There is a LOT of misinformation out there.
The quickest way to spot misinformation is to check the wording used. The first tip is if they cannot tell the difference between the virus (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease (COVID-19) – if you get that wrong, you likely got everything else wrong, too. Anyone that cannot spell vaccine correctly and refers to it as the jab or the poke, is likely spreading vaccine misinformation. Likewise, anyone that cannot spell COVID-19 correctly and calls it the coof, flu or a cold, should have any information they provide be immediately suspect.
So if you came here because you were directed to, you likely were spouting off some nonsense that you either made up or were mindlessly and/or sheepishly repeating from a meme somewhere, and failed to provide actual sources even though you claimed to have done your own “research.” Here is some information, backed by actual and generally reputable sources. Facts will be linked, and different words may point to different sources. Be sure to check them all out – you might learn something. Now, it is easy for the idiots out there to say something like “the CDC? You trust the CDC!?“or PubMed or NCBI, or the WHO, or <insert name here>, but before you listen to them, makes sure you know their sources. Was it from someplace reputable, or a meme from Gab, MeWe, Rumble, etc. or a video from BitChute?
Lastly, another red flag is anyone that touts an incorrect survival/recovery rate of 99.xxxx%. First, that rate is wrong, and second, survival/recovery is a low bar to reach – ask them about who survives and thrives with no long-term issues as opposed to those that survive but end up having so-called “long covid.” If they cannot answer that question, they only possess part of the information and thus cannot have an informed opinion.
Shall we get started?
The mRNA vaccines will not change your DNA. mRNA cannot combine with DNA so it cannot change it. No, they are not gene therapy, either. The sky is not falling, Chicken Little.
The so-called vaccine inserts and ingredient lists are not hidden from anyone, and are easily found for Moderna, Pfizer, and Janssen (J&J) if you actually look. Anyone that says they are being hidden is a fool or is lying to you and using you to promote their agenda – do not be their sheep. By the way, why are people worried about the ingredients? Most of you do not know what 2-hydroxypropyl-?-cyclodextrin is and if it is dangerous or not, so stop fooling yourselves into believing that your knowing the ingredient list actually changes anything.
Oh, that so-called “inventor of mRNA vaccines,” who supposedly told everyone not to get the vaccine? He got vaccinated, but only because he was forced to, right?
The vaccine does not destroy your immune system. In fact, they can help even if you have been previously infected and might work better in some cases. While on the topic, since it is your same natural immune system producing antibodies from either the vaccine or direct exposure to SARS-CoV-2, both cases actually produce natural immunity. There is information out there that compares immunity from both vectors, but things are leaning toward getting vaccinated even if you were previously infected.
Long-term effects of vaccines are mostly a made-up thing. (Try searching yourself and you will find actual studies scarce and usually when someone was trying to link vaccines to autism, and failed to do so.) Vaccines are not drugs – learn the difference.
The vaccine does not contain heavy metals – or aborted fetal tissue (that is an old one with vaccines) – see the ingredient lists linked above. There was a paper that linked toxic metal exposure as a risk factor for COVID-19 which might have been skimmed and misunderstood and given rise to this misinformation.
Yes, many other vaccines required multiple doses and/or boosters. Polio has 4 for example. Some smallpox vaccines required multiple doses as well. DTaP also has a 4-dose schedule, and Tetanus boosters are not uncommon. People that think a single shot should cure/prevent everything, including variants, are morons and should not be listened to.