Have vaccine benefits been exaggerated?
Vaccine benefits are not exaggerated. A CDC study projects lifetime illness and death prevented across millions of children born from 1994 onward.
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Vaccine benefits are not exaggerated. A CDC study projects lifetime illness and death prevented across millions of children born from 1994 onward.
COVID vaccines do not cause cancer. A cited South Korean study was retrospective, not causal. The SV40 promoter flagged is a removed lab tool.
Vaccines and their ingredients are reviewed for cancer, gene, and fertility risks. Package-insert wording on untested effects isn’t proof of harm.
In an interview on Mike Lindell’s station, a McCullough Foundation scientist claims that COVID vaccines cause cancers of the breast, colon, prostate, bladder, stomach, lung, and thyroid.
The HPV vaccine prevents cancer and is backed by 160+ safety studies, contrary to RFK Jr.’s claim that it’s more dangerous than HPV.
A tweet shared far and wide claims that COVID vaccines are made with SV40, which causes cancer.
Years of research show COVID vaccines do not cause cancer. Claims like “turbo cancer” are not supported by science, data, or basic biology.
Claims linking COVID vaccines to cancer are not supported by science. Experts explain why mRNA vaccines can’t alter DNA or trigger cancer.
There’s no evidence that COVID vaccines cause cancer. Experts explain why the claims lack scientific basis and rely on flawed or misleading studies.
Hepatitis B can pass from mom to baby at birth—even when moms don’t know they’re infected. That’s why the Hep B vaccine is safely given in the first hours of life.