Does thimerosal in flu vaccines cause brain damage?
Thimerosal in flu vaccines is safe and does not cause brain damage, ADHD, tics, or autism; claims of a CDC cover-up have been debunked.
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Thimerosal in flu vaccines is safe and does not cause brain damage, ADHD, tics, or autism; claims of a CDC cover-up have been debunked.
Claims that RSV vaccines given during pregnancy cause prematurity are misleading; data shows no increased risk in prematurity for vaccinated groups, but a decrease in the placebo group.
Despite claims, data shows vaccinated individuals, especially those with boosters, have consistently lower COVID mortality rates compared to the unvaccinated.
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.