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a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.

A biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.

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Does increasing the gap between two Pfizer shots to 12 weeks provide higher levels of protection?

When COVID-19 vaccines started rolling out, the UK prioritized administering the first dose to as many at-risk people as possible. As a result, the interval between the two doses was increased to up to 12 weeks. Subsequently, there's been data that…
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Did Oxford University pledge to make its vaccine open license?

There are numerous news stories circulating that claim that before signing an exclusive deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccine, they had previously pledged to donate the license for the vaccine to any drug maker capable of…
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Do the Amish have a lower rate of autism?

This 2006 article - after making conjectures about autism and vaccinations suggests that autism rates might be lower for (unvaccinated) Amish children, and offers some anecdotal evidence: "I have not seen autism with the Amish," said Dr. Frank…
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Did Pfizer Australia give its employees different COVID-19 vaccinations to the general public?

A conspiracy-minded Facebook friend recently linked to the (Australian) Therapeutics Goods Administration's Batch release assessment of COVID-19 vaccines. It lists seven batches of the COMIRNATY vaccine (e.g. batches FF0884*, FA4598* and FE3064*)…
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Is COVID-vaccine-caused myocarditis milder than myocarditis in general?

Dr. Robert Malone is an American immunologist and virologist who has made controversial claims about the COVID-19 vaccines. He was interviewed on the Joe Rogan podcast, in an interview that was (controversially) later removed by YouTube. In the…
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Have parents been jailed in the USA for refusing to vaccinate their children?

Rebecca Bredow is a mother in Michigan, who refuses to let her son be vaccinated, in violation of an agreement with her ex-husband, the boy's father. Her refusal to comply with a court ordering her to do so is about to land her in jail. The NVIC…
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Flu vaccination opponent attempts to assess effectiveness rather than efficacy

The following post was given to me on Facebook. I could use some help sifting some of it. I do not promote the use of a flu vaccine. But it's not because "the mercury" or "the formaldehyde," but rather because epidemiological studies do not…
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Is there an increase in sales of child-size coffins?

A number of "news sites" have been reporting an increase in child-sized coffins. (The linked is an example, there are many more). The implication being there is an increase of childrens deaths, ascribed to the COVID vaccine? From the Western…
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Did recently released internal Pfizer documentation show a much lower efficacy rate for the vaccine than previously claimed?

Background A search on Twitter for Pfizer currently shows many people talking about a supposed recent release of documentation (tens of thousands of pages) from Pfizer. A simple Internet search shows many personal blogs discussing the release, sites…
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Do the COVID-19 vaccine candidates risk inducing infertility in women?

Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg and Dr. Michael Yeadon wrote a request to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on December 1, 2020, demanding that progress on the vaccine candidates be stopped until alleged flaws in the trials are remedied. (Some sources falsely…
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Do vaccines against childhood diseases leave the immune system less capable of fighting cancer?

I recently saw someone post this NSFW screenshot image about vaccines in a discussion about the COVID-19 outbreak. It is a screenshot from this NSFW 4chan thread. The anonymous poster argues that childhood diseases prevent cancer: The more the…
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Is this a real quote by M. Beddow Bayly and are the vaccination claims true?

"Compare these well vaccinated countries with Australia, the least vaccinated country in the world. In 134 years, not one-fifth of the children born have been vaccinated. Yet only three Australian children under five have died of that disease.…
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Do food proteins in vaccines cause the development of food allergies?

Vinu Arumugham writes in the article Evidence that Food Proteins in Vaccines Cause the Development of Food Allergies and Its Implications for Vaccine Policy published in the Journal of Developing Drugs: Many studies since 1940 have demonstrated…
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Are flu shots harmful because they may contain antibiotics?

A webpage on Natural News claims that it is a bad idea to get a flu shot because certain flu shots contain antibiotics. It says: The flu vaccines contain antibiotics such as neomycin, polymyxin B and gentamicin which are added to eliminate stray…
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Is the WHO tetanus vaccination campaign a covert sterilisation campaign?

Lifesite News (a Canadian conservative Christian pro-life news source) reports: But it is the five-vaccination regime that is most alarming. “The only time tetanus vaccine has been given in five doses is when it is used as a carrier in fertility…
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