COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories, Debunked, by Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist,
recently sat down with YouTube’s Try Guys to discuss COVID-19.
During their interview, Dr. Fauci debunked these five myths
and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine.
1. The vaccine was rushed,
which means it’s unsafe.
.
There was no cutting corners, safety was
not compromised, scientific integrity was not
compromised ... people need to understand that
the speed was related completely to the
breathtaking scientific advances that had been
made over the previous 10 or more years, Dr. Anthony Fauci, via YouTube.
2. The vaccine can cause
long-term side effects.
Dr. Fauci called the odds of long-term side effects
“spectacularly low” and that they tend to appear 30 to 45 days after a clinical trial, which is why the FDA institutes a 60-day waiting period. .
3. I don’t need to wear a mask or
social distance after I get the vaccine. .
Even though the vaccine protected you from
getting sick, it didn’t protect you from getting
infected … you may not even know you’re
infected and be completely asymptomatic
and then spread it to somebody else, Dr. Anthony Fauci, via YouTube.
4. It would be easier to achieve
herd immunity if we let the virus
spread on its own. .
With 20 percent of the people [in the USA] infected,
we’ve already had 352,000 deaths. To get to
80 [percent], you’d have to have four times
as many people. So are you willing to accept
1.2 million deaths in order to get to herd immunity? , Dr. Anthony Fauci, via YouTube.
5. The vaccine will not work
against the new COVID-19 variant.
Dr. Fauci said that the only thing “functionally different”
about the variation is that it spreads more easily.
The mutation does not seem to “interfere with
the protection that’s afforded by the vaccine.”