{"id":16046,"date":"2026-04-16T11:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=just-the-facts&#038;p=16046"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:11:45","slug":"correcting-this-weeks-misinformation-week-of-april-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"just-the-facts","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/just-the-facts\/correcting-this-weeks-misinformation-week-of-april-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Correcting this week\u2019s misinformation: week of April 16, 2026"},"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 remove_bottom_col_margin=&#8221;true&#8221; 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_1767222023487{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-16040 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-307 jtf_topic_subjects-195 jtf_topic_subjects-199 jtf_topic_subjects-211 jtf_topic_subjects-305 jtf_topic_subjects-298 jtf_topic_subjects-341 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 vaccine inserts prove a connection to 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>In an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/2043082216272458075?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">interview<\/a>\u00a0with optical mouse inventor Steve Kirsch, RFK Jr. claims that the papers that come in vaccine packages admit that vaccines cause autism.<\/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. says that \u201ceach of the 405 diseases that have become common since 1989 is listed as a side effect in vaccine inserts.\u201d But this mixes up two different ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccine inserts do not list only\u00a0<em>side effects<\/em>. They list something called adverse events. An adverse event is\u00a0<em>anything that happens after a vaccine is given<\/em>, whether or not the vaccine caused it. A person could get sick days or weeks after a vaccine for reasons that have nothing to do with the shot. It still might get reported and added to the list.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a simple example: a Hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine insert lists \u201cherpes zoster\u201d (shingles, which comes from the chickenpox virus) as an adverse event. But the Hep B vaccine does not contain that virus. So it cannot directly cause shingles. It just means someone developed shingles sometime after getting the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>The same idea applies when autism is mentioned. It can be reported after vaccination, but that does not mean the vaccine caused it. The question of whether vaccines cause autism has been studied for many years. Scientists have looked at this very carefully, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/jtf_topics\/what-are-the-facts-on-autism\/\">the answer<\/a>\u00a0has stayed the same:\u00a0<strong>vaccines do not cause autism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The claim first came from a 1998 paper by a doctor named\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.immunize.org\/clinical\/vaccine-confidence\/topic\/mmr-vaccine\/bmj-deer-mmr-wakefield\/\">Andrew Wakefield<\/a>. Later, researchers found that the paper used false information. Because of this, the journal removed it, and Wakefield lost his medical license.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, many large, careful studies have been done. Some followed hundreds of thousands of children. For example, one study in Denmark tracked more than 650,000 children. These studies found no difference in autism rates between vaccinated and unvaccinated children.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have also learned more about autism itself. Autism begins very early in development, often\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2014\/03\/26\/294446735\/brain-changes-suggest-autism-starts-in-the-womb\">before a baby is born<\/a>. Brain differences linked to autism start forming in the womb.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/03\/30\/opinion\/sunday\/how-to-think-about-the-risk-of-autism.html\">Genetics<\/a>\u00a0(the traits we inherit from our parents) also plays a big role.<\/p>\n<p>Because vaccines are given after birth,\u00a0<strong>they cannot be the cause of autism.<\/strong><\/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-16042 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-202 jtf_topic_subjects-301 jtf_topic_subjects-348 jtf_topic_subjects-340 jtf_topic_subjects-347 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 cause seven cancers?<\/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 an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicHulscher\/status\/2042588192285556746?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">interview<\/a>\u00a0on Mike Lindell&#8217;s station, a McCullough Foundation scientist claims that COVID vaccines cause cancers of the breast, colon, prostate, bladder, stomach, lung, and thyroid.<\/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>Cancer happens when cells grow and divide out of control. This usually happens because of changes in DNA (called mutations) that affect how a cell works. Vaccines do not change our DNA or the basic structure of our cells.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/596spFgx6vg?si=jnXNxvZRJy3vnh69\">Dr. Paul Offit<\/a>\u00a0explains why the small pieces of DNA in COVID mRNA vaccines cannot harm us. Our cells have strong defenses that protect us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, enzymes (special proteins that break things down) in the cell destroy foreign DNA.<\/li>\n<li>Second, these DNA pieces do not have the signal needed to enter the nucleus (the part of the cell where our DNA is kept).<\/li>\n<li>Third, they do not have an enzyme called integrase, which would be needed to attach to our DNA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because of these protections, these DNA pieces cannot change our genes or cause cancer. There is also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gavi.org\/vaccineswork\/cancer-vaccines-could-transformative-misinformation-threatens-their-potential#:~:text=%E2%80%9CTurbo%20cancer%E2%80%9D%20reflects%20many%20of,and%20help%20it%20spread%20quickly.\">no good scientific evidence<\/a>\u00a0that COVID-19 vaccines cause \u201cturbo cancer\u201d or any other type of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The scientist points to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s40364-025-00831-w\">study<\/a>\u00a0from South Korea that suggests COVID vaccines might raise cancer risk. But experts say this study has serious problems.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers did not consider important factors. For example, people who get vaccines often go to the doctor more and get more cancer screenings (tests to look for cancer). This can make it seem like more cancers are happening, even when they are just being found more often.<\/p>\n<p>The study also followed people for a very short time\u2014sometimes only a month, and at most a year. Cancer usually takes many years to develop, so this is not long enough to show a real link.<\/p>\n<p>There is still\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s40364-025-00831-w\">no evidence<\/a>\u00a0that COVID vaccines cause cancer. Many of the strongest cancer-causing agents (called carcinogens)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ascopost.com\/issues\/may-25-2021\/chernobyl-at-35-years-an-oncologist-s-perspective\/\">take years<\/a>\u00a0to lead to cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Also,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bmjoncology.bmj.com\/content\/2\/1\/e000049\">cancers in younger people<\/a>\u00a0have been rising since the early 1990s. This increase started long before COVID vaccines existed.<\/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-16044 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-349 jtf_topic_subjects-199 jtf_topic_subjects-301 jtf_topic_subjects-299 jtf_topic_subjects-218 jtf_topic_subjects-278\"><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 government hiding COVID vaccine deaths?<\/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>Former ACIP member Robert Malone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/2041164826395709947?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">claims<\/a>\u00a0that Dr. Marty Makary is hiding proof that COVID vaccines caused the deaths of ten children.<\/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 information from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/science\/vaccinesafety\/\">VAERS<\/a>). It is an early warning system run by the government that anyone can look at.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can report a health problem to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7341350\/what-is-vaers-vaccine-reporting-database\/\">VAERS<\/a>\u00a0if it happens after a vaccine. This includes doctors, patients, and family members. But it is important to understand this:\u00a0<strong>a VAERS report does not prove the vaccine caused the problem<\/strong>. It only shows that something happened after vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if someone gets sick or even dies after a vaccine, it can be reported to VAERS, even if the illness had nothing to do with the vaccine. This helps scientists look for patterns. If many similar reports appear, researchers study them more carefully to see if there is a real link.<\/p>\n<p>On its own, VAERS cannot show that a vaccine caused harm. It is just a starting point for further research.<\/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":"The Claim: Former ACIP member Robert Malone\u00a0claims\u00a0that Dr. Marty Makary is hiding proof that COVID vaccines caused the deaths of ten children. 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