Reviews of articles from: The Epoch Times

CLAIM REVIEWS

Yale University researchers reported a technology to deliver mRNA vaccines in the nose, not a way to remotely vaccinate people

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Researchers from Yale University created a new delivery method for mRNA vaccines… through the air

SOURCE: Roman Balmakov, The Epoch Times

Published: 14 Sep 2023

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COVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t cause long-term spike protein production in the body, contrary to claims by retired professor

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COVID-19 RNA vaccines weren’t made with messenger RNA; vaccine RNA cannot be broken down in the body

SOURCE: Klaus Steger, The Epoch Times

Published: 07 Aug 2023

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CDC data didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of hospitalization, contrary to claim by The Epoch Times

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“COVID-Vaccinated More Likely To Be Hospitalized”

SOURCE: Zachary Stieber, The Epoch Times

Published: 23 Jun 2023

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Claim that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain DNA contaminants based on study of vials of “unknown provenance”; no evidence COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can alter DNA in people

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DNA in COVID mRNA shots “may have the ability to alter the human genome”; “SV40 has been linked to cancer in humans”; “Regulatory Agencies Knew There Was a Contamination Problem”

SOURCE: Kevin McKernan, Sucharit Bhakdi, The Epoch Times

Published: 23 Jun 2023

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U.S. mortality rate analysis by Josh Stirling is misleading; current data don’t show an association between COVID-19 vaccines and increased mortality

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“The more doses on average you have in a region within the United States, the bigger increase in mortality that region has had in 2022 when compared to 2021”

SOURCE: Josh Stirling, Instagram, The Epoch Times

Published: 14 Mar 2023

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New CDC data don’t confirm that the Pfizer bivalent booster shot increases the risk of ischemic strokes

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“An increased risk of stroke events has been identified with the Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine”

SOURCE: Yuhong Dong, The Epoch Times

Published: 17 Feb 2023

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Ivermectin hasn’t proven effective in COVID-19 patients so far, despite persistent online claims

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Ivermectin is a safe and effective COVID-19 treatment

SOURCE: Colleen Huber, The Epoch Times

Published: 02 Jan 2023

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Study led by FDA researchers didn’t find that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine caused blood clots, contrary to viral claims on social media

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“Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Blood Clotting: FDA”

SOURCE: Zachary Stieber, The Epoch Times

Published: 23 Dec 2022

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2014 study by Dyall et al. is an in vitro study; clinical trials showed hydroxychloroquine is ineffective against COVID-19 in people

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Federal agencies already knew that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine “were very likely to be effective against COVID-19” based on 2014 paper

SOURCE: Meryl Nass, The Epoch Times

Published: 07 Nov 2022

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Japan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths

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“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously”

SOURCE: Zachary Stieber, Stephen Hussey, The Epoch Times, Instagram

Published: 03 Nov 2022

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