Did COVID vaccines cause 39,000 child deaths or 0?
No child deaths were definitively linked to COVID vaccines, the FDA says. Ron Johnson’s 39,000 figure relies on VAERS, which can’t prove cause.
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No child deaths were definitively linked to COVID vaccines, the FDA says. Ron Johnson’s 39,000 figure relies on VAERS, which can’t prove cause.
No evidence shows COVID vaccines cause sudden death years later. Lancet and JAMA studies link mRNA shots only to rare, mild myocarditis.
A new rumor claims that hantavirus is listed as an adverse reaction in the package inserts for a COVID vaccine.
A video from a COVID roundtable discussion led by Senator Ron Johnson is going around again. In it, Senator Johnson says that government officials ignored warning signs that COVID vaccines might cause serious side effects and hid this information from the public.
People are still, in the year 2026, asking for blood from unvaccinated donors.
In a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. said that he took away over $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine research because they do not work. He also said that if they did work, vaccine companies would…
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.
In a video online, the McCullough Foundation claims that vaccines given years ago can cause babies now to die.
A tweet shared far and wide claims that COVID vaccines are made with SV40, which causes cancer.
Dr. Simone Gold posted a video that claims even though pregnant women were once warned to avoid things like sushi and wine, they are now being told to get four vaccines during pregnancy, including one the she says cannot be “turned off.”