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Articles tagged with: Immunity
CLAIM REVIEWS
Vaccination recruits both the innate and adaptive immune system; COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children
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“clearly [COVID-19] vaccines are dangerous for kids”, they cause myocarditis; children are protected from COVID-19 by innate immunity which is bypassed by vaccination
SOURCE: Michelle Perro, Joseph Mercola, Instagram
Published: 28 Mar 2023
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Viral memes listing COVID-19 topics about which authorities were allegedly “wrong” rehash debunked misinformation
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We were lied about “COVID-19 numbers”, treatments, natural immunity, and the origin of the virus; COVID-19 vaccines and control measures “didn’t work”
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 07 Mar 2023
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Infection-induced immunity is more unpredictable and poses a higher risk than vaccine-induced immunity
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“natural immunity provides superior protection to experimental vaccines; “They lied and said Natural Immunity wasn’t better than [vaccine]-induced immunity”
SOURCE: Social media users, Children's Health Denfese, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 02 Mar 2023
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Vaccination isn’t equal to parasitic infection; COVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t hamper the production of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
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“ALL vaccines, including the seasonal flu shot, contain parasites”, mRNA vaccines reduce the amount of anti-spike antibodies
SOURCE: Anonymous, Exposing satanic science
Published: 25 Nov 2022
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“Fibers” in the iris of the eye aren’t associated with the strength of the immune system
CLAIM
“You can see the strength of the immune system from looking at the eyes“
SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook
Published: 13 May 2022
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Study brings new, but not conclusive, evidence on the comparative effectiveness of infection-induced and vaccine-induced immunity
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The study by Rössner et al. “add[ed] further evidence for the usefulness of vaccines and their clear advantage over natural immunity”
SOURCE: Beth Mole, Ars Technica
Published: 31 Mar 2022
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Fox News article listing alleged mistakes in COVID-19 public health response mixes accurate information with unsubstantiated claims
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Natural immunity protects better than vaccination; “the mortality risk of an un-boosted person under age 30 was zero”; cloth face masks, school closures had zero benefits for children and some harm
SOURCE: Marty Makary, Fox News
Published: 23 Mar 2022
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Study on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies levels following infection don’t prove that recovered patients are protected from reinfection
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A study from Johns Hopkins on natural immunity to COVID-19 demonstrates that infection provides better protection than vaccination, challenging official vaccine recommendations for previously infected people
SOURCE: Joshua Arnold, Family Research Council
Published: 15 Feb 2022
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Robert Malone made multiple misleading or unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 and vaccines on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast
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the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental and ineffective; “natural immunity is superior to the vaccine induced immunity”; vaccine-induced spike protein is dangerous, causes serious side effects; “Omicron is a mild variant. It is absolutely able to escape prior vaccination”
SOURCE: Robert Malone, The Joe Rogan Experience
Published: 26 Jan 2022
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No evidence that the low COVID-19 case rate in Sweden is due to herd immunity; vaccines don’t lead to new variants of SARS-CoV-2
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“Sweden obliterates the lie of ‘vaccines’ as ticket to ending pandemic”; mass vaccination create vaccine-mediated viral enhancement
SOURCE: Daniel Horowitz, The Blaze
Published: 29 Nov 2021
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