Neal Halsey

Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Expertise: Infectious diseases, Vaccines

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CLAIMS REVIEWED

Childhood vaccines are an important protection against preventable diseases, not “poison” as claimed by Candace Owens

CLAIM
Doctors are ‘injecting poison’ into babies every two months.

SOURCE: Candace Owens, Twitter

Published: 16 Feb 2024

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No mercury or aluminum is present in vaccines; vaccine ingredients aren’t associated with disease

CLAIM
“We allow toxic metals such as aluminum and mercury in shots”

SOURCE: Mark Ghalili, Truth Social

Published: 03 Sep 2022

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Vaccines do not cause mercury toxicity or autism, contrary to claim in London Real video

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“Autism is nothing more than mercury toxicity“; vaccine ingredients are toxic

SOURCE: Rashid Buttar, London Real

Published: 15 May 2020

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No, an “FDA study” did not find that vaccines contain cancer-causing viruses

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The FDA study looked at vaccines that are made from living cells [...] oftentimes contaminated with hidden viral fragments which have the potential to cause cancer.

SOURCE: Aaron Kesel, Activist Post, Principia Scientific

Published: 31 Jan 2020

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Contrary to popular video claim, vaccine ingredients are safe, not linked to encephalopathy

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Toxic vaccine ingredients in the MMR vaccine cause encephalopathy

SOURCE: Del Bigtree, The Highwire

Published: 13 Jun 2019

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