Why do some people think that long-COVID is really just long-vax?
The usual suspects…
Is Long-COVID Really Just Long-Vax?
Not surprisingly, this has been debunked before:
- No evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill
- Long Covid is not really just Covid-19 vaccination side effects
- Yale Preprint Recorded Patient Experiences, Did Not Demonstrate Vaccines Cause New Syndrome
Is there any new evidence that long-COVID is really just long-vax?
Nope!
Just more anti-vaccine propaganda.
This time in the form of an op-ed that was published in The Hill.
“Millions of Americans are still suffering months or even years after they were infected with COVID. Long COVID as it’s commonly known is a serious and poorly understood problem. But there is also growing evidence that the COVID vaccine could cause a similar disease.”
Is it long COVID or long vax? Does the government want to know?
What was the growing evidence?
Anecdotes about the patients Pierre Kory and Paul Marik have treated…
And a pre-print survey.
“The authors based the 70% figure on data from a private practitioner who is also a member of the fringe medical group FLCCC Alliance. The op-ed didn’t include any explanation about the methodology used to calculate the 70% figure. This is important, as it provides the necessary information to assess the validity of the results. In addition, other issues make the 70% figure unreliable.”
No evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill
Neither are evidence that COVID vaccines cause long-COVID though.
It’s Long-COVID…
In fact, studies suggest that COVID vaccines can protect and keep you from developing long-COVID!
So in pushing misinformation about long-vax, folks like Pierre Kory and Paul Marik (esteemed in anti-vaccine circles) just might lead to more cases of long-COVID if they scare people away from getting vaccinated and protected.
What About COVID Vaccines Causing MIS-C?
Similarly, studies show that COVID vaccines are protective against MIS-C!
“Despite the reports of postvaccination MIS-C, vaccination clearly lowers the overall MIS-C burden, probably by preventing infection. These studies also suggest low likelihood of vaccination triggering development of MIS-C.”
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children after SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
Despite a few case reports of children developing MIS-C after being vaccinated, most studies show that those with MIS-C were not vaccinated.
So again, the benefits of getting vaccinated and protected outweigh the small risks of our COVID vaccines.
More on Long-COVID and MIS-C
- How Many People Have Died After Listening to Bad Advice About COVID?
- More Questions to Help You Become a Vaccine Skeptic
- What We Know About Long COVID
- No evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill
- CDC – For Parents: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19
- CDC – Long COVID or Post-COVID Conditions
- Irish Professor Makes Unfounded Claims About Long-Term Effects of mRNA Vaccines
- Is it long COVID or long vax? Does the government want to know?
- Statement from the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut on “Post-Vac Syndrome” after COVID-19 Vaccination
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children after SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
- The benefits of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for children outweigh the low risks, unlike what Robert Malone claimed
- Contrary to Peter McCullough’s claim, getting vaccinated is safer than getting COVID-19, in spite of rare cases of myocarditis
- Why it’s important to vaccinate children against COVID
Last Updated on April 6, 2024