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Did COVID-19 booster cause surge in deaths in Canada?!

Did COVID-19 boosters cause a surge in deaths in Canada?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : COVID-19 booster caused surge in deaths in Canada!

People are sharing a Slay News article (archive) which claimed that the Canadian government was “forced to admit” that deaths surged in people who received the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine booster dose!

Here is an excerpt of that article. Please skip to the next section for the facts!

Canadian Government Admits Deaths Surged Among Covid-Boosted Citizens

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Truth : COVID-19 booster did not cause surge in deaths in Canada!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news posted by Slay News, and here are the reasons why…

Canadian gov did not admit COVID-19 booster caused surge in death rates

Let me start by pointing out that the Canadian government and/or Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) did not admit that the COVID-19 booster dose caused a surge in death rates.

If you read the official PHAC response to MP Cathay Wagantall’s questions, you will see that PHAC specifically pointed out that unvaccinated Canadians were 8x more likely to die than boosted Canadians.

Those unvaccinated were 8 times more likely to die than those with a completed primary vaccine series and 1 or more additional doses.

Data for that time period is not comparable

I should also point out that the time period in question – June 10 to August 28, 2022, is not directly comparable, because there was a change of definitions and vaccination statuses. That change also resulted in gaps of data from June 28 to July 4, and July 19 to July 24.

To make it easier to visualise, I summarised the data (which again, isn’t directly comparable) in this table:

Vaccination Status Crude weekly deaths (average)
June 13 –
July 27
July 4 –
July 18
July 25 –
August 29
Unvaccinated 23.3 13 28.7
Not yet protected 1
Partially vaccinated 8.3
Fully vaccinated 73.3 23.5 7
1 additional dose 144 63 109.3
2 additional doses 20 46.3

As you can see, PHAC transitioned through two different sets of definitions during that time period.

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50% of Canadians had 1 booster dose at that time

Much has been made of this PHAC reply – “Across all weeks in the time period of interest, the number of deaths were highest among those with a primary series and 1 additional dose.

However, PHAC immediately cautioned against jumping to conclusions, because the crude weekly death numbers do not account for the number of people in each vaccination category.

In fact, people who received 1 additional (booster) dose of the vaccine represented HALF (50%) of the population. So it would not be surprising to see this category show the highest crude death rate.

PHAC also pointed out that even though the “crude number of deaths” was highest in the group with 1 additional dose of the vaccine, the “rate of death” (mortality rate) was “low” compared to the unvaccinated group!

[A]lthough the crude number of deaths are highest among this group, the rate of deaths among those with a primary series and 1 additional dose are low in comparison to those who are unvaccinated.

Finally, PHAC pointed out that the “unvaccinated were 8 times more likely to die” than vaccinated Canadians who received a booster dose.

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Booster dose prioritised for people with severe disease

PHAC also pointed out that both testing and the vaccines were prioritised for people who were at risk of getting severe COVID-19 disease – the elderly, people with pre-existing medical conditions, immunocompromised patients, etc.

Not only are these people more likely to die, they are also more likely to suffer more severe consequences of any COVID-19 infection. So there is a risk of data bias, leading people to conclude that their vaccinations were leading to their deaths.

Imagine if data showed that the same group of vaccinated people with 1 booster dose had the highest rate of deaths from car accidents, or pregnancies, does that mean that the COVID-19 vaccines are causing car accidents, or getting them pregnant?

In fact, PHAC specifically pointed out that vaccinated people are less likely to get sick or die, compared to unvaccinated people!

[D]espite their higher case counts, vaccinated people are less likely to get very sick or die than those unvaccinated for COVID19.

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Unvaccinated more likely to die than vaccinated people

PHAC’s assertion that unvaccinated people are more likely to get sick or die is backed by actual data.

Public Health Ontario, for example, provided public data (PDF) which clearly show that unvaccinated people are far more likely to be hospitalised, or die, from COVID-19.

Unlike the crude mortality numbers shared in the reply to MP Cathay Wagantall, these two charts show the rate of hospitalisation (above) and death (below) per 100,000 person-days.

These two charts also clearly show that the COVID-19 vaccines are not only safe, they are effective at preventing death and hospitalisation from COVID-19 infections.

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Did Japan find abortion drugs in Bill Gates mRNA vaccines?!

Did Japan find abortion drugs in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines created or owned by Bill Gates?! Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Japan found abortion drugs in Bill Gates mRNA vaccines!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice, which claimed or suggested that Japan just warned Bill Gates about abortion drugs it found in his mRNA COVID-19 vaccines!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Japan Warns Bill Gates His “Days Are Numbered” After Abortion Drugs Found in Vaccines

Japan has sent a clear message to Bill Gates—his time is running out. With the government’s Covid Task Force swiftly uncovering his crimes, the walls are closing in on the globalist kingpin.

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Truth : Japan did not find abortion drugs in Bill Gates mRNA vaccines!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Japan did not find abortion drugs in any mRNA vaccine!

Let me start by simply pointing out that Japanese scientists did not find abortion drugs in any mRNA vaccine.

If that actually occurred, it would have been widely reported by reputable media outlets, and triggered investigations by health authorities. It would also have sparked outrage by people and religious groups all over the world. None of that happened, of course, because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claim. In fact, its article referred to Dr. Masanori Fukushima, but did not actually say that Dr. Fukushima found abortion drugs in mRNA vaccines!

Bill Gates did not create or own any mRNA vaccine

I should also point out that Bill Gates did not create or own any mRNA vaccine. The two mRNA vaccine used to prevent COVID-19 were created by BioNTech, and Moderna, respectively. Neither companies are owned by Bill Gates.

Even if something bad is discovered about the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, it would have nothing to do with Bill Gates. So it is really silly to keep using his name in conjunction with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

Tetanus vaccine is different from mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

Instead of providing us evidence that Japanese scientists (reputable or otherwise) actually found abortion drugs in mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, the The People’s Voice article pivoted to an old false claim (dating back to 2014!) about the tetanus vaccine being used to sterilise women in Kenya.

To be clear – the tetanus vaccine is as different from the COVID-19 vaccines as a motorcycle is from a car. Both are motorised vehicles with wheels, but they are different kinds of vehicles. So why would anyone pitched old false claims about the tetanus vaccines to suggest they have anything to do with COVID-19 vaccines???

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No abortion drugs were found in tetanus vaccine

I should also point out that no abortion drugs were found in the 2014 tetanus vaccine scare in Kenya.

At that time, the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association claimed that they tested samples of the tetanus vaccine used in Kenya, and found them to be laced with b-HCG (beta-human chorionic gonadotropin).

However, UNICEF pointed out that there were no laboratory in Kenya capable of testing the samples for hCG.

The tests were done in hospital laboratories in Kenya. … The laboratories tested the samples for hCG using analyzers used for testing human samples like blood and urine for pregnancy. There is no laboratory in Kenya with the capacity to test non-human samples like vaccine for hCG.

In fact, when the vaccines were tested in laboratories using proper tests, the results clearly showed that the tetanus vaccines do not contain hCG:

When the vaccines were tested in laboratories which used properly validated test systems, the results clearly showed that the vaccines did not contain hCG. The low levels of hCG-like activity seen in some samples were the result of false positive reactions. In fact, in a laboratory in Hungary, it was shown that the sterile water supply from the local hospital gave a higher false positive level of hCG than did the TT vaccine.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did PHAC confirm higher mortality in boosted Canadians?!

Did Public Health Agency of Canada just confirm that boosted people have higher mortality (death rates) compared to the unvaccinated?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : PHAC confirms higher mortality in boosted Canadians!

People are sharing a Rebel News article (archive) which claimed that Public Health Agency of Canada just confirmed that boosted Canadians have higher mortality (death rates) compared to the unvaccinated!

Here is an excerpt of that article. Please skip to the next section for the facts!

Public Health Agency confirms higher death rates among boosted Canadians compared to the unvaccinated

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Truth : PHAC did not confirm higher mortality in boosted Canadians!

Let’s take a look at what the PHAC actually said, and show you why this is really just misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines:

PHAC did not confirm higher mortality in boosted Canadians

Let me start by pointing out that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) did not confirm that boosted Canadians have a higher mortality (death rate) than unvaccinated Canadians.

If you read the official PHAC response to MP Cathay Wagantall’s questions, you will see that PHAC specifically pointed out that unvaccinated Canadians were 8x more likely to die than boosted Canadians.

Those unvaccinated were 8 times more likely to die than those with a completed primary vaccine series and 1 or more additional doses.

Data for that time period is not comparable

I should also point out that the time period in question – June 10 to August 28, 2022, is not directly comparable, because there was a change of definitions and vaccination statuses. That change also resulted in gaps of data from June 28 to July 4, and July 19 to July 24.

To make it easier to visualise, I summarised the data (which again, isn’t directly comparable) in this table:

Vaccination Status Crude weekly deaths (average)
June 13 –
July 27
July 4 –
July 18
July 25 –
August 29
Unvaccinated 23.3 13 28.7
Not yet protected 1
Partially vaccinated 8.3
Fully vaccinated 73.3 23.5 7
1 additional dose 144 63 109.3
2 additional doses 20 46.3

As you can see, PHAC transitioned through two different sets of definitions during that time period.

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50% of Canadians had 1 booster dose at that time

Much has been made of this PHAC reply – “Across all weeks in the time period of interest, the number of deaths were highest among those with a primary series and 1 additional dose.

However, PHAC immediately cautioned against jumping to conclusions, because the crude weekly death numbers do not account for the number of people in each vaccination category.

In fact, people who received 1 additional (booster) dose of the vaccine represented HALF (50%) of the population. So it would not be surprising to see this category show the highest crude death rate.

PHAC also pointed out that even though the “crude number of deaths” was highest in the group with 1 additional dose of the vaccine, the “rate of death” (mortality rate) was “low” compared to the unvaccinated group!

[A]lthough the crude number of deaths are highest among this group, the rate of deaths among those with a primary series and 1 additional dose are low in comparison to those who are unvaccinated.

Finally, PHAC pointed out that the “unvaccinated were 8 times more likely to die” than vaccinated Canadians who received a booster dose.

Recommended : Did Pfizer docs prove mRNA vaccines are US weapon system?!

Booster dose prioritised for people with severe disease

PHAC also pointed out that both testing and the vaccines were prioritised for people who were at risk of getting severe COVID-19 disease – the elderly, people with pre-existing medical conditions, immunocompromised patients, etc.

Not only are these people more likely to die, they are also more likely to suffer more severe consequences of any COVID-19 infection. So there is a risk of data bias, leading people to conclude that their vaccinations were leading to their deaths.

Imagine if data showed that the same group of vaccinated people with 1 booster dose had the highest rate of deaths from car accidents, or pregnancies, does that mean that the COVID-19 vaccines are causing car accidents, or getting them pregnant?

In fact, PHAC specifically pointed out that vaccinated people are less likely to get sick or die, compared to unvaccinated people!

[D]espite their higher case counts, vaccinated people are less likely to get very sick or die than those unvaccinated for COVID19.

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Unvaccinated more likely to die than vaccinated people

PHAC’s assertion that unvaccinated people are more likely to get sick or die is backed by actual data.

Public Health Ontario, for example, provided public data (PDF) which clearly show that unvaccinated people are far more likely to be hospitalised, or die, from COVID-19.

Unlike the crude mortality numbers shared in the reply to MP Cathay Wagantall, these two charts show the rate of hospitalisation (above) and death (below) per 100,000 person-days.

These two charts also clearly show that the COVID-19 vaccines are not only safe, they are effective at preventing death and hospitalisation from COVID-19 infections.

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Will COVID-vaccinated people soon bleed from every orifice?!

Will COVID-vaccinated people soon bleed from every orifice?! Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : COVID-vaccinated people will soon bleed from every orifice!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed or suggested that COVID-vaccinated people will soon bleed from every orifice!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Pfizer Insider Reveals Vaccinated People Will Soon Start Bleeding From Every Orifice

Covid vaccinated individuals contain dormant nanopathogens in their bodies that can be activated by an 18 gigahertz signal on the 5G network, according to a Pfizer insider who reveals that once triggered, these pathogens can cause catastrophic health effects, ranging from sudden heart and brain explosions to uncontrollable bleeding from every orifice.

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Truth : COVID-vaccinated people will not bleed from every orifice!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

COVID-vaccinated people will not bleed from every orifice

Let me start by simply pointing out that people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 will not bleed from any orifice, and neither will their brains or hearts explode. This is just a silly, made-up claim.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claim.

COVID-19 vaccines do not contain dormant pathogens

I should also point out that COVID-19 vaccines do not contain dormant pathogens, that can be activated at a later date.

Some COVID-19 vaccines use a live virus to deliver instructions for your body to produce the COVID-19 spike protein, while inactivated virus vaccines use the killed COVID-19 virus to trigger your body’s immune system.

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, on the other hand, only contain mRNA instructions wrapped in lipid nanoparticles, and do not contain any virus or bacteria – dead or alive. The same goes for protein-based vaccines.

Needless to say, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence that any COVID-19 vaccine contains dormant pathogens that can be activated later.

There is no evidence of any Pfizer insider

While The People’s Voice article mentions a Pfizer insider, it never actually identified the person or his/her position, much less offered any evidence he/she exists or is actually someone working at Pfizer.

Was it a Pfizer scientist working on mRNA vaccines or dangerous pathogens, or a janitor at a Pfizer facility who has read one too many conspiracy theories? Or could it simply be fake news?

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5G signals cannot activate pathogens

5G signals are radio waves, similar to those used for mobile telecommunications for decades. They cannot be used to trigger dormant pathogens to “reactivate” and cause your brains or hearts to explode.

And even if it’s possible to create vaccines that contain dormant pathogens that can be triggered by 5G signals, why go to all that trouble? There are far easier (and cheaper!) ways to kill people.

5G currently does not support 18 GHz frequency

It is also currently impossible for anyone to send 5G signals on the 18 GHz frequency to trigger anything, because that frequency is not currently used by 5G networks and devices!

Currently, the only additional radio band used by 5G is the Frequency Range 2 (FR2) of 24 GHz to 52 GHz.

A third band – Frequency Range 3 (FR3), which will cover frequencies from 7.125 GHz to 24.25 GHz has been proposed by the World Radio Conference, but it has not yet been added to the official standard.

Even after FR3 is added to the official 5G standard, it will be many years before it’s added to new 5G devices and implemented on 5G networks.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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He continues to devote countless hours every day writing about tech, medicine and science, in his pursuit of facts in a post-truth world.

 

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Did Gavin Creel die suddenly from turbo cancer?!

Did Broadway star Gavin Creel die suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine-induced turbo cancer?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Gavin Creel died suddenly from turbo cancer!

Right after news broke that Gavin Creel died at just 48 years of age, some people immediately claimed or suggested the Broadway star died suddenly from turbo cancer caused by the COVID-19 vaccine!

Hello Dave : Fully Vaccinated Actor Gavin Creel, Star Of Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! Dead At 48 after being diagnosed with metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer in July 2024. #turbocancer 💉

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Truth : Gavin Creel did not die suddenly from turbo cancer!

It’s now tradition for anti-vaccination activists to blame all athlete deaths or illnesses on the COVID-19 vaccine. Here are the reasons why this is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccine activists…

Gavin Creel died from metastatic cancer

Gavin Creel (born Gavin James Creel on 18 April 1976) was a Tony Award-winning American actor, singer, and songwriter who starred on American Horror Stories, and is best known for his work in musical theatre.

In July 2024, Gavin Creel was diagnosed with metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma – a rare and aggressive type of cancer affecting the connective tissue surrounding peripheral nerves. Creel died under hospice care at his Manhattan home on 30 September 2024, at the age of 48.

Such malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumours are aggressive, and have a poor prognosis. Even if caught early and surgically removed, research has shown that there is a local recurrence rate of 42%, a distant metastasis rate of 27%, and a mortality rate of 26%.

It was worse for Gavin Creel because his cancer was already “metastatic” by the time it was detected. In other words, it had already spread to other parts of his body. Hence, it is not surprising that his prognosis would be so grim, and he would die so quickly after diagnosis.

Turbo cancer does not exist

I should point out that there is no such thing as “turbo cancer”, and after billions of doses have been administered worldwide in the past 3.5 years – there is still no evidence that any COVID-19 vaccine can cause cancer, or make cancer go “turbo”.

In Creel’s case, it appears that he was diagnosed late, and the aggressive cancer had already spread (extensively?) to other parts of his body.

Needless to say, anti-vaccine activists provide no evidence to back their claims that vaccinated people are dying from turbo cancer. Ironically, they even accused unvaccinated people (and fellow anti-vaxxers) like Kirstie Alley of dying from turbo cancer!

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Unknown if Gavin Creel was vaccinated against COVID-19

It is currently unknown if Gavin Creel was vaccinated against COVID-19, as he has not publicly mentioned his vaccination status. It is possible that Gavin Creel was unvaccinated against COVID-19, because the COVID-19 vaccine is not mandatory in the United States.

Ironically, many people who were injured or died suddenly were actually unvaccinated, like Kris Jordan, Aaron Carter, Kirstie Alley, Stephan Bonnar, Grayson Murray, Shane Macaulay, David Wayne Burleson, and Kaden Clymer.

Until and unless he (or his family) reveals his COVID-19 vaccination status, anyone who tells you that Gavin Creel was vaccinated or otherwise, is likely misinformed, or lying to you. None of us know that.

Playbill article shows Gavin Creel was vaccinated against flu

Some people claiming that Gavin Creel was fully-vaccinated have shared a screenshot of a Playbill article, highlighting this section:

Into the Woods stars Andy Karl, Stephanie J. Block, Gavin Creel, and more received their free vaccines following a matinee performance this past weekend.

What you may not realise is that – the Playbill article was referring to the flu vaccine, and not the COVID-19 vaccine. In short, Gavin Creel received the flu (influenza) vaccine in October 2022, not the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Did Dikembe Mutombo die suddenly from turbo cancer?!

Did basketball star Dikembe Mutombo die suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine-induced turbo cancer?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Dikembe Mutombo died suddenly from turbo cancer!

Right after news broke that Dikembe Mutombo died at just 58 years of age, some people immediately claimed or suggested the former basketball star was killed by turbo cancer caused by the COVID-19 vaccine!

The People’s Voice : NBA Legend Dikembe Mutombo, Who Pushed Covid Vaxx on Millions of Africans, Dies of Turbo Cancer

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Truth : Dikembe Mutombo did not die suddenly from turbo cancer!

It’s now tradition for anti-vaccination activists to blame all athlete deaths or illnesses on the COVID-19 vaccine. Here are the reasons why this is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccine activists…

Dikembe Mutombo died from brain cancer

Dikembe Mutombo (born Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo on 25 June 1966) was a Congolese-American professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the NBA.

On 15 October 2022, Mutombo announced that he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour in Atlanta. The NBA, which conveyed his message, did not state the kind of brain tumour, or its staging.

Sadly, Mutombo died from brain cancer surrounded by his family on 30 September, 2024. Dikembe Mutombo was 58 years old.

Turbo cancer does not exist

I should point out that there is no such thing as “turbo cancer”, and after billions of doses have been administered worldwide in the past 3.5 years – there is still no evidence that any COVID-19 vaccine can cause cancer, or make cancer go “turbo”.

Brain cancer can be detected late, or progress rapidly. For example, glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive and invasive type of brain cancer that often worsens rapidly after diagnosis. The median survival rate is only about 15 months, even with treatment.

Needless to say, anti-vaccine activists provide no evidence to back their claims that vaccinated people are dying from turbo cancer. Ironically, they even accused unvaccinated people (and fellow anti-vaxxers) like Kirstie Alley of dying from turbo cancer!

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Dikembe Mutombo was vaccinated against COVID-19

Like billions of other people around the world, Dikembe Mutombo was vaccinated against COVID-19.

In fact, Mutombo made it a point to get his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Morehouse School of Medicine (archive | archive):

Morehouse is one of the historically black colleges and universities. I wanted to make an example and encourage people of color to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

However, that does not mean his COVID-19 vaccination caused his brain cancer. The fact remains – billions of people have received multiple doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and they have not had cancer of any kind.

Needless to say, those making claims that Dikembe Mutombo’s brain cancer was caused by his COVID-19 vaccination have never offered any evidence.

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Viral video shows Kamala Harris adjusting Bluetooth earphones?!

Was Kamala Harris caught on a viral video adjusting the Bluetooth earphones she used during her debate with Donald Trump?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Viral video shows Kamala Harris adjusting Bluetooth earphones!

Some people are posting a video which claims to prove that Vice President Kamala Harris was secretly using Bluetooth wireless earphones to cheat during her debate with Donald Trump!

Poppi Starr : BUSTED…THESE are the same earrings she wore at the DEBATE

TaraBull : Nothing to see here folks 👀

Many of the videos have a text overlay which claimed:

BUSTED!! Those same earings [sic] she wore at the debate! Repost this and expose this cheating tramp! I KNEW IT!!

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Truth : Video does not show Kamala Harris adjusting Bluetooth earphones!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created about Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Kamala Harris was wearing an in-ear monitor

While Kamala Harris appears to be wearing a similar pair of pearl earrings she wore at her debate with Donald Trump, she was adjusting an in-ear monitor (IEM).

In-ear monitors are commonly worn by TV presenters and their guests, which allow them to receive vocal instructions and information from the show’s producer.

Video was edited to crop out in-ear monitor receiver

In-ear monitors do not use Bluetooth wireless technology, and linked using a wire to a receiver, which connects wirelessly using UHF or VHF radio to a transmitter off-stage.

If you watch the original video below, you can see that Kamala Harris actually picked up her in-ear monitor’s receiver to adjust the volume. You can see that the receiver is quite large.

The viral video, however, deceptively cropped out the receiver – presumably to make you think that she was adjusting her Bluetooth earphones. Why would anyone do that???

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Video was recorded in 2019

I should also point out that this video was not recorded recently. It was actually recorded in November 2019 – almost 5 years ago!

MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart recorded that video about 1 minute before the Politics Nation show with Rev. Al Sharpton started, and posted it on X (formerly Twitter) on 26 November 2019.

So this video has nothing to do with the 2024 Kamala Harris – Donald Trump presidential debate.

Kamala Harris was not wearing NOVA H1 audio earrings

This viral video is designed to perpetuate the false claims that Kamala Harris wore the NOVA H1 audio earrings during her debate with Donald Trump. That’s not true, and has been conclusively debunked.

The truth is – Kamala Harris appeared to be wearing South Sea Pearl Earrings (no longer available online) from Tiffany & Co. To be clear – these are just a pair of gold-plated earrings with pearl, without any embedded Bluetooth earphones.

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Kamala Harris does not wear Bluetooth earphones

Kamala Harris is known to dislike Bluetooth earphones, and intentionally choses to go old-school with wired earphones – for security reasons. As Politico reported in 2021, “Kamala Harris is Bluetooth-phobic“.

KAMALA HARRIS is never missing her AirPods. That’s because she’s wary of them.

While a growing number of consumers are going wireless, the vice president is sticking with the classics. She has long felt that Bluetooth headphones are a security risk. As a result, Harris insists on using wired headphones, three former campaign aides told West Wing Playbook.

In short – it’s just silly to keep claiming that Kamala Harris is secretly wearing Bluetooth earphones to receive information during her debate with Donald Trump.

This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this is yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Did Dr. Anthony Fauci kill 330K children in illegal experiments?!

Did Dr. Anthony Fauci kill 330K children in illegal experiments and dump their bodies in mass graves?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Dr. Anthony Fauci killed 330K children in illegal experiments!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed or suggested that Dr. Anthony Fauci killed 330K children in illegal experiments, and dumped their bodies in mass graves!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

RFK Jr: Fauci Must Be Prosecuted For 330K Murders, As Mass Graves Found Outside NYC

The mass graves of thousands of vulnerable children killed in illegal experiments by Dr. Anthony Fauci will used as evidence against Dr. Anthony Fauci when he is charged with crimes against humanity according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Truth : Dr. Anthony Fauci did not kill 330K children in illegal experiments!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

No mass graves of children were found in NYC

Let me start by pointing out that no mass graves of 330,000 children were discovered in New York.

If any mass grave was found in NYC, whether it contained adults or children, it would have been reported widely by media outlets all over the world, and resulted in universal outrage, and sparked criminal investigations.

Yet, there has been no media coverage, no outrage on social media, no criminal investigation. Nada. Zilch. That’s because no mass grave containing 330,000 children were found in New York!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claims.

Only 532 children participated in HIV drug trial

The People’s Voice article title and lede suggests that thousands of children were killed in “illegal experiments” conducted by Dr. Anthony Fauci.

However, the 330,000 figure was only mentioned by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who quoted that as an estimate of people (not children) infected with AIDS who died after taking the HIV drug, AZT (Azidothymidine).

There is no evidence 330,000 children died from any HIV drug trial, never mind buried in mass graves in Hawthorne, New York. In fact, The People’s Voice article later mentioned that only “532 children” participated in the HIV drug trials!

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Claims were debunked years ago

These claims originate from an article called “The House That AIDS Built” that was written and posted in 2004 by Liam Scheff, and was the basis for the BBC documentary called “Guinea Pig Kids“.

The report, which does not mention Dr. Anthony Fauci, claimed that children were given lethal HIV drugs and forcibly separated from their parents.

However, the allegations were investigated by the Vera Institute of Justice, and found to be false. In its 2009 report (PDF), Vera found that there was little to no evidence to support those allegations. Here’s a quote:

Vera reviewers found little or no evidence in the information examined for some of the concerns that prompted Children’s Services to initiate this study.

Many children—inside and outside of foster care and clinical trials—died because of complications of HIV/AIDS during the late 1980s and 1990s. Eighty of the 532 children who participated in clinical trials or observational studies died while in foster care; 25 of them died while enrolled in a medication trial. Vera medical staff did not find, however, that any child’s death was caused directly by clinical trial medication.

While some of the children enrolled in the HIV drug trials suffered side effects, the doctors monitoring them adjusted their treatments to minimise those side effects.

The child welfare files contained information indicating that some children experienced serious toxicities, or side effects, from trial medications, such as reduced liver function or severe anemia. These toxicities were consistent with toxicities described in published articles about the trials. Vera reviewers found many instances where a physician made adjustments to a child’s treatment in light of these problems as required by the clinical trial protocol.

To be clear – Vera found that no children died as a direct result of taking the HIV drug, AZT.

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BBC apologised for Guinea Pig Kids documentary

In October 2007, the BBC apologised for producing and airing the documentary, Guinea Pig Kids, that was based on the debunked article on HIV drug trials.

The BBC has produced thousands of hours of current affairs programming since 2004. This was a blip, which is why it’s been taken so seriously.

The BBC also admitted that the filmmaker falsely tried to “create an association between the [clinical] trials and a loss of parental rights“, and it also acknowledged that the film was biased towards the views of HIV “denialists“.

The BBC head of editorial complaints Fraser Steel also apologised on behalf of the BBC:

I hope you will accept my apologies, on behalf of the BBC, for the deficiencies we found in the programme and the associated website material

The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Japanese study calls for global ban of COVID-vaccinated blood?!

Is a Japanese study calling for a global ban of COVID-vaccinated blood donations and transfusions?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Japanese study calls for global ban of COVID-vaccinated blood!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that a Japanese study is calling for a global ban of COVID-vaccinated blood donations and transfusions!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Japanese Study Calls for Global Ban on ‘Contaminated’ Blood Donations from COVID-Vaccinated Individuals

A major Japanese study has called or a global ban on blood donations from Covid-vaccinated individuals to “prevent further expansion of blood contamination” in the blood supply.

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Truth : Japanese study did not call for global ban of COVID-vaccinated blood!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Japanese study did not call for global ban of COVID-vaccinated blood

Let me start by pointing out that the Japanese study in question did not call for a global ban of COVID-19 vaccinated blood. In fact, the word “ban” does not appear even once in the entire paper!

You can download and read the paper by Ueda et. al. called Concerns regarding Transfusions of Blood Products Derived from Genetic Vaccine Recipients and Proposals for Specific Measures here – PDF.

It’s a pre-print article that was not peer-reviewed

I should also point out that the Japanese study is a pre-print that has not been peer-reviewed – the first step in any scientific review process!

In other words – no one should draw any conclusion from this paper, when it has not even passed pre-publication peer review, never mind post-publication verification and criticism by other scientists.

It was a narrative review paper

The Ueda et. al. paper was also a “narrative review” or a “literature review”, which basically offers an overview of existing research, and its quality would be highly dependent on the research papers it features.

Unfortunately, it appears to feature even debunked articles like the infamous Spikeopathy paper by Peter Parry et. al., and the equally infamous AESI paper by Joseph Fraiman et. al., as well as papers by Stephanie Seneff and Peter McCullough, amongst other controversial people.

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Paper does not prove vaccinated blood is dangerous

As far as I can tell – the paper provided no actual evidence that vaccinated blood is dangerous, especially when it relies on debunked articles (example | example). Even its title suggests that it is only listing “concerns” and not actual “proof”.

The article’s emphasis on the spike protein appears to ignore the fact that vaccine spike proteins are created on cell surfaces and vaccines do not multiply, while COVID-19 infections produce far more spike proteins because the virus multiplies, and those viral particles (and their spike proteins) can freely travel in the blood!

In addition – the spike protein isn’t exclusive to COVID-19, and is a feature of all coronaviruses, including that that cause the common flu! If such spike proteins are toxic, then practically blood from every human being (who has ever had the common flu or other coronavirus infections) would be toxic.

Red Cross says vaccinated blood is safe for transfusion

After recent claims that blood donors were being rejected or deferred because they were COVID-vaccinated, the American Red Cross responded that it follows FDA regulations and protocols, and that vaccinated blood are safe for transfusions.

Donations from those who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 are safe for transfusion. Similar to other vaccines such as measles, mumps or influenza, the COVID-19 vaccine is designed to generate an immune response to help protect an individual from illness. The vaccine components themselves are not found within the blood stream.

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Blood of vaccinated people is safe for transfusion

It isn’t just the Red Cross that claims that the blood of COVID-19 vaccinated people are safe for transfusions. Other organisations like the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies and America’s Blood Centers issued a joint statement with the American Red Cross on this very issue:

Amid ongoing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations and blood donation, America’s Blood Centers, the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), and the American Red Cross reiterate the safety of America’s blood supply and assure the public that vaccines do not pose a risk to patients receiving blood transfusions.

Blood donations from individuals who have received a COVID-19 vaccine approved or authorized for use in the U.S. are safe for transfusion. Similar to other vaccines such as those for measles, mumps or influenza, COVID-19 vaccines are designed to generate an immune response to help protect an individual from illness, but vaccine components themselves do not replicate through blood transfusions or alter a blood recipients’ DNA.

In summary, there is no scientific evidence that demonstrates adverse outcomes from the transfusions of blood products collected from vaccinated donors and, therefore, no medical reason to distinguish or separate blood donations from individuals who have received a COVID-19 vaccination.

On multiple occasions, the Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that there is no evidence to support concerns related to the safety of blood donated by vaccinated individuals.

All Americans, including both blood donors and blood recipients, should feel confident that receiving a blood transfusion is safe. COVID-19 vaccines do not replicate, and all blood donations offer the same life-saving therapeutic benefits, regardless of the vaccination status of the donor.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did Michaela DePrince die from COVID-19 vaccine or suicide?!

Did Michaela DePrince die from the COVID-19 vaccine, or suicide?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Michaela DePrince died from COVID-19 vaccine / suicide!

Right after news broke that Michaela DePrince died unexpectedly at just 29 years old, some people immediately claimed or suggested that the trailblazing ballerina died from the COVID-19 vaccine, or suicide.

The People’s Voice / Luther ‘Cyrus’ / Jim Ferguson / MikeL :

Top ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who was forced to get the COVID-19 vaccine and subsequent boosters to perform in shows across America, has dropped dead at the age of 29.

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No evidence Michaela DePrince died from COVID-19 vaccine / suicide!

This appears to be another example of fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Michaela DePrince’s cause of death was not revealed

Michaela DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura on 6 January 1995) was a Sierra Leonean – American ballet dancer who rose to the top of the international dance community from her humble beginnings as an orphan in war-torn Sierra Leone.

Michaela Mabinty DePrince died unexpectedly in New York City on 10 September 2024, at 29 years of age. Her death was only announced three days later on 13 September, on her official Instagram page.

Rest in Power: Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince

However, Michaela DePrince’s cause of death has not been revealed, as of 16 September 2024. So there is no evidence that Michaela DePrince died from any COVID-19 vaccine side effect, or suicide.

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Michaela DePrince’s death was not related to her adopted mother’s death

Speculation that Michaela DePrince may have committed suicide after her adopted mother’s death appears to stem from a misunderstanding over when she actually died.

Some reports stated that Michaela DePrince died on September 13 – two days after her adopted mother, Elaine DePrince died. That’s not accurate.

In a statement issued on September 14, her family clarified that Michaela actually died on September 10 – a day before Elaine died. In addition, they shared that Elaine died during a routine procedure in preparation for a surgery, and was not aware of Michaela’s passing at the time of her procedure.

As unbelievable as it may seem, the two deaths were completely unrelated.

Michaela DePrince was vaccinated against COVID-19

Michaela DePrince was vaccinated against COVID-19, sometime in June 2021. While some people are claiming that she was forced to get the COVID-19 vaccine, her own Facebook post shows otherwise.

As you can see from her Facebook post, Michaela DePrince was happy and proud to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

I should also point out that there is no evidence that Michaela DePrince ever received a booster dose, after her COVID-19 vaccination. There is certainly no evidence she was forced to get booster doses to perform.

Unsurprisingly, those who claimed that Michaela DePrince was forced to get booster doses to perform in America never provided any evidence to back up their claims.

Fact #4 : Vaccine Side Effects Appear Within Hours / Days

Even though Michaela DePrince was fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, she would have received his doses more than three years ago!

She cannot possibly have suffered from a vaccine side effect, because they appear within hours or days, not months later.

Mild side effects like injection site pain, fever, muscle ache, headache, lethargy develop within minutes to hours of the vaccination.

Anaphylaxis develops within minutes, while other severe adverse reactions like myocarditis and VITT develop within days or weeks.

The spike proteins produced by the COVID-19 vaccines also do not stick around for months. If these spike proteins are permanent (as antivaxxers claim), we would have lifelong immunity.

Your own immune system will identify the spike proteins as foreign, and destroy them within a matter of days, although some may last for up to a few weeks. This is part of how vaccines teach your immune system to identify the enemy and destroy it.

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Did Chance Gainer die from COVID-19 vaccine heart attack?!

Did football star Chance Gainer die suddenly from a COVID-19 vaccine-induced heart attack?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Chance Gainer died from COVID-19 vaccine heart attack!

Right after news broke that Chance Gainer collapsed and died suddenly during a Friday night game, some people immediately claimed or suggested that the 18 year-old high school football star died suddenly from the COVID-19 vaccine!

Died Suddenly : Football star Chance Gainer has died suddenly from a heart attack during Friday’s game. The 18 year-old collapsed on the field and had no pulse when EMTs got to him, and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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No evidence Chance Gainer died from COVID-19 vaccine / heart attack!

It’s now tradition for anti-vaccination activists to blame all athlete deaths or illnesses on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Here are the reasons why this is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccine activists…

Fact #1 : Chance Gainer’s cause of death is not known

On Friday night, 6 September 2024, Chance Gainer collapsed during a Friday night game at Liberty County High School in Bristol, Florida.

Tim Davis, his school’s athletic director and vice principal, said, “He just went to the ground suddenly“. Coaches immediately rushed to his aid, and had a defibrillator, but when they realised the severity of the situation, they quickly waved over the ambulance and paramedics who were behind the goalpost.

According to Gulf County Superintendent Jim Norton, the EMTs did not detect a pulse when they first treated him, but detected a pulse before they put him on the ambulance. They rushed him to a hospital in Blountstown, where he was pronounced dead.

A GoFundMe page was created to help Chance Gainer’s family, and to pay for funeral expenses.

While some people have suggested or even claimed that Chance Gainer died of a heart attack, that’s not accurate – his cause of death has not been revealed as of 12 September 2024.

Until and unless his family, or the medical examiner, reveals his cause of death, anyone who tells you that Chance Gainer died from this or that cause of death is likely misinformed, or lying to you.

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Fact #2 : Athletes are at higher risk of cardiac arrest

While athletes appears to be the epitome of healthy young people, many are at risk of dying from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

In fact, studies show that sudden cardiac arrest is the leading medical cause of death in young athletes. On average, about 2,000 young people in the United States (less than 24 years old) die from sudden cardiac arrest every year, and many do not have previously-known heart disease.

That’s why many states in the United States enacted laws requiring automated external defibrillators (AED) to be made available in health clubs, gyms, schools, and other public places.

Fact #3 : Unknown if Chance Gainer was vaccinated against COVID-19

Despite suggestions that Chance Gainer was fully-vaccinated, there isn’t any actual evidence that he ever received the COVID-19 vaccine. It is possible that Chance Gainer was unvaccinated against COVID-19, because the COVID-19 vaccine is not mandatory in the United States.

Ironically, many people who were injured or died suddenly were actually unvaccinated, like Kris Jordan, Aaron Carter, Kirstie Alley, Stephan Bonnar, Grayson Murray, Shane Macaulay, David Wayne Burleson, and Kaden Clymer.

Until and unless he (or his family) reveals his COVID-19 vaccination status, anyone who tells you that Chance Gainer was vaccinated or otherwise, is likely misinformed, or lying to you. None of us know that.

Recommended : Young athletes at high risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest!

Fact #4 : Vaccine Side Effects Appear Within Hours / Days

Even if Chance Gainer was fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, he would have received his doses more than three years ago!

He cannot possibly have suffered from a vaccine side effect, because they appear within hours or days, not months later.

Mild side effects like injection site pain, fever, muscle ache, headache, lethargy develop within minutes to hours of the vaccination.

Anaphylaxis develops within minutes, while other severe adverse reactions like myocarditis and VITT develop within days or weeks.

The spike proteins produced by the COVID-19 vaccines also do not stick around for months. If these spike proteins are permanent (as antivaxxers claim), we would have lifelong immunity.

Your own immune system will identify the spike proteins as foreign, and destroy them within a matter of days, although some may last for up to a few weeks. This is part of how vaccines teach your immune system to identify the enemy and destroy it.

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Did Celine Dion attend her son’s wedding in a wheelchair?

Was Celine Dion forced to attend her son’s wedding in a wheelchair after suffering from Stiff Person Syndrome?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-09-13 : Added new video, and updates.
Originally posted @ 2023-04-13

 

Claim : Celine Dion attended her son’s wedding in a  wheelchair!

People are sharing videos on YouTube, TikTok and social media platforms, which claim to show Celine Dion attending her son’s wedding in a wheelchair, after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome.

It’s just so heart breaking to watch !!

Singer Celine Dion attending her son’s wedding, she was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition known as stiff-person syndrome.

A reminder that health is the most important aspect of life…..

shishillah : Celine Dion gets up from her wheelchair to dance with her son

christfm993 : So pathetic. Everything in Life is temporary. The famous successful singer Celine Dion can no longer walk nor lift any part of her body.

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Truth : Celine Dion did not attend her son’s wedding in a  wheelchair!

This is yet another example of fake news created to go viral on YouTube, TikTok and social media platforms, and here are the reasons why…

Celine Dion revealed her diagnosis in December 2022

First, let’s start with a quick recap on Celine Dion’s Stiff Person Syndrome diagnosis.

Celine Dion (born Céline Marie Claudette Dion on 30 March, 1968) announced in an emotional video on 8 December 2022, that she had been struggling with health issues for a long time.

She did not mention how long ago she started experiencing muscle spasms, but they became so “severe and persistent” that on 19 October 2021, she delayed her Las Vegas residency. Then on 15 January 2022, she was forced to cancel the US and Canadian concerts from 9 March to 22 April 2022.

It was only recently that the muscle spasms Celine Dion was suffering from was diagnosed as Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) – a rare neurological disorder with features of an autoimmune disease.

I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time. And it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.

Recently I’ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome which affects something like one-in-a-million people.

While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms I’ve been having.

Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to.

That lady was Kathy Poirier, not Celine Dion

The lady in the wheelchair was not Celine Dion, but a 55 year-old mother called Kathy Poirier from Florida.

Kathy Poirier suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It is a progressive nervous system disease that causes a loss of muscle control.

When her 28 year-old son, Zak Poirier, married Anja d’Adesky, 27, on 9 April 2022, she had already lost the ability to walk, and arrived in a wheelchair.

Read more : Did LAPD Say Matthew Perry Was Murdered By Friends?!

Kathy Poirier and her sons

Kathy Poirier danced with her son at his wedding

The viral videos were edited to show Celine Dion (really Kathy Poirier) being lifted to hug her son who tears up, before she is placed back on her wheelchair.

In the real video, Kathy actually danced with her son on his wedding day! In his now-deleted Instagram post, Zak explained:

My Mom was diagnosed with ALS shortly before I graduated law school. Since that time, I’ve watched her bravely fight her diagnosis and challenge the odds against her.

Despite not being able to stand on her own, my Mom and I shared a dance at my wedding. She inspires me every day to be humble, kind and selfless. Love you Mom.

On that day, Zak and his two brothers escorted her to the dance floor for the mother-son dance. The three brothers then lifted her off the wheelchair.

With his brothers holding her upright, Kathy Poirier was able to dance with Zak that day. Her sons then lowered her back onto her wheelchair while their guests gave them a standing ovation.

Their wedding planner, Root to Stems also posted a video on Instagram, which went viral last year.

Celine Dion can still stand and walk

Just to be clear, Celine Dion is not suffering from ALS, but from SPS – Stiff Person Syndrome.

As of September 2024, Celine Dion is able to stand and walk on her own, as well as sing and act. In fact, she just finished a commercial for L’Oréal Paris.

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Are dead humans being pumped into US food supply?!

Are top scientists warning about dead humans being pumped into the U.S. food supply?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Dead humans are being pumped into US food supply!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that top scientists are warning about dead humans being pumped into the U.S. food supply!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Top Scientists Sound the Alarm: ‘Dead Humans Being Pumped Into U.S. Food Supply’

The liquified remains of dead corpses are being quietly and deceitfully pumped into the U.S. food supply, according to the testimony of several top scientists.

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Truth : Dead humans are not being pumped into US food supply!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Dead humans are not being pumped into US food supply

Let me start by simply pointing out that liquefied human remains are not being pumped into the US food supply.

If that actually happened, it would have been reported widely by the mainstream media all over the world, and resulted in criminal investigations and mass outrage. Yet, none of that happened, because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article itself did not provide any evidence to back up its claim.

There was no warning by “top scientists”

The People’s Voice article claimed in its title and lede that “top scientists” testified that “liquified remains of dead corpses are being quietly and deceitfully pumped into the U.S. food supply“.

It turns out in the article that those “top scientists” were really just some “coroners and embalmers”… or even more impressively – a single anonymous “whistleblower coroner”.

Regardless of how “top” one may consider these “coroners and embalmers” to be, I don’t think they are considered “scientists” of any kind.

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Human composting is common

Human composting is the natural organic reduction of human remains, in which human corpses are allowed to naturally decompose into the soil.

Natural decomposition of human corpses into soil is actually a long-standing practice. Muslims, for example, bury their dead without embalming or cremation. Instead, they quickly wash and bury their dead in a simple plain-cloth shroud without a casket.

Modern human composting services by companies like Recompose, accelerate the process to as little as 1-2 months, by encasing human corpses in wood chips, straw and alfalfa so thermophile microbes can quickly decompose the bodies.

In the US, such accelerated human composting services are legal only in a few states – California, Colorado, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Nevada.

Human compost is not used in food supply

There is no known case of human compost ever being introduced into the food supply. If the body is buried and allowed to naturally decompose in the soil, then the eventual compost would remain in the grave.

If the body undergoes accelerated composting, the compost is either kept by the family, or spread across forests – wherever the family prefers, and the landowner allows. Some companies offer a tree grave service, in which human compost is used to plant new trees, which the family and loved ones can visit in lieu of a traditional grave.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did Moderna confirm mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer?!

Did Moderna just confirm that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Moderna confirms mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The Expose (formerly The Daily Expose), which claims that Moderna has admitted that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer!

Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Moderna confirms mRNA COVID Vaccines cause Cancer

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Truth : Moderna did not confirm mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The Expose, and here are the reasons why…

Moderna did not admit mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer

Let me start by pointing out that Moderna did not admit that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer.

If that actually happened, it would have been reported widely by the mainstream media across the world, and sparked mass outrage, criminal investigations and lawsuits. Yet, none of that happened, because Moderna did not admit that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer.

Unsurprisingly, The Expose article did not provide any evidence to back up its shocking claim.

Moderna patent was for HPIV3 vaccines

Robert Malone referred to Moderna’s patent application US 2019/0240317 A1 in his testimony. However, that patent has nothing to do with mRNA vaccines for COVID-19.

The Moderna patent was about RNA vaccines for the Human Parainfluenza 3 (HPIV3) virus – a completely different virus from SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

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Insertional mutagenesis happens with virus infections

Robert Malone appears to refer to the Moderna patent application for saying that RNA is preferable to DNA in vaccines due to risks of insertional mutagenesis, which might activate oncogenes, or inhibit tumour suppressor genes.

But if you read the actual patent application, you can see that Moderna was referring to possible risk of insertional mutagenesis in DNA vaccines that directly inject genetically-engineered DNA into a living host:

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) vaccination is one technique used to stimulate humoral and cellular immune responses to foreign antigens, such as hMPV antigens and/or PIV antigens and /or RSV antigens. The direct injection of genetically engineered DNA ( e.g., naked plasmid DNA ) into a living host results in a small number of its cells directly producing an antigen, resulting in a protective immunological response. With this technique, however, comes potential problems, including the possibility of insertional mutagenesis, which could lead to the activation of oncogenes or the inhibition of tumor suppressor genes.

There has been no known case of vaccines causing insertional mutagenesis. On the other hand, insertional mutagenesis can occur naturally in viral infections, as many viruses integrate their own genomes into the genome of the host cells.

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No evidence residual DNA is dangerous

Residual DNA isn’t something new, or exclusive to mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. Residual DNA is found in all vaccines and biological products manufactured in any kind of cell.

The risk of residual DNA has also been investigated for about 60 years now, and the US FDA has pointed out that residual DNA do not integrate into our DNA, or cause cancer.

[W]ith regard to the mRNA vaccines, while concerns have been raised previously as theoretical issues, available scientific evidence supports the conclusion that the minute amounts of residual DNA do not cause cancer or changes to a person’s genetic code.

Residual DNA is also “chopped up” into tiny pieces by the DNase enzyme, to no more than 200 bp in length. This ensures that they don’t pose any threat, even if they don’t all get filtered out.

You can read more in our article on residual DNA in mRNA vaccines.

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SV40 promoter is not dangerous

The Expose article suggests that the SV40 (Simian Virus 40) promotor sequence used in the Moderna vaccine can cause cancer through insertional mutagenesis. That is not true.

Michael Imperiale, a molecular biologist at the University of Michigan Medical School, explained that the SV40 promoter, on its own, can’t cause cancer. The part of SV40 that’s potentially cancer-causing, known as the T-antigen, isn’t present in the vaccine.

Even the scientist whose testimony to the South Carolina Senate has been used to drive this controversy, has come out to dismiss the concerns that the SV40 promoter is dangerous, or can cause cancer:

It’s just the volume knob that drives high level expression of anything put under its control, which in this case is just an antibiotic resistance marker.

The fear about the SV40 sequences is total nonsense. The vaccine is not going to cause cancer. There is no cancer causing gene in the vaccine.

– Phillip Buckhaults, director of the Cancer Genetics Lab at the University of South Carolina

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The Expose is known for fake news

Like Real Raw News and The People’s Voice, The Daily Expose is a website that capitalises on making shocking but fake or misleading stories to generate page views and money. It was later rebranded as The Expose.

Founded in November 2020 by Jonathan Allen-Walker – a welder from Lincolnshire, The Expose / Daily Expose is infamous for publishing COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news or misinformation, so you should NEVER share anything from Daily Expose / The Expose. Here are some of its stories that I personally debunked earlier:

Everything posted by The Expose / Daily Expose must be considered fake news, until proven otherwise.

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Were self-assembling nano-structures found in mRNA vaccines?!

Did Korean and Japanese scientists find self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Self-assembling nano-structures were found in mRNA vaccines!

Some people are sharing a study which claims to have discovered self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna!

Andrew Bridgen : Self assembling nano particles found in the Covid 19 jabs !!!!

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Truth : Self-assembling nano-structures were not found in mRNA vaccines!

The study, which is called Real-Time Self-Assembly of Stereomicroscopically Visible Artificial Constructionsin Incubated Specimens of mRNA Products Mainly from Pfizer and Moderna: A Comprehensive Longitudinal Study, can be read in full here.

As impressive as its long name and article length (64 pages!) may seem, it does not show any actual evidence of self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines, this appears to be yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines, and here are the reasons why…

The vaccine vials were likely contaminated

The study authors collected 58 vials, of which only 4 were unopened – 2 Pfizer, 1 AstraZeneca and 1 Novavax. The other 54 vials were used, and only contained residuals – leftover vaccine. There were no unopened Moderna vaccine vials.

Ideally, the study authors should have used only the unopened vials. However, it appears that they used all those vials – the vast majority which were already opened and used, and therefore highly likely to be contaminated.

Both Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are delivered in multi-dose vials – 6 doses per Pfizer vial, and 10 doses per Moderna vial. The vaccine doses in those vials are sterile but do not contain preservatives, and must be kept refrigerated at very low temperatures.

But when a nurse or doctor inserts a needle to withdraw a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, it will likely introduce some contaminants, including microbes. Hence, the contents of each vaccine vial must be used within 2 hours (Pfizer) or 6 hours (Moderna) – to ensure its safety as well as effectiveness.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the used vaccine vials were contaminated before the study authors even got their hands on them.

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The vaccine samples were likely degraded

mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have to be stored at very low temperatures, or they will degrade quickly:

  • -70°C to -80°C (-94°F to -112°F) for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or
  • -25°C to -15°C (-13°F to 5°F) for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

Just before administration, they must be thawed and kept at 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F) – and then, they must be used within 30-31 days.

While the study authors said they kept those vials at -20°C, it is uncertain whether they maintained the cold chain. If the vaccines were left at room temperature for more than a few hours, they would have degraded by the time they were put back into refrigeration.

But more importantly – the COVID-19 vaccines do not last long in our bodies. Right after being injected into our body, these vaccines rapidly enter nearby cells to produce the spike proteins that trigger our immune system to create the necessary antibodies against COVID-19.

Those COVID-19 vaccines, especially the delicate mRNA vaccines, would have broken down into their constituents if they were kept at room temperature for days, never mind weeks or months! It is therefore highly likely that what the study authors observed or photographed were agglutinated (clumps of) components of the degraded vaccines, rather than self-assembling nano-structures!

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The vaccine samples were possibly contaminated

It is also highly possible that the vaccine samples were contaminated during their 12-21 months incubation period. After all, even filtered air in a clean laboratory would contain contaminants and microbes.

Unless the samples were sterilised after being prepared, and kept sealed and untouched during their incubation period, it is highly possible they were contaminated at some point in time.

The samples could also be contaminated at anytime the study authors handled them, if they did not take the necessary aseptic precautions.

The photos show large variety of “nano-structures”

If the COVID-19 vaccines were manufactured to deliver some kind of self-replicating nano-structure (for whatever nefarious reasons), the study authors should see the same “nano-structures” appear in all vaccine vials.

Yet, their photos show a dizzying array of different “nano-structures”, some with crystalline structures while others appear to be biological cells. This suggests that the photos show different kinds of contaminants in the vaccine samples, and not actually man-made “nano-structures” of any kind.

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The study does not show actual nano-structures

It is odd to see the study authors use a stereo microscope to observe nano-structures. A stereo microscope is a type of optical microscope with two eyepieces (instead of one).

Despite having two eyepieces, stereo microscopes actually have much lower magnification than compound microscopes which have only one eyepiece. Hence, stereo microscopes are used for “low magnification” observation of a sample.

In any case, light microscopes of any kind are not the ideal way to observe nano-structures, because they do not offer enough magnification to resolve such tiny objects. Typically, they have a maximum resolution of just 400 to 700 nanometres (nm).

To observe nano-structures, extremely high-resolution electron microscopes should be used, as they can resolve structures from 0.1 to 10 nanometers (nm) in size.

That is why the study authors were not able to take photos of the mRNA vaccine lipid nanoparticle capsules were are approximately 80-100 nm (Pfizer) or 90-120 nm (Moderna) in size.

In fact, the study does not show any any object in the nanometre scale! The photos they took were of really massive objects in the micrometer scale1000x larger than nanometer.

The study authors also provided a 10 micrometer scale in their photos. This tells us that the objects they saw were, for most part, over 100 µm in size. It is possible that some of these structures are even 500-1000 µm (1 mm) in size, and might therefore be visible to the naked eye!

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IJVTPR does not appear to be a credible science journal

The study was published in a journal called the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research (IJVTPR). If you have never heard of the IJVTPR, you are not alone. I have never heard of it either.

In fact, it appears to have been established only in 2020 – during the COVID-19 pandemic. And according to the New Lines Magazine, it does not appear to be a credible science journal:

The International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research could easily be mistaken for a respectable publication. Its stated aim is to “bring rigorous independent and unbiased research to the subject of vaccine safety and analysis.”

All 18 members of its editorial board have university degrees, though that doesn’t make them relevant authorities. The editor-in-chief, for example, is neither a scientist nor a medical doctor but a retired professor of linguistics. Its senior editor, meanwhile, is a Canadian neuroscientist with a long history of spreading scare stories about vaccines.

In short, the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research is not the publisher of rigorous and unbiased research that it purports to be.

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Did Canada destroy Pfizer + Moderna vials to hide evidence?!

Is Canada destroying Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vials to hide evidence of a crime?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Canada is destroying Pfizer + Moderna vials to hide evidence!

Some people are suggesting that Canada is now destroying all vials of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, in an effort to hide evidence of some kind of crime.

William Makis MD : BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics across Canada have been ordered to destroy all vials of Pfizer & Moderna COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines! My urgent message to all who have access: DO NOT RETURN OR DESTROY any Vaccine vials, they are priceless! Hide them

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Truth : Canada is not destroying Pfizer + Moderna vials to hide evidence!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines, and here are the reasons why...

Fact #1 : Canada is replacing current COVID-19 vaccines with newer versions

First, let me start by pointing out that Canada is just withdrawing the current COVID-19 vaccines to make way for newer versions.

On 27 August 2024, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) issued a memo (PDF) stating that it has ordered a market withdrawal of all COVID-19 XBB vaccines in Canada, in order to facilitate the approval of the newer KP.2 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.

This is because Health Canada will remove the strain identifier - XBB / KP.2, etc. so that the COVID-19 vaccines it approves in the future will have one drug identification number (DIN), presumably to avoid confusing people who might be wondering if they are getting the latest COVID-19 vaccine.

In short - Canada is withdrawing the current COVID-19 vaccines to make way for the newer COVID-19 vaccines that offer better protection against the current COVID-19 strains.

Fact #2 : Three COVID-19 vaccines are being replaced

Canada isn't just withdrawing and replacing the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. Canada is also withdrawing and replacing the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which is known as Nuvaxovid.

As mentioned above - Canada is withdrawing ALL of its currently approved COVID-19 vaccines (which target the XBB.1.5 strain), to replace with newer COVID-19 vaccines that will target the KP.2 strain.

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Fact #3 : Canada expects new KP.2 vaccines in late September 2024

As the memo explained, the Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization has recommended that people wait for the new KP.2 formulation of COVID-19 vaccines that offer better protection against the newer COVID-19 strains that are circulating now, compared to the earlier XBB formulation.

While the current COVID-19 vaccines are no longer available starting 1 September, the new KP.2 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax, are expected to be approved and distributed in late September 2024.

Fact #4 : British Columbia continues to provide COVID-19 vaccines

While the Public Health Agency of Canada has ordered the market withdrawal of current XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccines, it is allowing each province and territory the "flexibility" to transition to the newer vaccines (source).

British Columbia, for example, will make the current XBB.1.5 vaccines available until the new KP.2 vaccines are approved. On the other hand, Manitoba has stopped giving out doses of the current XBB.1.5 vaccine, but will consider giving them to patients who request, on a case-by-case basis.

Dr. Brian Conway, the medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, says that British Columbia's decision to continue providing doses of the XBB vaccine is a "reasoned" approach:

If you really need a shot now for a medical reason, this is still a very good vaccine that has good cross-protection against the currently circulating strain.

This clearly shows that there is nothing wrong with the current XBB.1.5 vaccines, whether they are from Pfizer, Moderna, or Novavax. At least one province continues to provide them, while at least one more province will provide them on request.

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Are 3 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe for babies?

The CDC just recommended 3 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for babies 6 months and older – is that safe? Here is what you need to know…

 

Are 3 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe for babies?

The Children’s Health Defense, which is chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., just posted an article (archive) which claims or suggests that it might not be safe for babies to receive 3 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine because it’s unlicensed for children under 12.

There Are No Licensed COVID Vaccines for Kids Under 12 — But CDC Wants Babies to Get 3 Pfizer Shots by Age 9 Months

It has since been shared and promoted as evidence that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous for babies.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. : The CDC recommends THREE Pfizer Covid shots for babies by age 9 months. These shots are unsafe and ineffective, especially over the long term. And babies are at near-zero risk from Covid. So whose benefit is the CDC serving here?

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CDC : 3 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are safe + effective for babies

In this article, I will go through some of their points, and show you what the facts really are!

Fact #1 : FDA authorised Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for babies

First, let’s start by pointing out that the US FDA just authorised the latest, updated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, including for babies 6 months or older:

Unvaccinated individuals 6 months through 4 years of age are eligible to receive three doses of the updated, authorized Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or two doses of the updated, authorized Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine.

Individuals 6 months through 4 years of age who have previously been vaccinated against COVID-19 are eligible to receive one or two doses of the updated, authorized Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines (timing and number of doses to administer depends on the previous COVID-19 vaccine received).

In other words – there is nothing wrong with the CDC’s recommendation that the babies as young as 6 months old should receive 3 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Fact #2 : FDA authorised two COVID-19 vaccines for babies

In fact, the US FDA actually authorised two COVID-19 vaccines for babies 6 months and older (archive):

  • Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (2024-2025 Formula) for individuals 6 months through 11 years of age
  • Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (2024-2025 Formula) for individuals 6 months through 11 years of age

So why is Children’s Health Defense article focusing only on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine? After all, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is also based on a similar mRNA platform.

Does this mean that Children’s Health Defense believes only the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous for babies, but not the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine? Why only Pfizer, but not Moderna – they didn’t say.

In that case, well, just go ahead and opt for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine! Problem solved for people who are hesitant about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for babies.

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Fact #3 : EUA undergoes same approval process

In case you are wondering – the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has full FDA approval for children and adults who are 12 years and older, and is authorised for emergency use in children between 6 months and 11 years of age.

This does not mean that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous or ineffective in children. After all, both EUA and full FDA approval undergo the same approval process, with this major difference in post-study follow-up:

  • EUA : At least half of the participants in the studies must be followed for at least two months after vaccination.
  • Full FDA Approval : All of the participants in the studies must be followed for at least six months.

In addition, full FDA approval requires more details on manufacturing plans and processes, as well as extra time for FDA to conduct oversight and inspections of manufacturing facilities.

You can read more about the differences between full FDA approval, and Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) here.

Fact #4 : Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was proven safe + effective for babies

As the Mayo Clinic points out, both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were tested to confirm their safety and effectiveness in children aged 6 months and older:

To find out the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 6 months through 4 and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 17 years old, the FDA looked at the immune responses of children in these age groups after they were fully vaccinated.

The FDA compared those responses to the immune responses of young adults who’d been given higher doses of the same mRNA vaccine.

As with the other vaccines, side effects were recorded. Some of the children were monitored for safety for at least two months after being fully vaccinated.

So it would be false to suggest that the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was never tested in babies as young as 6 months old.

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Fact #5 : VAERS reports are unverified

The Children’s Health Defense article said that there were “37,814 deaths following COVID-19 vaccination had been reported to VAERS, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, run by the FDA and CDC.

As I pointed out many times before, VAERS data is unverified, and notoriously susceptible to abuse, and false reporting. That’s because it’s an open system that anyone – not just doctors, can report anything they want.

In addition, the reports may be duplicated and have not been verified to be related to the vaccine or drug in question. That’s why VAERS specifically warns against using its reports to reach any conclusion about the risks or safety of vaccines / drugs in question.

But that is probably why anti-vaccination activists love using VAERS data – it’s unverified, and very susceptible to abuse and false reporting.

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Did Queen’s Brian May suffer stroke from COVID-19 vaccine?!

Did Queen guitarist Brian May just suffer a stroke from the COVID-19 vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Brian May suffered a stroke from COVID-19 vaccine!

Right after Brian May revealed that he suffered a minor stroke a week ago, some people immediately suggested that the Queen guitarist may have been injured by the COVID-19 vaccine.

The People’s Voice : Queen Guitarist Brian May, Who Promoted Covid Vaccines During Pandemic, Unable To Use Arm Following Stroke

Fully vaccinated and boosted Queen guitarist Brian May, who promoted the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines during the pandemic, has revealed he suffered a stroke earlier this week leaving him unable to use his arm.

Like many other vaccinated celebrities, he had news to share about a sudden and unexpected medical emergency.

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Truth : Brian May did not suffer a stroke from COVID-19 vaccine!

It is now tradition for anti-vaccine activists to immediately blame all injuries or deaths on the COVID-19 vaccines.

Here are the reasons why this is yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines…

Fact #1 : Brian May suffered from a minor stroke

On 27 August 2024, Sir Brian May (born Brian Harold May on 19 July 1947) mentioned that he suffered “a small health hiccup“, which forced him to miss his wife’s performance at the Albert Hall the night before.

On Wednesday, 4 September 2024, the Queen guitarist finally revealed that he had suffered a minor stroke, and was taken to Frimley Hospital in an ambulance.

That little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago and what they called it was a minor stroke.

All of a sudden, out of the blue, I didn’t have any control over this arm, so it was a little scary, I have to say. 

Notably, Brian May was not diagnosed with Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) – a rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Fact #2 : Brian May temporarily lost control of his arm

Brian May revealed that he suddenly lost control of his left arm. That is not one of the symptoms of TTS. May also said that he was now fine, and can play the guitar again with full control of his left arm.

The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days.

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Fact #3 : TTS occurs soon after AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination

It is simply impossible for Brian May to suffer a blood clot from the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, because it would have occurred within days or weeks.

TTS, which is also known as Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT), occurs soon after a person receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, and has a very specific diagnostic criteria:

  • Received the vaccine 4 to 42 days prior to symptom onset
  • Any venous or arterial blood clot (often cerebral or abdominal)
  • Low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) of less than 150 x 109/L
  • Test positive for PF4 heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
  • Markedly elevated D-dimer (> 4x the upper limit of normal)

Now, we obviously do not have Brian May’s medical report, and we don’t know whether he actually received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (instead of a different COVID-19 vaccine).

But we do know that the UK government stopped using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in winter 2021. So even if Brian May received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, it wouldn’t have caused TTS / VITT some 3 years later!

Fact #4 : COVID-19 blood clot risk is much higher

What you may not know is that COVID-19 infections greatly increases the risk of developing blood clots – up to 41% in positive patients, and up to 95% in severe COVID-19 cases.

Blood clots can also develop (through different mechanisms) with smoking and the use of oral contraceptive pills (OCP). Back in May 2021, we created this table to better demonstrate the risk:

Risk Difference
Thrombocytopenia in
severe COVID-19 cases
Up to 95% 45,238X
Thrombocytopenia
in COVID-19 cases
Up to 41% 19,524X
Dying from COVID-19 Infection 0.25% to
10%
119X to 4762X
Thrombosis from OCP
(Adult)
Up to 0.46% 219X
Thrombosis from Smoking 0.18% 85.7X
Thrombosis from OCP
(Adolescents)
Up to 0.01% 4.8X
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia
(AstraZeneca Vaccine)
0.0021% Baseline

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Did Japan warn COVID-19 vaccines cause population collapse?!

Did Japan just warn that the COVID-19 vaccines are causing a global population collapse?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Japan warns COVID-19 vaccines cause population collapse!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Japan just warned that the COVID-19 vaccines are causing a global population collapse!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Japan Warns COVID Vaccines Causing Global Population Collapse

Japan has issued a dire warning about the mRNA vaccines that were administered globally in late 2020 and declared “safe and effective.” According to Japanese scientists, these vaccines are safely reducing the global population and effectively collapsing populations.

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Truth : Japan did not warn COVID-19 vaccines cause population collapse!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Japan did not warn about COVID-19 vaccines

Let me start by simply pointing out that the Japanese government has not issued any warning about the COVID-19 vaccines killing people, never mind causing a global population collapse.

If that actually happened, such a shocking news would have been widely reported by the mainstream media all over the world, and resulted in a mass outcry of outrage. Countries all over the world would also have stopped using COVID-19 vaccines, and launched their own investigations.

Yet, none of that happened. No report of population collapse anywhere in the world, no warning by the Japanese government, no outrage. Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claim.

Fact #2 : Japan still recommends COVID-19 vaccines

If the Japanese government believes that the COVID-19 vaccines are killing people, and causing a global population collapse, it would have immediately stopped the use of the vaccines.

Yet, that did not happen. In fact, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) still recommends getting vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, even for children 5-11 years in age!

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Fact #3 : Japanese population has been declining for years

The truth is – Japan has been suffering from a declining population for over a decade – since 2010. That’s ten years before the COVID-19 vaccines were invented!

Japan’s declining population has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines. It’s being caused by a steady drop in birth rates. In fact, the number of new births have been falling for 8 straight years – from 2015 to 2023.

In 2023 – the fertility rate in Japan was only 1.3 – far below the fertility rate of 2.1 for a population to remain stable. In other words – the number of births in Japan cannot compensate the number of deaths, and it has resulted in a decline in the Japanese population.

This trend will continue for decades, even if Japanese families start having large families of 4-5 children right away. That’s because it will take a long time for those children to have children of their own, and start “correcting” the decline.

The Japanese government’s Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) projected in 2023 (PDF) that the population in Japan by fall 30% by 2070.

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Fact #4 : One billion people did not die from COVID-19 vaccines

It’s preposterous to claim that over one billion people have already died from the COVID-19 vaccines.

There are just over 8.2 billion people in the world right now. It would mean that 1-in-8 people have already died. If such a tragedy did occur, virtually everyone would know several people who had died from the COVID-19 vaccines. It would also have devastated economies all across the world. That obviously did not happen.

On top of that – 1 billion people dying in the last 44 months or so would mean 22.7 million deaths per month, or over 745,000 per day! Do you believe that so many people have died in the past 3.5 years?

The hospitals, morgues, crematoriums, cemeteries and funereal services would not only be overwhelmed, they would be filled to the brim for years! In fact, some countries would likely be forced to bury their dead in mass graves.

Fact #5 : World population continues to increase

Finally, I should point out that the world population continues to increase year-on-year.

In fact, the world’s population is projected to keep increasing every year until hitting a peak of about 10.3 billion people in 2080.

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Fact #6 : Mass grave photo is from 2011

The People’s Voice article used a photo which showed a mass grave with soldiers carrying a coffin. That photo was taken in March 2011, and has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines, or even the COVID-19 pandemic.

The photo shows members of the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force carrying the coffin of a victim of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, at the temporary mass grave site in Higashi Matsushima, northern Japan.

Fact #7 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did Pfizer docs prove mRNA vaccines are US weapon system?!

Did Pfizer documents just reveal that mRNA vaccines are actually a US weapon system?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Pfizer docs prove mRNA vaccines are US weapon system!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Pfizer documents just revealed that mRNA vaccines are actually a US weapon system!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Confidential Pfizer FOIA Documents Reveal mRNA Vaccines Are ‘US Weapons System’

Bombshell Pfizer documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests have revealed the Big Pharma giant sought to suppress the release of damaging information about vaccine side-effects for 75 years because the releasing the information would “impair the application of state-of-the-art technology within a US weapons system.”

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Truth : Pfizer docs do not reveal mRNA vaccines as US weapon system!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

mRNA vaccines are not a US weapon system

Let me start by simply pointing out that mRNA vaccines are not a US weapon system.

In fact, the Pfizer document in question do not show that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was defined as a US weapon system.

Pfizer document was not released by National Archives

The People’s Voice article claims that the (b)(4) redaction code refers to “state-of-the-art technology within a U.S. weapon system”, using the National Archives redaction codes as reference.

However, that’s utter nonsense, because the Pfizer document was not redacted and released by the National Archives. It was redacted and released by the US FDA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

In addition, the National Archives clearly states that its redaction code (b)(4) only applies to “records over 25 years old“. Documents related to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine would definitely be less than 25 years old, and would never have a (b)(4) redaction code applied by the National Archives.

FOIA (b)(4) redaction code refers to trade secrets

Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the (b)(4) redaction code refers to “trade secrets“:

Exemption 4 of the FOIA protects “trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person [that is] privileged or confidential.”

In short, when the US FDA redacted the Pfizer 5.3.6 document, it did so using the FOIA redaction code for Exemption 4. It obviously would not use the National Archives redaction code for documents over 25 years old!

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Pfizer 5.3.6 document is no longer redacted!

More importantly – the Pfizer 5.3.6 document is no longer redacted! If you compare the redacted (PDF) and uncensored (PDF) documents, you will see that only 3 small pieces of information (which I highlighted in bold) were originally redacted:

  • To date, Pfizer has onboarded approximately 600 additional full time employees (FTEs).
  • More are joining each month with an expected total of more than 1,800 additional resources by the end of June 2021.
  • It is estimated that approximately 126,212,580 doses of BNT162b2 were shipped worldwide from the receipt of the first temporary authorisation for emergency supply on 01 December 2020 through 28 February 2021.

As you can tell, the (b)(4) redactions (which I highlighted in bold) had nothing to do with US weapon systems!

Pfizer 5.3.6 document was released long ago!

On top of that, the Pfizer 5.3.6 document wasn’t released recently. It is actually very old news.

The Pfizer 5.3.6 document was first released by the FDA to the PHMPT (Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency) group, with three small pieces of information redacted on 17 November 2021 – almost 3 years ago!

The FDA later decided that the redacted information were not confidential after all, and reissued the same document in full on 1 April 2022 – almost 2.5 years ago! You can read more about that here.

In other words – this is old news that has been regurgitated as something new, but is really stale and unpalatable like old vomit.

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Pfizer was not forced to release its documents

Finally, I should point out that Pfizer was not forced to release its documents.

Pfizer actually submitted those documents to health authorities in various countries way back in December 2020 or early 2021, when Pfizer applied for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to be approved.

It was really the US FDA (not Pfizer) that released those documents under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did Fatman Scoop die suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine?!

Did Fatman Scoop collapse on stage and die suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine SADS?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-09-03 : Added new details
Originally posted @ 2024-09-02

 

Claim : Fatman Scoop died suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine!

Right after news broke that Fatman Scoop collapsed on stage and died suddenly at 53 years of age, some people immediately claimed or suggested the American rapper was killed by the COVID-19 vaccine!

Erin Elizabeth : Another major celebrity collapses on stage and dies suddenly. How many more is it going to take? Can you guess what he had in common with the others? Say yes below if you can see this. God so many people are dying after the jab.

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Truth : Fatman Scoop did not die suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine!

It is now tradition for anti-vaccine activists to immediately blame all injuries or deaths on the COVID-19 vaccines.

Here are the reasons why this is yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines…

Fact #1 : Fatman Scoop’s cause of death is still unknown

Let me start with a quick summary of the circumstances around his sudden death.

On Friday, August 30, 2024, Fatman Scoop (born Isaac Freeman III on August 6, 1971) was performing at the Town Center Park in Hamden, Connecticut, when he suddenly suffered a medical emergency and collapsed on stage.

His collapsed was caught on video. Fatman Scoop was seen climbing onto a platform, and struggling to go around the DJ. He then said, “If you came to party…” and pausing a moment before saying breathlessly “make some noise“, and then he collapsed out of view.

Medics tried to revive Fatman Scoop, and he was rushed to a nearby hospital. The next morning, his manager – DJ and producer Birch Michael, announced his death “with the heaviest of hearts“. And Fatman Scoop’s family then posted their statement, saying that “the world lost a radiant soul, a beacon of light on the stage and in life“.

Neither Fatman Scoop’s manager, nor his publicist Chanel Rae, or his family, have stated his cause of death. They certainly did not blame the COVID-19 vaccines for his death.

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In fact, it has been speculated that an energy drink he consumed may have contributed to his death. Sharron Elkabas, the CEO of Fatman Scoop’s PR firm, told The Hollywood Reporter that the hiphop artist drank an energy containing stimulant compounds before his performance:

He had an energy drink before going on stage. He never drank energy drinks, but he did before this show.

Fatman Scoop also shared earlier that he suffered from COVID-19 and cellulitis in April. How bad was it? Did that COVID-19 infection, or his cellulitis, play any part in his death months later? Who knows?

The truth is – none of us know what caused Fatman Scoop’s death. Until and unless his family, or the Connecticut Medical Examiner reveals his official cause of death, no one knows for sure how he died – whether it was a heart attack, a cardiac arrest, or something else.

Fact #2 : Fatman Scoop was not vaccinated against COVID-19!

Fatman Scoop has publicly stated in an interview with Lil Jon that he was against the COVID-19 vaccines, and did not want to take it. He also stated (wrongly) that “the vaccine only MASKS the symptoms”.

I don’t want the vaccine. I’ll take my chances. No vaccine for me.

It is therefore impossible for Fatman Scoop to die from any COVID-19 vaccine side effect. After all – he never got vaccinated against COVID-19!

With that, Fatman Scoop now joins the list of unvaccinated people whose sudden deaths (or injuries) were abused by anti-vaccination activists for their agenda, like Kris Jordan, Aaron Carter, Kirstie Alley, Stephan Bonnar, Shane Macaulay, David Wayne Burleson, and Kaden Clymer.

Will those anti-vaccination activists apologise? I highly doubt it. They will likely just move on to the next sudden death / injury…

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Fact #3 : Vaccine side effects appear with hours / days

Some people have also claimed (without evidence) that Fatman Scoop may have changed his mind, and got vaccinated against COVID-19.

But even if Fatman Scoop ended up getting the COVID-19 vaccine, he would have received his doses at least three years ago! He cannot possibly have suffered from a vaccine side effect, because they appear within hours or days, not months later.

Mild side effects like injection site pain, fever, muscle ache, headache, lethargy develop within minutes to hours of the vaccination. Anaphylaxis develops within minutes, while other severe adverse reactions like myocarditis and VITT develop within days or weeks.

The spike proteins produced by the COVID-19 vaccines also do not stick around for months. If these spike proteins are permanent (as antivaxxers claim), we would have lifelong immunity.

Your own immune system will identify the spike proteins as foreign, and destroy them within a matter of days, although some may last for up to a few weeks. This is part of how vaccines teach your immune system to identify the enemy and destroy it.

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Is Trump’s team planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes?!

Is the Trump transition team planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Trump team is planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that the Trump transition team is planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Trump Insider: Arrest Warrants Ready for Elites Spraying ‘Genocidal’ Chemtrails

In a groundbreaking development, the Trump transition team are preparing to authorize officials to arrest elite figures allegedly involved in the covert operation of spraying chemtrails to manipulate weather patterns, control populations, and disperse harmful toxins, including aluminium and barium.

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Truth : Trump team is not planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Trump campaign did not announce plans for chemtrail crimes

Let me start by simply pointing out that the Trump campaign did not announce any plans to arrest anyone for “chemtrail crimes”. That’s probably because there isn’t any actual law against chemtrails in the first place!

If the Trump campaign ever mentioned anything about arresting people for chemtrail crimes, it would have been reported widely, and mocked by scientists and people all over the world.

Of course, none of that ever happened. There was no legitimate media reporting, no mockery or howls of laughter on social media, nothing. Zilch. That’s because it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence the Trump campaign is preparing to arrest people for “chemtrail crimes”.

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Fact #2 : Chemtrails do not exist

The term “chemtrails” refers to the belief that condensation trails (contrails) left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents being deliberately spread for various nefarious purposes.

The truth is – chemtrails do not exist. The white trails you see behind airplanes flying at high altitudes are contrails – trails of water vapour from aircraft engines that condenses into ice crystals in the extremely cold air.

In fact, these contrails have been seen since aircraft were able to fly at high altitudes, and were prominent during World War 2, when contrails were often seen during high-altitude bombing missions.

On top of that, it would require many tens of thousands of people in the aviation industry to work in perfect unison to cover up an industry-wide conspiracy to spray people with chemicals or biological agents like mpox. In truth – such a conspiracy would have been exposed within hours, if not days.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence that chemtrails exist, much less are an actual crime that people can get arrested for, never mind evidence that the Trump campaign plans to arrest people for “chemtrail crimes”.

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Fact #3 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called chemtrails a crime – is he right?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has just vowed to stop the crime of chemtrails! Take a look at what chemtrails are all about, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to stop the crime of chemtrails!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to stop the crime of chemtrails, in response to a video on X (formerly Twitter), which purportedly shows a whistleblower pilot speaking about chemtrails.

Here is an excerpt of the article, which is long and (intentionally?) confusing, so feel free to skip to the next part for the facts!

Concerned Citizen : “I call them tanker terminators – we are paid more than any other pilot”

Chemtrail Pilot Whistleblower.

I’m convinced the majority of them are remotely operated – the tech obviously exists & there’s way too many.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. : We are going to stop this crime.

This came after RFK Jr. suspended his US Presidential aspirations for a role in Donald Trump’s campaign. Donald Trump also said, on Sunday, that RFK Jr. would tackle health issues in a potential future Trump Administration.

His response suggests that a potential Trump Administration will “stop” that crime. Over 3 million people saw his reply, at the time I wrote this article.

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Why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrong about chemtrails!

In this article, I will go through some of the key claims about chemtrails, and share with you what the facts really are!

Fact #1 : Chemtrails do not exist

The term “chemtrails” refers to the belief that condensation trails (contrails) left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents being deliberately spread for various nefarious purposes.

Chemtrail conspiracists believe that governments or corporations are using chemtrails to make people sick, control the population, test biological or chemical weapons, or change the weather.

The truth is – chemtrails do not exist. The white trails you see behind airplanes flying at high altitudes are contrails – short for condensation trails.

Contrails are usually trails of water vapour from aircraft engines that can condense into ice crystals inextremely cold air. Such engine contrails generally form at high altitudes – usually above 8,000 metres (26,000 feet), where the air temperature is below −36.5 °C (−34 °F), but can also form at lower altitudes if the air is cool and moist.

Contrails can also be triggered by changes in the air pressure over the wing surface, or in wingtip vortices. They can also form at the tips of rotating propellers. Such contrails are usually seen at low altitudes, particularly when the ambient humidity is high.

For example, you can see contrails forming at the tips of this Curtiss P-40 Warhawk’s propellers. Obviously, this antique warbird isn’t being used to spray chemicals or toxins through its propellers!

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Fact #2 : Contrails can last a long time

According to atmospheric scientists, such contrails can dissipate after a short time, or persist for a long time – it all depends on the atmospheric conditions the plane is flying through.

If the air is very dry, contrails will not form, or will be short-lasting. But if the air is humid and cold, the water vapour will immediately condense into ice particles, which can persist for a long time.

Conspiracists insist that contrails persist for a long time in the sky because they contain chemicals or toxins that are used to control people’s minds, or make them sick. But that wouldn’t make sense, because those chemicals or toxins are persisting in the air for hours, instead of dispersing to affect people below.

Real villains who actually fund chemtrail missions will want the chemicals or toxins to quickly disperse to both avoid detection, and to rapidly affect the people below. They wouldn’t want the chemicals or toxins to stay impotently for hours high in the sky.

After all, letting the chemicals or toxins stay in the sky for a long time will let people on the ground get away from the danger zone, get under shelter, or put on protective gear – defeating the nefarious plan.

Interestingly, many of these chemtrail conspiracists do not run away, get under shelter, or put on protective gear whenever they see what they call “chemtrails”. Instead, they take photos and videos to post on social media. You have to wonder – is that what people normally do when they are being gassed???

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Fact #3 : It’s silly to spray chemicals so high in the sky

It is also silly for any nefarious government or corporation to spray chemicals or toxins or mind control drugs so high in the sky.

Wind speeds increase with altitude. At normal flight altitude, the wind can actually reach speeds of 200 km/h or more. So anything that is sprayed at such a high altitude will get blown to a completely different area.

That’s why crop-dusters fly close to the ground – to ensure that the pesticide or herbicide only hits the targeted area, and not get blown elsewhere. Similarly, the US Air Force and US Army used low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and even armoured personnel carriers (APC) to spray Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.

On top of that, chemicals or toxins released at such high altitudes will get diluted as it disperses into the air. By the time it reaches the ground (if it ever does), it would be in really low concentrations. That’s the same reason why aircraft are allowed to dump fuel to reduce weight in emergency situations – tons of jet fuel can be dumped at high altitude because it will dissipate before reaching the ground.

Fact #4 : Contrails existed decades before chemtrail conspiracy

The chemtrail conspiracy only started in the late 1990s, after the US Air Force published a 1996 report about weather modification. However, such contrails were seen for decades before the first conspiracist even thought of the concept.

Large, long-lasting contrails have been seen since aircraft were able to fly at high altitudes, and were prominent during World War 2, when contrails were often seen during high-altitude bombing missions.

Flight crews on such high-altitude bombing missions have personally seen those contrails forming from their own aircraft, as well as aircraft around them. So have people on the ground.

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Fact #5 : Contrails form over uninhabited areas too

Contrails are seen forming even when the aircraft is flying over open oceans and uninhabited areas.

Why would any nefarious government or corporation spray chemicals or biological agents over oceans and uninhabited areas? Surely they don’t plan to control the minds of fishes, or wildlife?

Fact #6 : It would be impossible to cover up such a conspiracy

Any large-scale program to spray chemicals or toxins using high-altitude aircraft would be impossible to conceal.

It would require many tens of thousands of people in the aviation industry to work in perfect unison to cover up an industry-wide conspiracy to spray people with chemicals or biological agents. Not only would the pilots and engineers be willing participants, it would require airlines to sacrifice space, weight and money on their flights to load those chemicals or biological agents.

Thousands more would also need to manufacture, store and transport those chemicals and biological agents, while thousands more people working at airports will need to assist in the storage and loading of those chemicals and biological agents.

It is inconceivable that so many people would be such willing participants in any program that would harm other people, including their family and friends. In truth – such a conspiracy would have been exposed within hours, if not days.

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Is Bill Gates creating a supervirus using COVID, Mpox and HIV?!

Is Bill Gates creating a supervirus using COVID-19, Mpox and HIV?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Bill Gates is creating a supervirus using COVID, Mpox, and HIV!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Bill Gates is creating a supervirus using COVID-19, Mpox, and HIV, to kill billions of people.

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Insider: Bill Gates Developing COVID-Mpox-HIV ‘Supervirus’ To Kill Billions of Humans

Bill Gates is working with Fauci to develop a new ‘supervirus’ that will combine RNA from SARS-CoV-2, mpox and HIV which will be capable of wiping out the vast majority of the population in a short space of time.

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Truth : Bill Gates is not creating a supervirus using COVID, Mpox, and HIV!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : No evidence Bill Gates is creating any virus with Dr. Fauci

This may seem silly, but let me start by pointing out that there is ZERO evidence that Bill Gates is creating any virus with Dr. Anthony Fauci, much less a “supervirus” made using COVID-19, Mpox, and HIV.

If there is such a project to create a supervirus to kill billions of people, it would have resulted in massive outrage, and numerous criminal investigations. Yet, there has been no legitimate media report, or even any outrage or criticism from the scientific community (who would know best about such matters). That’s because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence that Bill Gates is working with Dr. Anthony Fauci to create a supervirus of any kind, never mind one made from COVID-19, Mpox and HIV.

Fact #2 : Karen Kingston did not even mention Bill Gates

The People’s Voice article appears to be based on an opinion piece and video clip by Karen Kingston (archive).

Interestingly, Karen Kingston did not mention Bill Gates even once! So why would The People’s Voice article suggest otherwise???

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Fact #3 : Karen Kingston only worked as Pfizer representative

According to information posted on her LinkedIn profile (archive), Karen Kingston only worked at Pfizer from June 1996 to November 1998, as a healthcare representative.

As a Pfizer healthcare representative (example), her job scope would have been to sell Pfizer products or services to healthcare professionals in her region or area. She would not have any insight into product development, never mind actually conduct any research.

Her 2.5 year stint at Pfizer also occurred over 21 years before COVID-19 pandemic. So she would not have any insight into the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

As far as we can tell, Karen Kingston did not work on any scientific research at Pfizer, and she left long before mRNA vaccines were developed. So she can hardly be described as as “insider”.

Fact #4 : Pfizer mRNA vaccine was developed by BioNTech

In addition, the Pfizer mRNA vaccine was actually developed by a separate company – BioNTech, which is based in Germany. It was co-founders Özlem Türeci (left) and her husband, Uğur Şahin (right), who created the mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.

Pfizer was merely BioNTech’s partner for the purpose of carrying out clinical trials, manufacturing and distribution of the BioNTech mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. That’s why the vaccine was initially known as BNT162b2 – BNT being short for BioNTech, and later became the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

In short – Pfizer did not develop the mRNA vaccine technology used in its COVID-19 vaccine. It was created by Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci at BioNTech.

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Fact #5 : Pfizer mRNA vaccine does not contain mpox or HIV viruses

The Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine does not contain any monkeypox (now known as mpox) virus, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

We know this because the full sequence for the mRNA encoding used in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine consists of only 4250 nucleotides.

On the other hand, the monkeypox virus DNA genome is much larger at about 197kb in size, while the HIV virus RNA genome is about 9.2kb in size.

In other words – it is simply impossible for the much smaller mRNA encoding to contain monkeypox and HIV viruses!

Fact #6 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Is monkeypox a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease?!

Is monkeypox / mpox an autoimmune disease caused by the COVID-19 vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Monkeypox is a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that monkeypox is a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease – autoimmune blistering disease, or shingles, or even herpes!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Top Virologists Blow Whistle: Monkeypox Is Actually COVID Vaccine-Induced ‘Autoimmune Blistering Disease’

Top doctors worldwide are stepping forward to expose the World Health Organization’s monkeypox scare as a cover-up for known side effects linked to the COVID mRNA vaccines.

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Truth : Monkeypox is not a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Monkeypox is not an autoimmune disease

Let me start by pointing out that monkeypox (which is now known as mpox) is not an autoimmune disease in the first place.

Mpox / monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) – a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus.

Fact #2 : Monkeypox is not caused by COVID-19 vaccines

To be clear, monkeypox is not caused by any COVID-19 vaccine, because they do not contain the monkeypox virus, as some have alleged.

Fact #3 : Mpox virus was first identified in 1958

Mpox was first identified by Preben von Magnus in crab-eating macaque monkeys (hence, the name) that were being used as laboratory animals in Denmark, way back in 1958more than 60 years before the COVID-19 vaccines were invented.

Fact #4 : First human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970

In addition, the first known human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where mpox is endemic.

This occurred more than 50 years before the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved, so mpox infections have nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines.

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Fact #5 : DRC has very low COVID-19 vaccination rate

It is ludicrous to claim or suggest that the current mpox / monkeypox outbreak is caused by COVID-19 vaccination, because it started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has very low COVID-19 vaccination rates due to poor healthcare infrastructure, political instability and… misinformation!

According to the latest available data, only about 2.6 million people in Congo – out of 110 million people, have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s a vaccination rate of less than 2.5%, even if you assume they were all “fully-vaccinated”.

Fact #6 : COVID-19 vaccines are not associated with autoimmune disease

After billions of doses were administered and over 3.5 years of monitoring, COVID-19 vaccines are not known to cause any autoimmune disease. Neither do they cause viral diseases like herpes by “destroying the immune system”.

People claiming that mpox is really autoimmune blistering disease, or herpes, or shingles, appear to base their “opinions” on the Pfizer list of 1,291 Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) that some claim the FDA tried to block for 75 years.

That’s just utter nonsense, because the AESI list is not a list of vaccine side effects, and includes irrelevant adverse events like viral infections (herpes, MERS, varicella, etc., as well as “manufacturing production issue” and even “product availability issue”!

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Fact #7 : Autoimmune diseases cannot spread like a virus

Autoimmune diseases like autoimmune blistering disease, pemphigus, or pemphigoid, arise when your own immune system mistakenly attacks your skin, or mucous membranes. It cannot spread from person to person.

Monkeypox / mpox infections, on the other hand, are caused by a viral infection that spreads through close or sexual contact.

So it is really silly to claim or suggest that the current outbreak of monkeypox / mpox is really vaccine-induced autoimmune diseases that spread from person-to-person… like a virus!

Fact #8 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Was this man shot with buckshot or infected with monkeypox?!

Was this man shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot, or infected with mpox / monkeypox?! Take a look at the viral photo, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-08-21 : Added Ama Llulla network fact check, and more details
Originally posted @ 2024-08-20

 

Claim : This man was shot with buckshot, not infected with monkeypox!

Some people are claiming that the famous photo of a man with multiple black scabs was not infected with monkeypox, but rather, he was shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot.

Debbie Crawford : Fake pic! That is a guy that got shot with Buckshot years ago, stop with the fear porn already

Kevin McKernan : It’s a buckshot injury you PhDarded NPC.

Tarek : this is not monkey pox..i am in Congo and help with hospitals.. this is just a protestor shot with buckshot in Iran

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Truth : This man was infected with monkeypox, not shot with buckshot!

This appears to be an example of (accidental?) fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : False claims based on Iran HRM article

It appears that people who claimed that this photo actually shows a man who was shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot, based their opinions on an Iran Human Rights Monitor (HRM) article that was posted on 8 November 2022 (archive). Here’s an excerpt:

Shooting to kill, an unretouched image of Iran regime

A documentary on the Iranian regime’s use of shotguns against Iranian protesters

State forces in Iran fire the shotguns with pellets as alternatives to live ammunition against protesters. This use of arms is an act against international laws. A shotgun is not only considered a deadly weapon, but it accidentally harms anyone in its range. Children and the elderly are all possible targets, even passers-by and those who may not be participating in protests.

The Iran HRM article posted a slightly-cropped photo of the man with dozens of large black scabs, with the description – “A citizen hit by buckshot“.

Fact #2 : Photo shows immunocompromised mpox patient

The truth is – the viral photo was wrongly labelled by Iran Human Rights Monitor, as a victim of buckshot fired by Iranian security forces.

This photo was taken by Dr. Hiram Jerónimo, a Mexican infectious disease specialist, who posted it on 11 October 2022 – almost a month before the Iran HRM article.

He confirmed that the man was an immunocompromised patient who suffered a severe case of monkeypox (Viruela símica) with more than 250 lesions.

Obviously, this photo was taken in Mexico by Dr. Jerónimo, and could not have been taken in Iran.

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Fact #3 : A single buckshot wound would not present like this

The Iran HRM article suggests that the man might have been shot with a 12-gauge shotgun firing either #4 buckshot or 00 buckshot, due to the size of the wounds.

However, if you take a closer look, you can see that the wounds extend all around his body – around both sides, and all the way to his head and even the ears! It would be quite impossible for him to be shot with so many pellets in a single shot. I counted over 105 large black scabs in that photo, and there’s more if you count the healed pockmarks.

For those wounds to be caused by a shotgun, he would have been shot multiple times – at least 4 to 12 times, based on the number of wounds. He would also “need” to be shot at different angles, for the buckshot to hit his back, his head, as well as both left and right sides.

If that man was really shot multiple times by a 12-gauge shotgun, he would have likely died, even if they used smaller buckshot.

Buckshot wounds look different, and would also not protrude outwards like pox-like bumps, which is how monkeypox / mpox presents (source).

Fact #4 : Some wounds have healed

If you look closely at the photo, you can also see circular scars of healed wounds on the man’s back.

Unless he got shot with buckshot on two different occasions days or weeks apart, it is far more likely that those are healed monkeypox scars.

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Fact #5 : Ama Llulla confirmed this in February 2023

Ama Llulla – the Peruvian fact-checking network, actually fact checked this viral photo in a February 2023 article, and confirmed that it was a photo of an immunocompromised patient suffering from severe monkeypox (mpox) which was posted by Dr. José Hiram Hernández Jerónimo on 11 October 2022.

It also confirmed that the photo was incorrectly circulated as someone who was injured during the protests in Iran (translated):

It should be noted that the image of the patient has previously been circulated incorrectly, claiming that he was injured during the protests in Iran. In a statement from ‘Stichting Van De Familieleden’ (SF), a non-profit organization dedicated to defending human rights in Iran, the photo in question was published with the claim that it depicted ‘a civilian hit by pellets.’

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Does AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine contain mpox virus?!

Does the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine secretly contain the mpox virus?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine contains mpox virus!

Some people are sharing a photo of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine package leaflet, claiming or suggesting that AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine secretly contains the mpox virus!

Concerned Citizen : Covid Vaccines say what about Mpox?

The photo highlights the portion of the vaccine leaflet that says that it contains a “Recombinant, replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein.

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Truth : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine does not contain mpox virus!

This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Mpox is caused by an Orthopoxvirus

Let me start by quickly pointing out that the mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) virus is not a chimpanzee adenovirus.

Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) – a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family. It is closely related to the smallpox virus (variola)

The chimpanzee adenovirus is also a double-stranded DNA virus, but it is from the Mastadenovirus genus in the Adenoviridae family. It is similar to the adenoviruses that cause the common flu in human beings.

These two viruses are as different as cats and dogs. Cats and dogs are both mammals, but as you can tell – they are quite different animals!

Fact #2 : Adenovirus used in AstraZeneca vaccine cannot replicate

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine uses a chimpanzee adenovirus to “teach” some of our cells to produce the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins to trigger an immune response.

The chimpanzee adenovirus used in the vaccine – ChAdOx1 – had already been modified from the original ChAd virus serotype Y25 to prevent replication. Therefore, the virus cannot replicate, and is incapable of producing any disease in human beings.

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Fact #5 : DRC has very low COVID-19 vaccination rate

It is ludicrous to claim or suggest that the current mpox outbreak is caused by the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, because it started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has very low COVID-19 vaccination rates due to poor healthcare infrastructure, political instability and… misinformation!

According to the latest available data, only about 2.6 million people – out of 110 million people, have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s a vaccination rate of less than 2.5%, even if you assume they were all “fully-vaccinated”.

Fact #6 : 2022, 2024 monkeypox outbreaks started years later

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been given to over 2.4 billion people globally, since its approval in December 2020. If the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can actually cause mpox infections, it would have resulted in massive mpox outbreaks all over the world within days of being administered.

Yet the 2022 and 2024 monkeypox outbreaks only started 1.5 to 2.5 years after the AstraZeneca vaccine was introduced. In other words – even the temporal timeline for this ridiculous claim is out of whack!

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Can AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine give you monkeypox?!

Can the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine give you monkeypox? Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-08-20 : Updated, and refreshed after the same claims went viral with the 2024 mpox outbreak
Originally posted @ 2022-09-04

 

Claim : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can give you monkeypox!

In recent weeks, people have sharing photos of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine leaflet, claiming that it is evidence that the AstraZeneca vaccine is responsible for the current monkeypox outbreak.

They are highlighting the portion of the vaccine leaflet that says that it contains a “Recombinant, replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein.

They believe that it is this virus that causes monkeypox, and that the AstraZeneca vaccine is responsible for spreading monkeypox to vaccinated people.

Here are some of the comments that accompany these viral posts :

Who is surprised that after millions of people have been injected with genetically modified chimp virus, there is now an outbreak of monkeypox?

“The AstraZeneca vaccine uses a chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine vector” Makes you wonder doesn’t it.🤔🤔🤔🤔

More monkey business #AstraZeneca #monkeypox

 

Truth : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine won’t give you monkeypox!

This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Adenovirus used in AstraZeneca vaccine cannot replicate

The AstraZeneca Vaxzevria vaccine, codenamed AZD1222, uses a chimpanzee adenovirus to “teach” some of our cells to produce the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins to trigger an immune response.

The chimpanzee adenovirus used in the vaccine – ChAdOx1 – had already been modified from the original ChAd virus serotype Y25 to prevent replication. Therefore, the virus cannot replicate, and is incapable of producing any disease in human beings.

Fact #2 : Monkeypox is not caused by chimpanzee adenovirus

Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is completely different from the chimpanzee adenovirus.

The monkeypox virus is a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family. It is closely related to the smallpox virus (variola).

The chimpanzee adenovirus is also a double-stranded DNA virus, but it is from the Mastadenovirus genus in the Adenoviridae family. It is similar to the adenoviruses that cause the common flu in human beings.

These two viruses are as different as cats and dogs. Cats and dogs are both mammals, but as you can tell – they are quite different animals!

Read more : Monkeypox : What You Must Know About This Viral Infection!

Fact #3 : Monkeypox is a misnomer

Monkeypox was first identified and named in 1958, when it was identified in laboratory monkeys in Copenhagen, Denmark.

However, the name monkeypox is a misnomer, as it is not very common in monkeys. Neither did it originate in monkeys, nor does it spread only through monkeys.

It is known to spread through prairie dogs, dormice, squirrels, and non-human primates. It may possibly also spread through rabbits, rats and mice.

Fact #4 : Chimpanzees are not monkeys

Not that it matters, but you should know that chimpanzees and monkeys are of different species.

Chimpanzees and monkeys are both primates, but their last common ancestor dates back some 30 million years ago.

Monkeys are simians; while chimpanzees are great apes, and are genetically closest to human beings.

Fact #5 : 2022, 2024 monkeypox outbreaks started years later

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been given to over 2.4 billion people globally, since its approval in December 2020. If the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can actually cause mpox infections, it would have resulted in massive mpox outbreaks all over the world within days of being administered.

Yet the 2022 and 2024 monkeypox outbreaks only started 1.5 to 2.5 years after the AstraZeneca vaccine was introduced. In other words – even the temporal timeline for this ridiculous claim is out of whack!

Read more : Is US Sending Infected Birds To Spread Monkeypox?!

Fact #6 : Monkeypox started infecting people in 1970

The first human monkeypox infections were reported in 1970. As you can tell – that’s almost 50 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and 51 years before the AstraZeneca vaccine was introduced.

Fact #7 : Monkeypox cases were increasing before COVID-19

At first, monkeypox infections in humans were relatively few – about 400 cases from 1970 to 1986, and they were mostly limited to Central and Weest Africa.

However, it started becoming more common, with 2000 cases per year reported between 2011 and 2014. There were also several small outbreaks in the US (2003 and 2021), UK (2018 and 2021), and Singapore (2019).

These cases all happened long before the COVID-19 pandemic, and certainly long before AstraZeneca and Oxford developed their Vaxzevria vaccine against COVID-19!

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Is Mpox a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines?!

Is Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) actually a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Mpox is a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is actually a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines!

Concerned Citizen : Autoimmune disease VS Mpox

Autoimmune disease was a well known & listed common side effect from Pfizer’s experimental mRNA Gene Therapy Roll out. It looks remarkably identical to Monkey pox. Must be a coincidence.

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Truth : Mpox is not a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines!

This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Mpox is caused by a virus

Let me start by quickly pointing out that mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is not a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines. Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) – a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus.

Fact #2 : Mpox virus was first identified in 1958

Mpox was first identified by Preben von Magnus in crab-eating macaque monkeys (hence, the name) that were being used as laboratory animals in Denmark, way back in 1958more than 60 years before the COVID-19 vaccines were invented.

Fact #3 : First human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970

In addition, the first known human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where mpox is endemic.

This occurred more than 50 years before the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved, so mpox infections have nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines.

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Fact #4 : DRC has very low COVID-19 vaccination rate

It is also ludicrous to claim or suggest that the current mpox outbreak is caused by COVID-19 vaccination, because it started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has very low COVID-19 vaccination rates due to poor healthcare infrastructure, political instability and… misinformation!

According to the latest available data, only about 2.6 million people in Congo – out of 110 million people, have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s a vaccination rate of less than 2.5%, even if you assume they were all “fully-vaccinated”.

Fact #5 : COVID-19 vaccines are not associated with autoimmune disease

After billions of doses were administered and over 3.5 years of monitoring, COVID-19 vaccines are not known to cause any autoimmune disease.

People claiming that mpox is really autoimmune blistering disease, or pemphigus, or bullous pemphigoid, appear to base their “opinions” on the Pfizer list of 1,291 Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) that some claim the FDA tried to block for 75 years.

That’s just utter nonsense, because the AESI list is not a list of vaccine side effects, and includes irrelevant adverse events like viral infections (herpes, MERS, varicella, etc., as well as “manufacturing production issue” and even “product availability issue”!

Recommended : Did FDA ask for 75 years to release Pfizer vaccine data?!

Fact #6 : Autoimmune diseases cannot spread like a virus

Autoimmune diseases like autoimmune blistering disease, pemphigus, or pemphigoid, arise when your own immune system mistakenly attacks your skin, or mucous membranes. It cannot spread from person to person.

Mpox infections, on the other hand, are caused by a viral infection that spreads through close or sexual contact.

So it is really silly to claim or suggest that the current outbreak of mpox is really vaccine-induced autoimmune diseases that spread from person-to-person… like a virus!

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Is Bill Gates using chemtrails to spread monkeypox?!

Is Bill Gates using chemtrails to spread monkeypox in major cities?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Bill Gates is using chemtrails to spread monkeypox!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that a whistleblower at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed that Bill Gates is using chemtrails to spread monkeypox in major cities!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Whistleblower: Bill Gates Seeding Monkeypox in Major Cities via Chemtrails

A disturbing revelation has emerged from within the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as a whistleblower comes forward to expose a plan to use the existing chemtrails operation to unleash the next pandemic.

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Truth : Bill Gates is not using chemtrails to spread monkeypox!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : There is no whistleblower

Let me start by pointing out that there is no whistleblower scientist at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

If a high-level employee at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation actually blew the whistle on a conspiracy to spread monkeypox (now known as mpox), it would have been covered widely by the mainstream media. There would also have been massive outrage not only by the public, but also public health officials. In fact, such a shocking revelation would have triggered criminal investigations across the world!

Yet, there has been no media coverage, no outraged public health officials or public, not even a single criminal investigation. That’s because it never happened, and the story was completely made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence that such a whistleblower exists, never mind actually proving the claims he/she made.

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Fact #2 : Monkeypox cannot spread through chemtrails

The whole concept of using airplanes to spread monkeypox  through chemtrails is utter nonsense. Any genuine whistleblower scientist would know it’s impossible to spread monkeypox by spraying it from 10 kilometres up in the sky.

For one thing – human transmission of mpox occurs mainly through direct contact with the infectious skin, or other lesions in the mouth or on genitals. According to the WHO, it can also spread through very close contact, like:

  • face-to-face (talking or breathing)
  • skin-to-skin (touching or vaginal/anal sex)
  • mouth-to-mouth (kissing)
  • mouth-to-skin contact (oral sex or kissing the skin)
  • respiratory droplets or short-range aerosols from prolonged close contact

In other words – you cannot spread mpox by spraying it from tens of thousands of feet up in the sky. Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its “fact checked” claim.

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Fact #3 : Chemtrails do not exist

The term “chemtrails” refers to the belief that condensation trails (contrails) left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents being deliberately spread for various nefarious purposes.

The truth is – chemtrails do not exist. The white trails you see behind airplanes flying at high altitudes are contrails – trails of water vapour from aircraft engines that condenses into ice crystals in the extremely cold air.

In fact, these contrails have been seen since aircraft were able to fly at high altitudes, and were prominent during World War 2, when contrails were often seen during high-altitude bombing missions.

On top of that, it would require many tens of thousands of people in the aviation industry to work in perfect unison to cover up an industry-wide conspiracy to spray people with chemicals or biological agents like mpox. In truth – such a conspiracy would have been exposed within hours, if not days.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence of an industry-wide conspiracy to spray major cities with monkeypox, never mind actual evidence that Bill Gates was involved in such a nefarious plot.

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Fact #4 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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