Was RSV dangerous for senior before the vaccine?
RSV has long been recognized as a health risk for seniors and immunocompromised adults, with studies dating back to the 1980s identifying severe complications and deaths.
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RSV has long been recognized as a health risk for seniors and immunocompromised adults, with studies dating back to the 1980s identifying severe complications and deaths.
Let’s look at a viral claim from Alexis Lorenze, who believes vaccines worsened her Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), and explore why her symptoms are more likely linked to a viral infection and pre-existing blood clotting issues.
Vaccines are sometimes tested against other vaccines or adjuvants instead of saline placebos to protect participants’ health when an effective vaccine is already available.
Claims that COVID vaccines are more dangerous than COVID are false. Misinterpretation of death certificates and VAERS data skews the risks and benefits.
Nutrition, sanitation, and clean water are vital, but vaccines are also essential. Combined, they prevent millions of deaths and improve health.
Vaccines are not correlated with SIDS, and multiple studies show infants receiving vaccines have a lower risk of SIDS compared to those not vaccinated.
The claim that COVID vaccines cause deadly pneumonia is unsupported. Pre-pandemic data: ~500,000 annual flu deaths and 2.5 million pneumonia deaths globally.
The flu vaccine is generally safe and far less risky than the flu itself, which causes thousands of deaths and hospitalizations annually.
The claim that 22,000 vaccines are needed to save one life from COVID and that vaccinated people have a 23% higher death rate is false.
The nasal flu vaccine does not increase the risk of Strep A infections, as the study’s findings have been misinterpreted.