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.
We debunk the latest vaccine misinformation each week in our Just the Facts: Correcting this week’s disinformation newsletter. Browse the other Just the Facts Newsletter Topics by clicking the link below:
Vaccine benefits are not exaggerated. A CDC study projects lifetime illness and death prevented across millions of children born from 1994 onward.
VFV debunks claims that vaccines are designed to harm people, HPV vaccination damages fertility, and vaccines cause the diseases they prevent.
Vaccines do not cause the diseases they prevent. Killed, weakened, and mRNA vaccines cannot grow, spread, or cause infection.
Japan’s vaccine delay didn’t cause SIDS to drop. Rates rose until 1998, when a safe-sleep program launched. Vaccinated kids have lower SIDS risk.
VFV debunks claims that COVID vaccines cause many serious heart problems, vaccines cause SIDS, and vaccine trials never use saline placebos.
Many vaccines have been tested with saline placebos, contrary to Del Bigtree’s claim. Active controls are also valid when a safe vaccine exists.
A viral video claims tetanus shots are unsafe, not very helpful, rarely needed, and that taking vitamin C is a better way to prevent or survive tetanus.
This week’s debunks: claims that vaccines cause autism, blood from vaccinated donors is unsafe, and Tdap harms pregnancy. Studies find otherwise.
Large studies find no higher risk of stillbirth or fetal death from Tdap in pregnancy. VAERS reports behind the claim can’t prove cause.
In an old video, RFK Jr. claims that none of the 72 required childhood vaccines were properly safety tested, that drug companies push unnecessary vaccines to make money, and that vaccines caused a big rise in autism and other chronic diseases…