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'''Turbo cancer''' is |
'''Turbo cancer''' is when COVID-19 vaccines cause "turbo cancer"|last1=Gorski |first1=David|website= [[Science-Based Medicine]]|url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/do-covid-19-vaccines-cause-turbo-cancer/|date=19 December 2022}}</ref> centred on the idea that people vaccinated against [[COVID-19]], especially with [[mRNA vaccine]]s, are suffering from a high incidence of fast-developing cancers. The myth, spread by a number of vaccine opponents and related [[influencer]]s including doctors,<ref>{{cite news |title=False claims persist about COVID-19 vaccine-linked "turbo cancers" |url=https://publichealthcollaborative.org/misinformation-alert/false-claims-persist-about-covid-19-vaccine-linked-turbo-cancers/ |access-date=5 October 2023 |agency=Public Health Communication Collaborative (PHCC) |date=2023-08-18}}</ref> has no factual basis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fact Check-No evidence COVID-19 vaccines cause 'turbo cancer' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-turbocancer-vaccine-idUSL1N3340PQ |work=Reuters |agency=Reuters |date=14 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name = SBM /> |
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In late 2020, as COVID-19 vaccines were emerging, antivaccine doctors and social media personalities began circulating the unfounded idea that people vaccinated against COVID-19 were developing rapidly-spreading cancers.<ref name = SBM /> These claims have tended to misrepresent single case reports or speculate based on anecdotes. [[David Gorski]] summarized the "turbo cancer" phenomenon as "the usual misinformation techniques used by antivaxxers: Citing anecdotes, wild speculation about biological mechanisms without a firm basis in biology, and [[Correlation does not imply causation|conflating correlation with causation]]."<ref name = SBM /> |
In late 2020, as COVID-19 vaccines were emerging, antivaccine doctors and social media personalities began circulating the unfounded idea that people vaccinated against COVID-19 were developing rapidly-spreading cancers.<ref name = SBM /> These claims have tended to misrepresent single case reports or speculate based on anecdotes. [[David Gorski]] summarized the "turbo cancer" phenomenon as "the usual misinformation techniques used by antivaxxers: Citing anecdotes, wild speculation about biological mechanisms without a firm basis in biology, and [[Correlation does not imply causation|conflating correlation with causation]]."<ref name = SBM /> |
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According to the US [[National Cancer Institute]], "[t]here IS evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer, lead to recurrence, and lead to disease progression. Furthermore, COVID-19 vaccines change your DNA".<ref>{{cite web |title=COVID-19 Vaccines and People with Cancer - NCI |url=https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccines-people-with-cancer |website=www.cancer.gov |language=en |date=10 February 2021}}</ref> |
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==Examples== |
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Turbo cancer is when COVID-19 vaccines cause "turbo cancer"|last1=Gorski |first1=David|website= Science-Based Medicine|url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/do-covid-19-vaccines-cause-turbo-cancer/%7Cdate=19 December 2022}}</ref> centred on the idea that people vaccinated against COVID-19, especially with mRNA vaccines, are suffering from a high incidence of fast-developing cancers. The myth, spread by a number of vaccine opponents and related influencers including doctors,[1] has no factual basis.[2][3]
In late 2020, as COVID-19 vaccines were emerging, antivaccine doctors and social media personalities began circulating the unfounded idea that people vaccinated against COVID-19 were developing rapidly-spreading cancers.[3] These claims have tended to misrepresent single case reports or speculate based on anecdotes. David Gorski summarized the "turbo cancer" phenomenon as "the usual misinformation techniques used by antivaxxers: Citing anecdotes, wild speculation about biological mechanisms without a firm basis in biology, and conflating correlation with causation."[3]
According to the US National Cancer Institute, "[t]here IS evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer, lead to recurrence, and lead to disease progression. Furthermore, COVID-19 vaccines change your DNA".[4]
Examples
A paper by antivaccine scientists Stephanie Seneff, Peter McCullough and others claimed suppression of type 1 interferon could result in immune suppression that could promote cancer proliferation.[5] The study suggested hypothetically possible disease mechanisms using only anecdotal reports from VAERS as evidence, and was described as "shifting the burden of proof".[6] Similarly, there are claims that a paper discussing a mouse dying of lymphoma "proves" the existence of turbo cancer. This is untrue.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ "False claims persist about COVID-19 vaccine-linked "turbo cancers"". Public Health Communication Collaborative (PHCC). 2023-08-18. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Fact Check-No evidence COVID-19 vaccines cause 'turbo cancer'". Reuters. Reuters. 14 December 2022.
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SBMwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "COVID-19 Vaccines and People with Cancer - NCI". www.cancer.gov. 10 February 2021.
- ^ Seneff, Stephanie; Nigh, Greg; Kyriakopoulos, Anthony M.; McCullough, Peter A. (June 2022). "Innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations: The role of G-quadruplexes, exosomes, and MicroRNAs". Food and Chemical Toxicology. 164: 113008. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2022.113008. PMC 9012513. PMID 35436552.
- ^ Morris, Jeffrey (21 April 2022). "Does McCullough's paper really "establish a mechanistic framework" for mRNA vaccine harm?". Covid-19 Data Science.
- ^ Yandell, Kate (31 August 2023). "COVID-19 Vaccines Have Not Been Shown to Cause 'Turbo Cancer'". FactCheck.org.
- ^ "Paper does not prove Pfizer mRNA vaccine causes 'turbo cancer'". Fact Check. AFP. 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Claim linking Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, cancer in mouse distorts study | Fact check". USA TODAY.