While states across the country are focusing on allocating the COVID-19 vaccine, a small group of Americans are waging a life-saving drug war, claiming it has already started killing recipients.
A new editorial published by The Daily Beast focuses on conspiracy theories circulating in various discussion forums. On Reddit, a substantial number of antivaxxers are raising concerns about an “nonexistent” list of “comprehensive list of COVID vaccine-related deaths”.
“Comprehensive list of deaths related to the COVID vaccine?” a Reddit user asked, adding, “Has anyone assembled one yet?” Another user even encouraged “choosing” dates and times to build a list of so-called people who died after complications from the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Choose a date and time when the first recorded death of someone who got the vaccine was recorded [sic]”, posted another user.” To get the bonus, which news site will advertise this? ”
However, there is only one problem with its approach: although there have been reports of recipients having side effects from the vaccine, there are no deaths reported as a result of complications from the vaccine. Despite the blatant
Experts are concerned about the latest misinformation campaigns by antivaxxers and conspiracy theorists who insist that “this wild hunt for deaths and disasters can lead reasonable but concerned people to conspiratorial rabbit holes, ultimately hampering efforts to contain this nightmare pandemic. “
In fact, the latest falsehoods have even alarmed some who are skeptical of vaccines. “I heard reports that there were cases of anaphylaxis with two [resultant] deaths so far in England, “said another Reddit user.
Amid an increase in the search for antivaxxers for “ghost deaths,” Moderna and Pfizer received emergency clearance for vaccine distribution in the United States. According to the publication, fatigue, fever and “pain at the injection site” are the most common symptoms related to the vaccine.
Peter Hotez, a vaccinologist at Baylor College of Medicine, admitted that there were “a greater than expected number of allergic reactions” with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting a total of only six people suffering from anaphylactic episodes which can be fatal if left untreated.
Despite the claims of antivaxxers, the vaccine has been very successful.
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