An article published by an anti-vaccine organization is using a recent case study to claim that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine causes seizures. The case study describes a 35-year-old woman, with no history of seizures or other neurological disorders, who had a seizure two days after her second vaccine dose. No cause for the seizure was identified, but the authors speculated that, due to the timing of the symptoms, the patient’s seizure may have been linked to the vaccine.
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Emphasizing that the case study did not identify a link between the vaccine and seizures is recommended, as is explaining that a health event occurring in the days after vaccination is not evidence that the vaccine caused the event. Messaging may emphasize that data from clinical trials and large-scale studies in millions of people worldwide have shown repeatedly that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and that serious side effects are very rare. Fact Checking Source(s):
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