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.
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.
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.
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…
Combination vaccines safely protect kids from multiple diseases with fewer shots, helping families stay on schedule and reducing stress without compromising immune response.
Randomized controlled trials with saline placebos have been done for many vaccines. Claims that there are “zero clean studies” ignore decades of scientific evidence.
Multiple childhood vaccines, including HPV, polio, and measles, were tested in placebo-controlled trials. RFK Jr.’s claim that only COVID was tested is false.