I talk about 15 common myths and mistaken beliefs about the COVID vaccines that I’ve frequently spoken with my YouTube viewers.
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12 antivaxxers are accountable for the majority of online vaccine misinformation: https://252f2edd-1c8b-49f5-9bb2-cb57bb47e4ba.filesusr.com/ugd/f4d9b9_b7cedc0553604720b7137f8663366ee5.pdf.
More on the Illusionary Truth Effect: https://252f2edd-1c8b-49f5-9bb2-cb57bb47e4ba.filesusr.com/ugd/f4d9b9_b7cedc0553604720b7137f8663366ee5.pdf.
FDA Statement on Emergency Use Authorizations: https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/vaccines/emergency-use-authorization-vaccines-explained.
History of Emergency Use Authorization: https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2021/01/28/fda-emergency-use-authorization-history/.
Supreme Court Decision (Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, bulk viewpoint composed by the late Justice Scalia) cementing the legality of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act which safeguards vaccine manufacturers from being sued by individuals claiming vaccine injury: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-152.pdf.
Conversation of how the vaccines were developed so quickly (though most, if not all, layperson descriptions leave out the point about the high frequency of outcome of interest in the COVID trial – permitting a relatively brief stage III trial): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03626-1.
Proof that mRNA vaccines prevent asymptomatic infections: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7013e3.htm?s_cid=mm7013e3_w.
More proof that mRNA vaccines avoid asymptomatic infections: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101765?query=featured_home.
Evidence of reduced transmission from immunized individuals to family contacts in England: https://khub.net/documents/135939561/390853656/Impact+of+vaccination+on+household+transmission+of+SARS-COV-2+in+England.pdf/35bf4bb1-6ade-d3eb-a39e-9c9b25a8122a?t=1619551571214.
Evidence of decreased viral load in immunized people who do end up being contaminated (viral load is well developed as a marker for infectivity): https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.08.21251329v1.full.pdf.
More proof of decreased viral load in vaccinated individuals: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01316-7.
Joint declaration from professional societies on how the COVID vaccines do not cause infertility: https://www.acog.org/news/news-releases/2021/02/medical-experts-assert-covid-vaccines-do-not-impact-fertility.
Master list of which vaccines do and do not utilize fetal cell lines in their production: https://lozierinstitute.org/update-covid-19-vaccine-candidates-and-abortion-derived-cell-lines/.
Since April 27, the CDC has not identified patterns in cause of death that would suggest a safety problem with COVID-19 vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html.
Unmasking of the claim that the COVID vaccines have eliminated thousands: https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-vaers-deaths/fact-check-vaers-data-does-not-prove-thousands-died-from-receiving-covid-19-vaccines-idUSL1N2LV0NY.
Description from Forbes on why the mRNA vaccines can not alter your DNA: https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2021/01/11/covid-19-vaccines-cant-alter-your-dna-heres-why/?sh=6f7de8ee2491.
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