Covid-19 Resources and Research: COVID-19 Myths

MYTH: The ingredients in Covid-19 vaccines are dangerous.
FACT: Nearly all the ingredients in Covid-19 vaccines are also ingredients in many foods – fats, sugars, and salts.

MYTH: The natural immunity I get from being sick with Covid-19 is better than the immunity I get from Covid-19 vaccination.
FACT: Getting a Covid-19 vaccination is a safer and more dependable way to build immunity to Covid-19 than getting sick with Covid-19.

MYTH: Covid-19 vaccines cause variants.
FACT: Covid-19 vaccines do not create or cause variants of the virus that causes Covid-19. Instead, Covid-19 vaccines can help prevent new variants from emerging.

MYTH: All events reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) are caused by vaccination.
FACT: Anyone can report events to VAERS, even if it is not clear whether a vaccine caused the problem. Because of this, VAERS data alone cannot determine if the reported adverse event was caused by a Covid-19 vaccination.

MYTH: The mRNA vaccine is not considered a vaccine.
FACT: mRNA vaccines, such as Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, work differently than other types of vaccines, but they still trigger an immune response inside your body.

MYTH: Covid-19 vaccines contain microchips.
FACT: Covid-19 vaccines do not contain microchips. Vaccines are developed to fight against disease and are not administered to track your movement.

MYTH: Receiving a Covid-19 vaccine can make you magnetic.
FACT: Receiving a Covid-19 vaccine will not make you magnetic, including at the site of vaccination which is usually your arm.

MYTH: Covid-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States shed or release their components.
FACT: Vaccine shedding is the release or discharge of any of the vaccine components in or outside of the body and can only occur when a vaccine contains a live weakened version of the virus.

MYTH: Covid-19 vaccines can alter my DNA.
FACT: Covid-19 vaccines do not change or interact with your DNA in any way.

MYTH: A Covid-19 vaccine can make me sick with Covid-19.
FACT: Because none of the authorized Covid-19 vaccines in the United States contain the live virus that causes Covid-19, the vaccine cannot make you sick with Covid-19.

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Chances are you've heard about a food, drug or other method that claims to prevent, treat or cure coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Currently, no cure is available for COVID-19.

Myth: COVID-19 was created in a lab.
Fact: Scientists are still looking into the origin of COVID-19, but they do know it’s unlikely that someone made it in a lab.