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Too early for conclusions on long-term COVID-19 immunity, but some findings suggest that immune memory against the virus lasts for up to eight months and possibly longer
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“COVID-19 immunity likely lasts for years”
Articles tagged with
Vaccine
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Source: MIT Technology Review, Neel V. Patel, 2021-01-06 -
IncorrectOverwhelming weight of scientific evidence demonstrates that vaccines are safe and effective, contrary to claims in video by chiropractor Steve Baker
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There are many reasons to not vaccinate, including vaccine toxicity; “Vaccines don’t prevent transmission”; “Vaccinated kids are not as healthy as unvaccinated kids“
Source: Facebook, Steven Baker, 2021-01-13 -
MisleadingPeople who received the COVID-19 vaccine aren’t more likely to develop facial paralysis than people who didn’t receive the vaccine
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“13 Israelis suffer FACIAL PARALYSIS after taking Pfizer Covid jab”
Source: RT (Russia Today), Anonymous, 2021-01-16 -
UnsupportedVAERS reports of adverse events in people who received COVID-19 vaccines don’t demonstrate that these events were caused by the vaccines; evidence does not indicate COVID-19 vaccines caused Bell’s palsy and deaths
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“Thousands of COVID Vaccine Injuries and 13 U.S. Deaths Reported in December Alone”; “In December, 3,916 COVID vaccine-related adverse events, including 13 deaths, were reported to VAERS”
Source: Children's Health Defense, Anonymous, 2021-01-14 -
InaccurateVaccines protect people from diseases, but don’t always prevent disease transmission; research ongoing to determine if COVID-19 vaccines stop transmission
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The COVID-19 RNA vaccine “is not a vaccine”; a vaccine has to disrupt transmission by CDC and FDA standards; the vaccine “activate[s] the cell to become a pathogen-manufacturing site”
Source: New Earth Project, David Martin, 2021-01-05 -
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Lacks contextNurse who fainted after getting Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has a history of fainting episodes; does not mean the vaccine is unsafe
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Nurse faints after getting a COVID-19 vaccine
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-12-18 -
InaccurateThe U.S. National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act does not stop people from suing vaccine manufacturers
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“According to the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, you cannot sue a vaccine manufacturer if the vaccine has harmed and/or killed someone”
Source: Instagram, America's Frontline Doctors, Rizza Islam, 2020-12-15 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 vaccine candidates are generally safe and effective at preventing disease; ongoing studies investigate whether the vaccine can also reduce transmission
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“They have been reducing the standards so they can pass the vaccine no matter what”; “It does not prevent transmission”
Source: Children's Health Defense, This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2020-12-13 -
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