2021
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.663280
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Review: Vaccine Myth-Buster – Cleaning Up With Prejudices and Dangerous Misinformation

Abstract: Although vaccines have already saved and will continue to save millions of lives, they are under attack. Vaccine safety is the main target of criticism. The rapid distribution of false information, or even conspiracy theories on the internet has tremendously favored vaccine hesitancy. The World Health Organization (WHO) named vaccine hesitancy one of the top ten threats to global health in 2019. Parents and patients have several concerns about vaccine safety, of which the ubiquitous anxieties include inactivat… Show more

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“…In 2020, Comirnaty was tested in a clinical trial involving 40,000 people, with a breakthrough (infection 2 weeks after the second dose) found in 8 people. Thus determines more than 95% efficiency [7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In 2020, Comirnaty was tested in a clinical trial involving 40,000 people, with a breakthrough (infection 2 weeks after the second dose) found in 8 people. Thus determines more than 95% efficiency [7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The mRNA molecule contains a 5′ cap, untranslated regions (UTR) before and after the genuine coding sequence, and a poly(A) tail at the 3′ end of the single strand. The mRNA carries a transcript encoding the Spike (S) protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus [7]. As with all mRNA vaccines, this transcript encodes the corresponding protein using the myocyte translation apparatus [6,7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…It was evident in the public dialog, that misconceptions were uncovered and spread rapidly on social media. For example, some people stated that these vaccines could lead to the alteration of the recipient's genome via the injected RNA [24].…”
Section: Educational Significance Of Nst: a Review Of The Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%