Articles tagged with: Polio

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New York Times accurately reports vaccine-derived polio outbreaks caused by low vaccine coverage

in New York Times, by Associated Press

— 02 Dec 2019

"The content of the article is correct: attenuated polio strain type 2 contained in the oral vaccine can – in very rare cases – mutate and cause disease in under-immunized pers..

CLAIM REVIEWS

Instagram reel promotes the baseless claim that viruses don’t exist, ignoring more than a century of science about infectious diseases

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Viruses don’t exist, terrain theory explains why diseases occur

SOURCE: Matt Roeske, Cultivate Elevate

Published: 15 Feb 2024

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Epidemiological data refutes the claim that polio is renamed to hide the disease and the polio vaccine doesn’t work

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Polio vaccine doesn’t work; India had no cases of non-polio paralysis until polio vaccine was introduced; polio was renamed to hide its existence

SOURCE: Jaclyn Simone, Instagram

Published: 01 Feb 2024

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Clinical trials showed that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is safe; its side effects are mostly mild

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80% of people taking the Moderna vaccine had significant side effects; children in Sudan got polio from the polio vaccine

SOURCE: Joe Rogan, The Joe Rogan Experience

Published: 26 Mar 2021

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Polio vaccine plays a critical role in eradicating polio; polio is caused by a virus, not by DDT

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“Did vaccines get rid of polio? The answer is NO!”

SOURCE: Rizza Islam, Ty Bollinger, Instagram

Published: 06 Dec 2020

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Adequate immunization and improved sanitation together protect against infection from both wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus

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“UN Forced to Admit Gates-funded Vaccine is Causing Polio Outbreak in Africa“

SOURCE: Anonymous, 21st Century Wire

Published: 10 Sep 2020

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