Journal article claiming rRNA vaccines cause harm continues to circulate

A research article published in January in a journal flagged by experts as not adhering to rigorous peer review is again circulating through social media. The article claims that RNA-based vaccines were approved prematurely, and that they can cause neurological degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. There is consensus among health authorities and vaccine experts that these claims are baseless; the author has previously asserted false links between health conditions and vaccines.

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