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In November 2021 the CDC announced that several frozen vials labeled "Smallpox" were discovered in a freezer in a Merck & Co. vaccine research facility at Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. [18] [19] [20] The vials were determined to contain the vaccinia virus, used in making the vaccine, not the variola virus, which causes smallpox. [21]
Viruses are among the biggest threats to humanity, with the current pandemic showing how these pathogens can shut down countries, halt entire industries and cause untold human suffering as they ...
A study conducted on 44 rats injected with the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at doses over 300 times the human dose by body weight and 44 rats injected with placebo found no statistically significant evidence of any adverse effects on the fertility of female rats or on the health of the offspring of rats (the 3% lower pregnancy rate found ...
Inaccurate information about COVID-19 vaccines is one of the reasons why more than 36% of the U.S. population still isn't fully vaccinated despite a much higher likelihood of hospitalization and ...
[299] [300] The spread of misinformation about bat consumption has been characterized by xenophobic and racist sentiment toward Asians. [301] [302] [303] In contrast, scientists suggest the virus originated in bats and migrated into an intermediary host animal before infecting people. [301] [304]
Unfounded claims about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines proliferated in the hours and days after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during Monday's game, revealing how pervasive vaccine ...
As of March 2024, more than 30 percent of Republicans had not received a COVID-19 vaccine, compared with less than 10 percent of Democrats. [181] Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in acceptance, or refusal of vaccines despite the availability of vaccine services. The term covers outright refusals to vaccinate, delaying vaccines, accepting vaccines ...
Vaccine hesitant people have also voiced strong concerns about the presence of formaldehyde in vaccines. Formaldehyde is used in very small concentrations to inactivate viruses and bacterial toxins used in vaccines. [113] Very small amounts of residual formaldehyde can be present in vaccines but are far below values harmful to human health.