A Facebook post claims that vaccines cause the very diseases they are supposed to prevent.
“The flu shot gives you the flu.
The shingles vaccine gives you shingles.
The “vaccine” for “covid” gives you “covid”.
I wonder what the new cancer ‘vaccine’ will do…”
We will check each claim separately.
The flu shot gives you the flu
Flu vaccines contain inactive flu viruses or particles that mimic flu viruses to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies against the flu. Although mild side effects such as fever or temporary fatigue may sometimes occur, these are usually signs that the immune system is responding to the vaccine and preparing to protect the body against the flu.
“Vaccines contain either inactivated viruses, meaning the viruses are no longer infectious, or a particle designed to look like a flu virus to your body’s immune system. While the flu vaccine in the form of a nasal spray contains a live virus, the viruses are modified so that they cannot give you the flu.”
Source: CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The shingles vaccine gives you shingles
VACCINE shingles, such as Zostavax or Shingrix, is designed to protect against developing shingles or its complications, such as postherpetic neuralgia, in people who have had chicken pox in the past.
Herpes zoster it is the result of a viral infection that triggers a rash and intense pain in the affected area. It is caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox. After a person has had chicken pox, the virus can remain dormant in the body and reactivate later as shingles. Older people or those with weakened immune systems are more likely to develop shingles. The shingles vaccine is usually recommended for people over the age of 50 and those with compromised immunity.
Herpes zoster vaccines are approved and used in practice to prevent herpes zoster and its complications. These vaccines have been evaluated by health regulatory authorities such as United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Regarding the possibility of developing a mild form of the disease after vaccination, it is important to emphasize that the herpes zoster vaccines do not contain the virus in a form that causes the disease itself. In rare cases, vaccinated people can develop an easy form of shingles after vaccination, but this is less common and less severe than full-blown disease.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) states that two doses of Shingrix are over 90% effective in preventing herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), and protection remains over 85% for at least 4 years after vaccination. This is consistent with other studies showing that Shingrix is 91.3% to 96.6% effective in preventing shingles.
Source: Medical News Today
The “vaccine” for “covid” gives you “covid”
Vaccines against COVID-19authorized by European Medicines Agency (EMA), are designed to provide immunity against infection with the SARS-CoV2 virus, which causes COVID-19. These vaccines have gone through rigorous testing to demonstrate their effectiveness and safety, and have played a crucial role in reducing the number of cases and deaths related to COVID-19 worldwide.
“The COVID-19 vaccines do not create or cause variants of the virus that cause COVID-19.”
Source: CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
I wonder what the new cancer “vaccine” will do…
This claim speculates a future cancer vaccine. Currently, there is none a unique “vaccine”. against cancer, available for general use. Research in immunotherapy and cancer vaccines are underway, but they aim to stimulate the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells, not to cause them.
Experimental cancer vaccines they are still in the early stages of development and research, and their efficacy and safety must be validated in extensive clinical trials before they are widely used in medical practice. For example, in Great Britain it is tested a melanoma vaccine.
another example, “amphiphile” vaccines is based on technology developed in the laboratory of Darrell Irvine, a professor in the Departments of Biological Engineering and Materials Science at MIT and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. These vaccines are designed to travel on albumin molecules to the lymph nodes, where they train the immune system to fight the cancer. Elicio Therapeutics Company, an offshoot of MIT, is testing vaccines based on this technology in clinical trials. This innovative approach may offer new hope in the fight against cancer, especially in difficult-to-treat cancers such as pancreatic cancer.
A clip made by the magazine Nature explains exactly how the few existing vaccines against certain types of cancer (such as the one against the papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer) work:
For now, however, the researchers they did not make it to develop an effective, unique vaccine to propose for approval.
“A lot of effort has gone into making cancer vaccines more effective. But even in mice and other models, they usually elicit only a weak immune response. And once these vaccines are tested in a clinical setting, their effectiveness disappears.”
Source: MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
In conclusion, the claims in the viral post are false. Vaccines have repeatedly proven to be an essential tool in the fight against infectious diseases, helping to protect public health and reduce the incidence and severity of disease. A single cancer vaccine, on the other hand, does not exist.
