Sites continue to promote myth that COVID-19 boosters cause AIDS

The false claim that COVID-19 vaccine boosters weaken the immune system and cause vaccine-induced AIDS continues to circulate online. There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines or boosters weaken the immune system. Boosters strengthen the immune system’s ability to fight COVID-19.

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