Are vaccines deadlier than diseases they prevent?
Measles is far deadlier than the MMR vaccine. Paul Thomas’s claim compares mismatched numbers; pre-vaccine measles killed about 1 in 6,000 cases.
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Measles is far deadlier than the MMR vaccine. Paul Thomas’s claim compares mismatched numbers; pre-vaccine measles killed about 1 in 6,000 cases.
In a new video, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny claims that before the vaccine, measles deaths were very rare and that the vaccine isn’t needed.
A video from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing “Voices of the Vaccine Injured” from July of last year is going around again. In it, several people claim that doctors exaggerate how dangerous vaccine-preventable diseases are because they make…
A newer study looked at the data from the so-called “Inconvenient Study” talked about in a September 2025 Senate hearing. The study says that vaccines, especially the full childhood schedule, can cause more illness, brain and behavior problems, and long-term health issues, and that…
A recent research paper from Peter McCollough’s group says that 299 deaths in the U.S. were reported after MMR vaccines, mostly in very young children, soon after getting the shot.
Former ACIP member Robert Malone claims that Dr. Marty Makary is hiding proof that COVID vaccines caused the deaths of ten children.
In an interview with optical mouse inventor Steve Kirsch, RFK Jr. claims that the papers that come in vaccine packages admit that vaccines cause autism.
In a video, anti-vaccine lawyer Mary Holland claims that the military only allows its members to get 5 vaccines at a time while babies get 10 vaccines at a time.
In a video online, the McCullough Foundation claims that vaccines given years ago can cause babies now to die.
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, RFK Jr. claims that a study found vaccines increased autism risk and that officials hid or changed the results to cover it up.