Article baselessly claims COVID-19 vaccines “hijack” immune system

An article with several hundred mentions online fabricates a method by which COVID-19 vaccines supposedly kill recipients. The article is full of baseless speculation that is unsupported by scientific evidence, including the false claim that mRNA vaccines “hijack” the immune system and cause an increase in heart attacks and neurodegenerative disease.

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