The Claim:
A video featuring Brian Hooker and Polly Tommey claims that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to a rise in cancer cases, including rare and fast-growing types, especially after the vaccine was introduced in 2021.
The Facts:
The idea that COVID vaccines cause “turbo cancer” has no scientific backing. Even the most potent carcinogens take years to cause cancer. It would be some time before we saw spikes in cancer. Epidemiological data show no increase in cancer linked to the vaccines. Reports of rising early-onset cancers started in the 1990s, long before the COVID vaccines existed.
The video mentions a 40% rise in cancers based on military data, but this claim has already been looked into and proven false. The numbers were taken out of context, and later checks showed the data had errors. Government and health organizations like the CDC and the Department of Defense have confirmed there was no sudden increase in cancer because of vaccines.
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