{"id":8505,"date":"2023-05-18T10:46:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=just-the-facts&#038;p=8505"},"modified":"2024-08-12T15:34:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:34:50","slug":"correcting-this-weeks-misinformation-week-of-may-18-2023","status":"publish","type":"just-the-facts","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/just-the-facts\/correcting-this-weeks-misinformation-week-of-may-18-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Correcting this week\u2019s misinformation: week of May 18, 2023"},"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-10734 type-jtf_topics jtf_topic_subjects-195 jtf_topic_subjects-203 jtf_topic_subjects-194 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\">The autism and vaccines myth resurfaces<\/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<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>Having overplayed his COVID vaccine scare cards, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stkirsch\/status\/1657879144515137536?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D7d100cc95b%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0PY_wk_odxFyWvloglkXrn\">computer scientist<\/a>\u00a0is returning to the old hits, returning to an environmental lawyer\u2019s claims concerning thimerosal in vaccines and autism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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>Vaccines do not cause\u00a0autism, but misinformation falsely claiming a link between vaccines and\u00a0autism\u00a0persists. First, anti-vaccine activist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97&amp;id=a424ec749b&amp;e=fc0735be13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Da424ec749b%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1NShKqg4ivw_pih2mYRhrp\">Wakefield<\/a>\u00a0published a fraudulent study that falsely claimed a link between\u00a0autism\u00a0and MMR. Now, a well-known anti-vaccine lawyer is claiming that thimerosal in\u00a0the\u00a0Hep\u00a0B\u00a0vaccine caused a 1995 \u201cexplosion\u201d in\u00a0autism\u00a0a few years after\u00a0the\u00a0vaccine became widely available. Let\u2019s review\u00a0the\u00a0problems with this claim.<\/p>\n<p>First, studies show that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccinesafety\/concerns\/thimerosal\/study-risk-autism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D2c989ed5a7%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3YrOu71tkmaxLDWT9RWHoI\">thimerosal\u00a0<\/a>does\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajpmonline.org\/article\/S0749-3797(03)00113-2\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D7cd22aa6c5%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LWXQit1BAqtWOG1UNXiL_\">not<\/a>\u00a0<wbr \/>increase\u00a0the\u00a0risk of\u00a0autism. In addition,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccinesafety\/concerns\/thimerosal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D71ff2df0b6%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3QxsFY84q2y1EhyipLj3uW\">thimerosal has not even been used in childhood vaccines<\/a>\u00a0since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Second,\u00a0autism\u00a0diagnoses continued to rise following\u00a0the\u00a02001 removal of thimerosal from all childhood vaccines.\u00a0The\u00a0continued rise of\u00a0autism\u00a0diagnoses is, in fact, mostly due to growing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/autism-rates-are-it-really-rise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D089096fe39%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2E9OHipgX9mKpggrgAFum3\">awareness<\/a>\u00a0and changing diagnostic criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Our anti-vaxxer does allude to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4215490\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Dcab557946c%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bPDNNCqKRujpKIB29eySv\">study<\/a>\u00a0that was approved by\u00a0the\u00a0CDC. This study used Vaccine Safety Datalink data to evaluate\u00a0the\u00a0effects of thimerosal in childhood vaccines.\u00a0The\u00a0study identified a signal of an increase in\u00a0autism, but a signal does not necessarily indicate causation between vaccination and side effects. A signal suggests a need for further study. As a cautionary measure, however,\u00a0the\u00a0birth dose of\u00a0the\u00a0Hep\u00a0B\u00a0vaccination was suspended until\u00a0the\u00a0thimerosal-free vaccine was available in 1999.<\/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-10735 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\">Spike proteins and long-term damage<\/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<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patwebbjr\/status\/1656098725310103553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D6db4a674bd%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2yudzNHafCp0vAfoQ1Q7dV\">viral tweet\u00a0<\/a>claims that a new study proves the mRNA vaccines against COVID are sending spike proteins into people\u2019s brains and causing long-term damage. The tweet cites this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2023.04.04.535604v1.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D88e188f545%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw32TEK1i2hM99U8XsbcXYAQ\">preprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 viral tweet is making a claim\u00a0about the preprint\u2019s conclusion that simply isn\u2019t true. The author claims that the \u201cstudy has concluded that COVID-19 vaccines are causing \u2018Long-term brain damage\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The preprint is actually talking about long-term neurological damage after COVID infection, not vaccines. In fact, the word vaccine shows up exactly once in the entire paper\u00a0and makes no\u00a0claims about the results of vaccination.\u00a0All results showing accumulation and damage from spike protein in the human brain were taken from people who had experienced COVID infection, not people who had been vaccinated. Vaccines were not studied at all in this paper.<\/p>\n<p>Spike protein was injected into mice and found to accumulate in the brain as well, but again, those findings don\u2019t necessarily translate to vaccines or humans. Previous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ema.europa.eu\/en\/documents\/assessment-report\/spikevax-previously-covid-19-vaccine-moderna-epar-public-assessment-report_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D01248de8d1%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0lWcuQQ8T7wF2V0XyZsYoZ\">bioaccumulation<\/a>\u00a0studies have shown that although mRNA did enter various tissues, including the brain, it was at very low levels for a very limited amount of time. Likewise, other studies have also documented the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-022-02001-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D270979b015%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03DfV5Hnm3nAf3UjAzxQuT\">long-term neurological impact<\/a>\u00a0of COVID infection.<\/p>\n<p>While over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/covid-vaccinations#what-share-of-the-population-has-received-at-least-one-dose-of-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3De71ac8f789%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XGSAqFhdXudsHr-ABQTEt\">70%<\/a>\u00a0of the world\u2019s population has received at least one vaccine, we are not seeing what would be the obvious societal ills were it causing long-term brain damage.<\/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-10736 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\">Lies, darned lies, and statistics<\/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<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenseReceptor\/status\/1656417755153743872\">very, very, very long tweet<\/a> citing a long video claims to reveal statistics about the harm from COVID vaccines in the U.S.: 26.6 million people injured, 300,000 people dead, and $150 billion in lost work time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 tweet is based on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/59KJ-3R4Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D1d0d217ca5%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1rNzxwmR9zfG75yqrH2v1I\">project<\/a>\u00a0staffed by a computer scientist and finance experts.<\/p>\n<p>If vaccines were responsible for all these deaths during\u00a0the\u00a0pandemic,\u00a0the\u00a0<wbr \/>communities with\u00a0the\u00a0highest vaccination rates would have a higher rate of deaths. \u00a0However, data shows that\u00a0the\u00a0opposite is true.\u00a0The\u00a0communities with\u00a0the\u00a0highest vaccination rates had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/377\/bmj-2021-069317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D5acfe99487%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2YIaNyjeNbpiMUr2fUObTo\">lower death rates<\/a>\u00a0than\u00a0the\u00a0communities with low vaccination rates.<\/p>\n<p>To come up with the injury statistic, the project incorrectly analyzes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35271805\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D22ec7c23cf%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2qH-C8qlfOfoEZdh6LLwrQ\">V-Safe data<\/a>, which actually shows that over 90% of side effects were non-serious, short-acting, and self-resolving. It also relies on the infamous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2022\/12\/scicheck-desantis-dubious-covid-19-vaccine-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D790f06be02%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zsRfjF4Ze9cAWKCVglgTA\">Florida paper<\/a>, which also incorrectly analyzed data, this time from clinical trials.<\/p>\n<p>It makes a number of other incorrect\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2023\/04\/scicheck-no-evidence-excess-deaths-linked-to-vaccines-contrary-to-claims-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D342748d1ab%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3SG8C_kc4x6mwvMJEOqC_i\">assumptions<\/a>.\u00a0For example, it claims \u201cthe emergence of milder and more contagious virus strains such as Omicron, it is difficult to argue if COVID-19 had a significant role in excess mortality.\u201d\u00a0Omicron, however, is far from benign and was associated with a large number of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D20d91a4756%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3jkoMZvB434qmDWO4gOFYD\">deaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>COVID infection, however, has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#datatracker-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Dd7f87f7639%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw32KZBmXxVTzaePSGr59pYS\">responsible<\/a>\u00a0for over 1.1 million deaths and 6.1 million hospitalizations\u00a0\u00a0up to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-22-105666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D4696d52952%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Fcpmafz1gDUMuaPtfXiIv\">7.7 million<\/a>\u00a0cases of\u00a0long COVID,\u00a0with a cost of over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35509962\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D102bf0e510%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684508598570000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Fh0LNS0A6yELLnoDo0Fr9\">$160 billion<\/a>.<\/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>The myth that vaccines cause autism is back, and we debunk that again this week, along with claims about brain damage and other health issues &#8220;caused&#8221; by COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[],"class_list":["post-8505","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\/8505","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=8505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=8505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}