Doctor Repeats Common Myth That Vaccine Spike Proteins are Dangerous

A clip from a recent event hosted by a group that has previously spread COVID-19 misinformation has been viewed more than 47,000 times and shared nearly 12,000 times on social media. The video features a physician who claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause organ damage and that the government is hiding information from the public about the dangers of the vaccine. The claims made in the video are a repetition of the myth that the vaccines’ spike proteins are toxic or otherwise harmful to body organs. The mRNA vaccines contain instructions for the cells to produce a harmless spike protein that trains the immune system to recognize and attack the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. The spike protein itself is not dangerous or harmful to any organs. 

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