COVID-19 vaccine

New Sanofi GSK COVID vaccine shows good effectiveness

I thought that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine would be the last one, but Sanofi and GSK will soon be seeking Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a new vaccine in the USA (and other countries). Although you might yawn at another COVID-19 vaccine, there are some good reasons to put this Sanofi-GSK version on your radar.

Since most of us have not thought much about other vaccines lately, this article will review this new vaccine, just so we are up to speed. And I guess I have to update my charts for COVID-19 vaccine myths and facts.

Physicians for Informed Consent — VAERS-loving anti-vaccine group

by Michael Simpson
2022-02-28
Christopher Shaw, COVID-19 vaccine, MMR vaccine, Vaccines

Physicians for Informed Consent is another one of those science-denying groups trying to pretend to be all about vaccine “informed consent,” but they spread anti-vaccine nonsense, no different than what we hear from the usual suspects like Del Bigtree and Robert F Kennedy Jr.

I’ve written about Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC) a few times, but I wanted to tell you all about the characters that are at the forefront of this anti-vaccine group. Talk about the usual suspects.

COVID vaccine during pregnancy means better-protected babies

by Michael Simpson
2022-02-20
COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna, Pfizer, Pregnancy

According to a new study, mothers who receive a COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy provide strong protection against the disease to their babies. This adds to the body of evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine is important for pregnant mothers.

Furthermore, there is solid evidence that the vaccines are safe for pregnant mothers while protecting the mother and developing fetus from harm from the disease. The benefits are overwhelming.

In this post, I will examine the newly published article that provides robust and rigorous evidence that mothers who receive the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy provide strong protection to their newborn babies.

COVID causes “substantial” long-term cardiovascular risks — get the vaccine

A new study that includes nearly 12 million patients have found that COVID-19 causes severe long-term cardiovascular risks. This is convincing evidence that everyone who can get vaccinated should get vaccinated or boosted.

Let’s take a look at the study and find out what it says about COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease.

COVID vaccine does not cause AIDS — debunking another anti-vaxxer myth

Well, this is a new one — anti-vaxxers are pushing a myth that the COVID-19 vaccine causes AIDS. Of course, those of you with solid science neurons would say to me, “wait, what? You must have read it wrong.” Unfortunately, I read it right.

This is going to be an easy one to debunk because I can’t even figure out how one gets from a COVID-19 vaccine to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But here we are, the anti-vaxxers will try anything to discredit vaccines because they have been empowered to spread disinformation by social media. Of course, I’ll debunk this ignorant myth, and tomorrow I’ll probably be trying to debunk a new myth that COVID-19 vaccines will turn your kids into alien lizards.

So here I go again. I just hope I don’t lose my few functioning neurons reading this junk science from a quack.

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