Title:
Fact check: COVID-19 vaccine not associated with neurodegenerative disease
Author:
Miriam Fauzia
Published:
USAToday (via Yahoo!), 4 April 2021
From the article:
* The claim: COVID-19 vaccines are associated with prion disease
* With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout advancing at about 2.77 million average doses administered a day – a steady increase since vaccinations began in late December – a supposed research paper is rousing fear about the vaccine's safety on social media.
* The source behind Cox's bold claim is a paper titled "COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease," written by J. Bart Classen.
* Contrary to Classen's claim, there is no evidence to suggest the COVID-19 vaccines can cause prion diseases or other neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.