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Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-06-25): A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District for its now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine requirement. The court said the case should be allowed to develop beyond the preliminary arguments. But anti-vaccination activists have twisted the opinion to falsely claim the court had "declared that the mRNA covid jab is NOT a vaccine." [...] The nonprofit organization, called the Health Freedom Defense Fund, argued that COVID-19 vaccines are not actually vaccines, but are instead "medical treatments," and cannot be mandated. The group argued that the COVID-19 vaccines don’t prevent transmission of the disease, but rather just reduce its severity in those who are infected – making "the injection … a treatment, not a vaccine." [...] But conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccination influencers on social media have misrepresented the opinion from the appeals court to falsely claim that it had "declared that the mRNA covid jab is NOT a vaccine."
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-06-17): In June 2024, posts circulated on Instagram claiming COVID-19 mRNA vaccines weren’t actually vaccines under "traditional medical definitions". The posts reference an article published 8 June 2024 on InfoWars, which claimed that the "9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the COVID-19 mRNA jabs do not qualify as vaccines". [...] Yet the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t rule that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines—rather, they determined the case should be sent back to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, where the case was first argued, for further review. This is the function of an appellate court, as explained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: [...] As the expression goes, the jury is still out on whether the U.S. federal court system may determine COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to be "medical treatments" rather than vaccines. The plaintiffs argue that vaccines should prevent infection and transmission of the disease, and that COVID-19 vaccines "[do] neither". However, this is a misconception about how vaccines work in general, and isn’t consistent with the data available on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2022-12-09): CLAIM: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that COVID-19 vaccines are not vaccines and that they cause "irreparable damage." [...] A Twitter user, meanwhile, shared a tweet stating: "US Supreme Court ruling: Covid vaccines are not vaccines. In its decision, the Supreme Court confirms that the damage caused by Covid’s mRNA gene therapies is irreparable. Because the Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States, there are no further appeals." [...] The ruling never says COVID-19 vaccines are not vaccines, nor that they cause irreparable damage.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-06-12): "The ranks of the conspiracy theorists now include the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional because the vaccine does not stop transmission," Kennedy wrote in a June 12 Facebook post. "I dunno, maybe it’s the brain worm, but I seem to remember the experts and authorities telling us otherwise." [...] The plaintiffs in the Los Angeles Unified School District case had argued that COVID-19 vaccines do not effectively prevent the spread of the virus and only mitigate symptoms for vaccine recipients. They argued COVID-19 vaccines are "a medical treatment, not a ‘traditional’ vaccine," according to the 9th Circuit opinion. [...] Agence France-Presse, Vaccine critics misrepresent US appeals court ruling over Covid-19 shots, June 11, 2024
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2023-12-11): The US Supreme Court tossed competing appellate rulings on an executive order President Joe Biden has since revoked that required all federal employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19. [...] All the rulings came before Biden revoked the mandate in May. The justices undid the rulings under the so-called Munsingwear doctrine, in which the court vacates adverse rulings that the losing party no longer has the ability to challenge.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2023-11-17): CLAIM: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won a U.S. Supreme Court case against "all the pharmaceutical lobbyists" in which the court ruled that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause "irreparable" damage. [...] "Supreme Court ruling hardly anyone noticed that Kennedy Jnr won the case against all the pharmaceutical lobbyists," the text inside the image reads. "In the ruling, the supreme court confirms that the damage caused by Covid mRNA gene therapies is irreparable. As the Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States there and no further appeals and the appeals have been exhausted." [...] Older versions claimed that Kennedy and a group of scientists led a legal challenge against billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates; Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert; and "Big Pharma," in which the Supreme Court ruled COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe and ultimately "canceled universal vaccination." That claim originated on blogs that regularly publish hoaxes and misinformation and later spread across social media platforms.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-01-03): The Surgeon General outlined concerns regarding nucleic acid contaminants in the approved Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, particularly in the presence of lipid nanoparticle complexes, and Simian Virus 40 (SV40) promoter/enhancer DNA. Lipid nanoparticles are an efficient vehicle for delivery of the mRNA in the COVID-19 vaccines into human cells and may therefore be an equally efficient vehicle for delivering contaminant DNA into human cells. The presence of SV40 promoter/enhancer DNA may also pose a unique and heightened risk of DNA integration into human cells. [...] On December 14, 2023, the FDA provided a written response providing no evidence that DNA integration assessments have been conducted to address risks outlined by the FDA themselves in 2007. Based on the FDA’s recognition of unique risks posed by DNA integration, the efficacy of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine’s lipid nanoparticle delivery system, and the presence of DNA fragments in these vaccines, it is essential to human health to assess the risks of contaminant DNA integration into human DNA. The FDA has provided no evidence that these risks have been assessed to ensure safety. As such, Florida State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo has released the following statement: [...] DNA integration poses a unique and elevated risk to human health and to the integrity of the human genome, including the risk that DNA integrated into sperm or egg gametes could be passed onto offspring of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine recipients. If the risks of DNA integration have not been assessed for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, these vaccines are not appropriate for use in human beings.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2023-02-10): FACT: The technology used, called messenger RNA, or mRNA, is not new. Research on it actually began in the early 1990s, and two diseases that are very close to COVID—SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in 2003, and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome)—helped bring the mRNA vaccine development to present day use.—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines [...] Hamer: COVID vaccines have been shown to be very powerful in preventing more severe disease and the need for hospitalization. Breakthroughs occur at a much, much lower rate than in people who are unvaccinated. The breakthroughs have been occurring more frequently with the Delta variant because of the high level of infectiousness (or transmissibility) of the Delta variant and lower protection of current vaccines against this variant. But people having breakthroughs have much more mild infection, more like an upper respiratory infection. The vaccines prevent severe disease and complications and allow people to return to a more normal state. [...] Hamer: COVID vaccines are not made with live virus SARS-COV-2 virus cells. They are not giving individuals the virus itself so you can’t get COVID from getting the vaccine.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-09-26): The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are a type known as an mRNA vaccine. (Read more about COVID-19 vaccine types.) For people ages 12 and older who are unable to get an updated mRNA vaccine, or choose not to, another type of vaccine, made by the biotech company Novavax, is available. The Novavax product is a protein subunit vaccine. Two doses are recommended three weeks apart if you haven’t been vaccinated for COVID-19 before. [...] According to the FDA, which authorized the newest COVID-19 vaccines, children between ages 5 and 11 should get a single dose of Pfizer or Moderna’s 2023-2024 formulation. People 12 and older who are not vaccinated should get either a single dose of Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, or two doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. [...] The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are a type called a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine. Novavax’s is a protein-based (or protein-subunit) vaccine. All these vaccines teach the body how to fight the virus that causes COVID-19 without you actually having to get the illness. None of the vaccines causes the illness — there is no live virus in any of the vaccines.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-03-13): Find out what doctors wish patients knew about how well COVID-19 vaccines work, and read the latest on the updated COVID-19 mRNA vaccine approved last fall.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-06-17): Factually inaccurate: The claim that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines "aren’t vaccines" was made by the plaintiffs in an appeal filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, not by the court itself. [...] In June 2024, posts circulated on Instagram claiming COVID-19 mRNA vaccines weren’t actually vaccines under "traditional medical definitions". The posts reference an article published 8 June 2024 on InfoWars, which claimed that the "9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the COVID-19 mRNA jabs do not qualify as vaccines". [...] Yet the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t rule that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines—rather, they determined the case should be sent back to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, where the case was first argued, for further review. This is the function of an appellate court, as explained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts:
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2022-03-01): Why mRNA vaccines aren’t gene therapies We bust another Covid-19 myth – this time about how mRNA vaccines work – in our latest blog post As people in the UK continue to receive Covid-19 vaccines, the subject of how and why they work is being widely discussed online. Some people are promoting the idea that RNA-based vaccines – including the UK-approved Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines – are a form of gene therapy, but this isn’t accurate.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2020-12-16): Lawyers tell CNBC that it would make more sense for Covid vaccine injuries to instead be routed through another program under the HHS called the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which handles claims for 16 routine vaccines. Known colloquially as "vaccine court," the program paid on about 70% of petitions adjudicated by the court from 2006 to 2018. [...] The Covid-19 vaccines, however, aren't on the list of eligible vaccines.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2017-07-13): mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause irreparable damage [...] COVID-19 , the Court is temporarily suspending its practice 22-592-1.pdf hhs-announces-hhs-bridge-access-program- covid-19 - vaccines -treatments-maintain-access- covid-19 -care-uninsured.html>April 14, 2023 Fact Sheet 21a145-1.pdf
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2023-08-11): "The Supreme Court has ruled that vaccinated people worldwide are products, patented goods, according to US law, no longer human," a robotic voice narrates. "Through a modified DNA or RNA vaccination, the mRNA vaccination, the person ceases to be human and becomes the owner of the holder of the modified GEN vaccination patent because they have their own genome." [...] The Supreme Court did not rule that anyone who received an mRNA vaccination is now a non-human patent. The claim stems from a misreading of a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that had nothing to do with mRNA vaccines and predated the COVID-19 pandemic. [...] And the ruling had nothing to do with the mRNA technology used in some COVID-19 vaccines, it was about synthetic complementary-DNA constructs, said Jorge Contreras, director of the program on intellectual property and technology law at the University of Utah, as well as the author of "The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA."
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-07-02): After an appeals court ruled in favor of Los Angeles school employees who opposed COVID-19 vaccination mandates, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., celebrated on social media. "The ranks of the conspiracy theorists now include the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional because the vaccine does not stop transmission," Kennedy wrote in a June 12 Facebook post. "I dunno, maybe it’s the brain worm, but I seem to remember the experts and authorities telling us otherwise." [...] The plaintiffs in the Los Angeles Unified School District case had argued that COVID-19 vaccines do not effectively prevent the spread of the virus and only mitigate symptoms for vaccine recipients. They argued COVID-19 vaccines are "a medical treatment, not a ‘traditional’ vaccine," according to the 9th Circuit opinion.
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2024-02-20): On this day, the Supreme Court rules on vaccines and public health [...] In the face of future public health emergencies like the Coronavirus, a precedential Supreme Court decision about the government’s power to protect citizens by quarantine and forced vaccinations could receive new interest. [...] The Court did not extend the rule beyond the facts of the case before it. Harlan ended his opinion by stating the limitations of the ruling: "We are not inclined to hold that the statute establishes the absolute rule that an adult must be vaccinated if it be apparent or can be shown with reasonable certainty that he is not at the time a fit subject of vaccination or that vaccination, by reason of his then condition, would seriously impair his health or probably cause his death."
Claim: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t vaccines, according to court ruling (Alex Jones, Social media users, 2024-06-17)
Evidence (2022-01-20): The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Biden administration mandate that large businesses require their employees to either be vaccinated or tested once a week for the coronavirus. In a 6-3 order, the justices blocked an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emergency rule for businesses with more than 100 employees — one that would have impacted more than 80 million workers. [...] How much of a setback is this for the national efforts to get to the other side of this pandemic? If the court had ruled the other way, would the mandates/testing really have made a difference considering one-third of the country are adamantly opposed to vaccines? [...] It’s important to note that the Court’s opinion doesn’t say employees can’t be required to take the vaccine. It just says OSHA can’t require it under this particular statute. Congress can require it, or states can require it for worksites within their borders. In many states, cities and counties could as well. And in most states, employers can choose it require it on their own. I would expect some of these actors will step in to fill the vacuum left by the Court’s decision.
Claim: Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality (Social Media User, 2024-02-12)
Evidence (2024-02-12): Scientific evidence shows that vaccine ingredients, including aluminum salts, are safe and don’t cause autism. Numerous studies have shown no association between autism and childhood vaccines. While autism rates have risen over time, this is likely explained, at least in part, by changes to the diagnostic criteria for autism which have led to more people qualifying for a diagnosis. Infant mortality is defined as the death of an infant before its first birthday. Birth defects, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), preterm birth and low birth weight, and injuries are common factors that cause infant mortality.
Claim: Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality (Social Media User, 2024-02-12)
Evidence (2024-04-05): Aluminum-containing vaccines are generally injected into the muscle, and the aluminum is released gradually into the bloodstream from the injection site over time. Taking into account the multiple possible sources of aluminum in the babies’ blood and the slow release from the vaccines, the body burden of aluminum would not be expected to rise above the safe limit, the researchers found. In fact, the level stayed at less than half the safe limit, they wrote, pointing out that this limit itself has a cushion built in and that exposure at or slightly above the limit might be safe. "We conclude that episodic exposures to vaccines that contain aluminum adjuvant continue to be extremely low risk to infants and that the benefits of using vaccines containing aluminum adjuvant outweigh any theoretical concerns," the FDA researchers wrote. The researchers found that during infancy, the aluminum from vaccines at most might contribute twice the amount that the body absorbs from dietary sources, taking into account that the vast majority of aluminum in food or drinks is never absorbed into the body. Other research has indicated that overall, vaccines contribute a negligible amount of aluminum to children’s total exposure.
Claim: Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality (Social Media User, 2024-02-12)
Evidence (2019-07-02): You will no doubt have heard that there’s aluminum in vaccines. Aluminum is used as an adjuvant, which means its presence boosts the immune response when you are vaccinated. [...] The point is adjuvants serve an important and critical purpose in vaccines. But is the use of aluminum safe? In fact, aluminum is one of the most common elements in the Earth’s crust and is present in almost all our food. We are all eating aluminum every day. Infants are exposed to more aluminum in breast milk or formula than they are from vaccines, but either way these are tiny doses that don’t have any major health effect. You might have heard about a U.S. Food and Drug Administration imposed limit of 25 micrograms per day on aluminum. It’s worth noting that this number has to do with total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or feeding through an intravenous. We regularly consume much more aluminum than this in food or breast milk, and vaccines are not IVs. They are injections under the skin, not into the bloodstream. After several decades of use and study, there is no good reason to believe that the small doses of aluminum used in vaccines are dangerous.
Claim: Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality (Social Media User, 2024-02-12)
Evidence (2024-02-20): FULL CLAIM: Vaccines contain unhealthy amounts of aluminum and heavy metals which cause autism; infant mortality and autism rates in Japan are lower than those in the U.S. because Japan stopped requiring childhood vaccinations; rise in autism rates in the U.S. is due to rise in childhood vaccines; children's underdeveloped immune systems can’t handle the number of vaccines they receive [...] Aluminum levels in vaccines are safe and don’t cause autism [...] As we reported in a previous claim review, infants receive approximately 4.4 milligrams of aluminum via vaccines administered in the first six months of life. This is in the form of aluminum-containing salts that act as adjuvants to enhance the immune response to vaccination, which have been used in vaccines for more than 70 years.
Claim: Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality (Social Media User, 2024-02-12)
Evidence (2022-12-15): The aluminum contained in vaccines is similar to that found in a liter (about 1 quart or 32 fluid ounces) of infant formula. While infants receive about 4.4 milligrams* of aluminum in the first six months of life from vaccines, they receive more than that in their diet. Breast-fed infants ingest about 7 milligrams, formula-fed infants ingest about 38 milligrams, and infants who are fed soy formula ingest almost 117 milligrams of aluminum during the first six months of life. [...] Why Is Aluminum in Vaccines? Isn’t It Dangerous? [...] Given the quantities of aluminum we are exposed to on a daily basis, the quantity of aluminum in vaccines is miniscule. Aluminum-containing vaccines have been used for decades and have been given to more than 1 billion people without problem. In spring 2000, the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) reviewed aluminum exposure through vaccines and determined that no changes to vaccine recommendations were needed based on aluminum content. The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, part of the World Health Organization (WHO), has also reviewed studies and found no evidence of health risks that would require changes to vaccine policy.
Claim: Vaccines contain unhealthy levels of aluminum; Japan’s elimination of vaccines has reduced infant mortality (Social Media User, 2024-02-12)
Evidence (2022-09-27): A new study suggests there may be a link between aluminum used in vaccines that are given to young children in the first two years of life and the risk of developing asthma before age 5. The findings are preliminary and both the authors and others who have studied the data urge caution in the interpretation of the results. [...] Aluminum is used in a number of vaccines as an adjuvant — a way to boost the immune response the product triggers. The practice has been used for decades. Vaccines that young children receive that contain aluminum include: diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis; hepatitis B; some formulations of Haemophilus influenzae type B or Hib vaccine; and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Covid-19 vaccines and flu shots do not contain aluminum, the CDC said in its statement.