billion people. That\u2019s headed up to about nine billion. Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent.\u201d He was not talking about reducing the number of people on Earth. He was talking about lowering\u00a0<strong>population growth rates<\/strong>\u00a0by 10\u201315 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Gates has explained many times that vaccines help\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/ideas\/annual-letters\/annual-letter-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slow population growth<\/a>\u00a0in developing countries because when parents know their children are likely to survive past age 5, they usually choose to have fewer children. Vaccines help children survive by protecting them from major killers like pneumonia and rotavirus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.worldbank.org\/en\/water\/world-population-day-2017-what-can-we-learn-bangladesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangladesh<\/a>\u00a0is a great example of this idea.\u00a0Bangladesh lowered its population growth\u00a0rate from about\u00a0<strong>6.3 children per woman<\/strong>\u00a0in 1971 to much fewer by 2004. The government worked hard on many things at once: a strong immunization program that kept children healthier, sanitation and clean-water efforts, more girls getting schooling, and family-planning work. These changes made families more confident that their children would survive, so they chose to have fewer children.<\/p>\n<p>The conspiracy theory that vaccine companies are trying to secretly depopulate the world is not new, and it would be impossible to hide because\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/news\/2016-01-26-too-many-minions-spoil-plot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">huge numbers of people<\/a>\u00a0have worked on vaccines for decades.<\/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-15349 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-189 jtf_topic_subjects-190 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 flu vaccines make you sicker?<\/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 another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joeroganhq\/status\/1989712179868696631?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>,\u00a0RFK Jr. claims that flu shots weaken the immune system, making people more likely to get non-flu illnesses, including COVID.<\/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>RFK Jr. claims that the Pentagon proved flu shots make people more likely to get the flu or COVID, but the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0264410X19313647?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0he refers to actually says the opposite. The study\u2019s conclusion clearly states that getting a flu shot did\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0make people more likely to catch other viruses. It also shows that the flu vaccine provides strong protection against many illnesses, including different types of flu, parainfluenza, RSV, and other non-flu viruses. The Department of Defense still requires flu vaccination because it helps keep service members healthy and prevent illness.<\/p>\n<p>He also points to a claim that the flu vaccine causes 4.4 times more illness, based on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/immunology\/articles\/10.3389\/fimmu.2022.882972\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0of only 115 children. But that same study also looked at about 6,000 adults and found that vaccinated adults had\u00a0<strong>fewer<\/strong>\u00a0non-flu respiratory illnesses, not more. Anti-vaccine sources sometimes use only the parts of studies that support their message, while ignoring the rest. This is why scientists look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10138056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full datasets<\/a>, not one small number taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr. further claims that the flu shot \u201cenhances\u201d coronavirus infections. But the study cited for this claim shows that the flu vaccine does\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0make people more likely to get COVID\u00a0or get sicker from it. Instead, vaccines help\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/employersolutions.vanderbilthealth.com\/employer-insights-blog\/wild-mild-how-flu-shots-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protect against serious illness<\/a>\u00a0from respiratory viruses.<\/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 the truth behind viral vaccine claims, from autism myths to flu shot fears, with facts on testing, safety, fertility, and immune system effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[],"class_list":["post-15351","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\/15351","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=15351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=15351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}