Vaccines stimulate immunity to infectious diseases with the purpose of reducing the risk of disease transmission, severe illness, and death. By this measure, COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are indeed vaccines. Evidence from clinical trials and real-world data show that they reduce the risk of infection, serious illness, and death from COVID-19.
Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a condition where people develop an allergic reaction to products containing the sugar molecule alpha-gal (galactose-α-1,3-galactose). Alpha-gal is present in animal-derived products, including red meat, milk, and ingredients of animal origin in certain vaccines, like gelatin or bovine serum. However, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain animal products, therefore they don’t carry the risk of causing allergic reactions in people with AGS nor would they be expected to cause a meat allergy.
InfoWars founder Alex Jones was court-ordered to pay nearly 1.5 billion dollars in damages to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting. This lawsuit is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and justice authorities asked Jones to cease selling unproven COVID-19 remedies on his website.
Immunity from either COVID-19 vaccination or from infection, exerts selective pressure on a virus and can drive viral evolution, potentially leading to new variants. However, not vaccinating and allowing the virus to spread freely carries the risk of severe disease and death and would also increase the virus’ opportunities to mutate. COVID-19 vaccines, while imperfect, help reduce the spread of the virus and the risk of severe illness and death.
Vitamin K supports blood coagulation and helps prevent hemorrhages. However, babies are born with very small amounts of vitamin K that can leave them vulnerable to bleeding, therefore a vitamin K injection after birth greatly reduces the risk of such bleeds, which can lead to brain damage or death. Children who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more at risk of potentially fatal bleeding due to their low level in vitamin K. Vitamin K shots also contain additional molecules like polysorbate 80, also present in ice cream, that preserve the quality of the product before injection.
Studies show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of death. On the contrary, they reduce it by protecting people against severe illness and death, particularly among populations at a higher risk of severe COVID-19. While COVID-19 vaccines are associated with some serious side effects, this risk is very small and doesn’t outweigh the benefits of vaccination.
At the moment, investigations are still underway to determine where SARS-CoV-2 originated and how it came to infect humans. Both the natural and lab leak hypotheses rely on circumstantial evidence that can’t prove nor disprove either theory. However, no credible evidence indicates that the virus was engineered. Based on prior disease outbreaks, the most likely hypothesis is that SARS-CoV-2 arose naturally and that zoonotic infections were the reason for the spread of the virus in humans.
Hydrogen peroxide’s antimicrobial activity can be used to disinfect inanimate surfaces and sanitize tools, but it should not be nebulized. Nebulizing transforms a liquid medicine into a mist that can be inhaled. Inhaling hydrogen peroxide can cause respiratory irritation and even severe lung complications.
A rare medical condition called plastic bronchitis can result in the formation of gelatinous masses in the airways. These masses, called bronchial casts, can replicate the shape of the airways in the lungs. Plastic bronchitis, which was identified in the 1800s, can be due to several causes, including infection or leaking of lymphatic fluid into the lungs. This condition was already identified in the 1800s and there isn’t scientific evidence that shows COVID-19 vaccines cause plastic bronchitis.
Ukraine signed an agreement with the U.S. in 2005 to join the U.S. Department of Defense’s Biological Threat Reduction Program. The aim of this collaborative program is to “improve [partner countries’] capacity to detect, diagnose, and respond to the presence of dangerous pathogens and other threats”. These labs aren’t funded by the U.S., but are owned and funded by partner countries. There is no evidence supporting the pro-Kremlin claim that these laboratories produce biological weapons. On the contrary, the goal of these laboratories is to reduce and counter biological threats.
