Conspiracy site resurfaces myth that COVID-19 vaccines “cause AIDS”

A conspiracy website published an investigative piece that claims to prove that mRNA vaccine causes AIDS. Although the article is simply rehashing several debunked myths about COVID-19 vaccines, it has been trending online for the past week. There is no evidence to support the article’s false claims that COVID-19 vaccines weaken the immune system, increase the risk of HIV infection, or cause so-called “vaccine-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.”

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