Vaccine misinformation

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  Covid vaccines aren't linked to sudden death in young people, a new CDC report finds.

  NBC News - By Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

  The new report debunks widespread misinformation that the mRNA shots were connected to sudden cardiac death in young athletes. There is no evidence that mRNA Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems in teens and young adults, a Centers for Disease Control and …

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  Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists - Poynter

  poynter.org - Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

  From spring break parties to Mardi Gras, many people remember the last major “normal” thing they did before the novel coronavirus pandemic dawned, …

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  New 99 million patient COVID-19 vaccine safety study - is it really the bombshell the headlines make it out to be?

  epidemiologistkat.com

  The COVID-19 vaccines were globally introduced in 2020, accompanied by the most intensive vaccine safety monitoring program the world has ever seen. …

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  How the anti-vaccine movement is downplaying the danger of measles

  NBC News - By Brandy Zadrozny

  Wellness influencers and anti-vaccine activists have reacted to measles outbreaks by spreading misinformation about the disease. As outbreaks of measles spread throughout the world, anti-vaccine activists aren’t just urging people not to get vaccinated — they’re taking a page from a well-worn …

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  Citing Misinformation, Florida Health Official Calls for Halt to Covid Vaccines

  The New York Times - By Apoorva Mandavilli

  Federal health officials and other experts have repeatedly sought to counter erroneous comments about the vaccines by Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general. Florida’s surgeon general on Wednesday called for a halt to the use of Covid vaccines, citing widely debunked concerns that contaminants …

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  Did Canadian Government 'Admit' 74% of Triple-Vaccinated People Now Have 'VAIDS'?

  Snopes - Alex Kasprak

  A reposted anti-vaccine article raised anew the spectre of Vaccine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome(VAIDS), which is not a thing. In early October …