Social media posts claim unvaccinated people can have health problems from “self-spreading vaccines”

Claims of unvaccinated people experiencing adverse health events from being in close proximity to someone who has been vaccinated from COVID-19 continue to be widely shared across social media. While previous claims have focused specifically on reproductive issues, this week’s claims focused on how and why the vaccines are apparently causing these effects. Several posts falsely suggest that the spike protein produced by COVID-19 vaccines can be shed through breath, pores, saliva, sweat, etc., causing COVID-19, reproductive health issues, and other health complications. Some posts claimed that the vaccines are “self-spreading” for the purpose of “intentional transmission” as part of a depopulation agenda.

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