Are COVID-19 vaccines 'weapons of mass destruction' as claimed in a video posted on social media?
Thursday, April 8, 2021
By Dana Ford
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The claim appears in a video by "Dr. Vernon Coleman," titled "Covid-19 Vaccines Are Weapons of Mass Destruction - and Could Wipe out the Human Race."
Among Coleman's allegations are that the vaccines are gene therapy and that they may kill more people than COVID-19.
Independent experts have repeatedly disproven those theories, which are not supported by peer-reviewed findings by qualified researchers.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all the vaccines currently available in the United States are highly effective at preventing COVID-19 and are an important tool to quash the global pandemic. It recommends that people get the vaccine as soon as they are eligible.
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Centers for Disease Control Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine
Centers for Disease Control Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines
Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
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