Have flu shots been tested for safety during pregnancy?
Flu vaccines, while initially not tested on pregnant women, have since been proven safe for use during pregnancy through numerous studies over the decades.
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Flu vaccines, while initially not tested on pregnant women, have since been proven safe for use during pregnancy through numerous studies over the decades.
COVID vaccines have a rare chance of causing shingles reactivation shortly after vaccination, but the risk of developing shingles also exists with COVID infection itself.
The HPV vaccine is safe, does not cause infertility, and significantly reduces cervical cancer rates, unlike diet and exercise alone.
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 COVID vaccines cause a surge in sepsis is unfounded; sepsis has been increasing due to hospital challenges and COVID infections, not vaccinations.
Polls claiming that 24% of Americans know someone who died from the COVID vaccine are unreliable due to participation bias and misinformation influencing respondents’ beliefs.
The CDC confirms only nine deaths linked to COVID vaccines, with the claim of a thousand deaths originating from unverified VAERS reports.
The flu shot is safe and recommended for cancer patients, but live virus vaccines should be avoided; the claim of non-consensual vaccination is likely fictitious.
COVID mRNA vaccines do not lead to autoantibody development or significant autoimmune disease risk, and COVID infection poses a higher risk for such problems.
Mixing and matching COVID vaccine brands is safe and effective according to studies, and there is no evidence linking COVID vaccines to brain aneurysms.