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Is ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ Responsible for COVID Shot Side Effects?

In a curious interpretation of how COVID shot adverse events, aka side effects, occur, an article in Scientific Reports and analyzed by Medical Life Sciences attempts to blame the side effects on vaccine hesitancy.

The World Health Organization defines vaccine hesitancy as "the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines," fueled by “inaccurate or exaggerated reports of vaccine side effects.” In other words, a condition called the “nocebo effect” of adverse events is a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy triggered by expected negative consequences.

They also say the nocebo effect is more pronounced in females. So, does this mean girls are smarter than boys when it comes to recognizing bad side effects? Or that, conversely, half the U.S. population, which declined a second COVID shot, is also smarter, too?

The most bizarre observation, though, is the nearly insane solution to vaccine hesitancy is to lie and make adverse responders think they are crazy: “Such messaging should be coupled with nocebo education conveying that these experienced side effects are just as physically real yet may not stem from treatment but from other factors.”

Surely, they must be desperate to even suggest such a thing. No, they ARE desperate.

 

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Medical Life Sciences News December 5, 2022