Anti-vaccine website falsely claims Covid jabs behind cancer uptick

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Studies show that Covid-19 shots save lives, but anti-vaccine advocates claim they have caused a huge spike in US cancer cases since the pandemic.

A healthcare worker holds a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Memorial Healthcare System in Miramar, Florida on December 14, 2020 This is false; the social media users and websites erroneously cite unverified reports of adverse events following inoculation, and public health authorities have found no evidence linking the jabs to cancer.

-- in part due to an aging and growing population and"changes to people’s exposure to risk factors, several of which are associated with socioeconomic development" , in an April 25 email.Anyone, from doctors and nurses to patients and parents, can submit reports of adverse events following vaccination to VAERS. Health care providers areThe Exposé's claim relies on a comparison of cancer reports following influenza and Covid-19 inoculation.

"VAERS accepts reports from anyone about anything," he said in an April 26 email."I could receive a Covid vaccine and my dog gets hit with a car and I could report that to VAERS. It doesn't mean the vaccine caused my dog to get hit by a car."

 

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