Debunking Common Myths About COVID-19 Vaccines & Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy

21 min readJun 23, 2021

Introduction

Yesterday I got my second dose of the life-saving vaccine that was created to protect ourselves and others.

So grateful.

Zero side effects.

I am grateful that so many of us have gotten vaccinated, and am hopeful that more people will choose to get the vaccine to help keep variants under control and protect us all.

Although there is a lot of information on the internet that debunks certain myths about the COVID vaccine, I was unable to find a comprehensive page addressing as many of them as possible. I have attempted to make a comprehensive document, with as many myths as I have heard about (though I acknowledge more are emerging, so it may not include all of them).

I have done extensive research on the vaccine and made a 221 page Google Doc with screenshots debunking common myths about the vaccine.

Here is the contents of this Google Doc, in case it is helpful to you or anyone you know. It is accurate as of May 28, 2021, according to my research (post-note: it does not include stuff about the Delta variant and any subsequent variants, so the likelihood of getting COVID now and passing it along is higher than what is written in this piece). I tried to use only highly reputable and credible sources, though I threw in some opinion pieces where they referenced reputable/credible sources in a neat/digestible way, and also included some other straight opinion pieces around ethics near the end. I have included links to sources under almost every image or group of images.

The likelihood sections near the top were written for someone in the age category of ages 20–39 in Ontario, and the probability calculations are done for that age group and location — but you can use the logic to find probabilities for your own age and location.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor — just a concerned citizen interested in the safety of all, and in helping combat misinformation and fake news. However, a friend of mine who is a family doctor reviewed much of this and they said it was “really well done”.

If you are looking for information from doctors, here is an excellent World Health Organization Mythbusters page https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

And here is a webinar with doctors addressing vaccine hesitancy https://nccid.ca/webcast/phac-addressing-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy/

Now, here is my document.

Key findings re likelihoods:

If you are in the age group of ages 20–39 and live in Ontario, you have a 1 in 20 chance of getting COVID. The chances of getting it are higher for many age groups and regions.
If you get vaccinated, you would reduce your risk of getting COVID to a 0.005 in 100 chance
If you get COVID, you have a 53% or greater chance of passing it on to someone in the household. So you statistically have a 1 in 40 chance of getting COVID then passing it to someone in the household.
If you get vaccinated, you would cut your risk of getting it then passing it to someone in the household to 0.002 in 100.

This is explained more in the doc in the Likelihood sections.

It can take up to 14+ days after getting COVID for a COVID test to show up positive. This is explained more in the doc in the Test Timeline section.

Topics Covered in This Document

· Likelihood of getting COVID
· Likelihood of getting it w/vaccine
· Likelihood of Passing on COVID
· Likelihood of Passing it w/Vaccine
· Long Term Effects/Studies of Vaccine
· Test Timeline and Transmissibility
· Rapid Development
· Experimental
· Clinical Trials on Humans
· Death Toll from COVID Compared to Other Causes
· Death Rate from COVID vs Vax
· Vaccine Risks and Death Rate
· Risk of Blood Clot
· Excess Deaths from COVID
· Asymptomatic
· Nanotechnology
· Microchips
· Supplements
· HQL
· Drug Treatment
· DNA
· Fertility
· Period
· Being Around Vaccinated People
· Risks from Getting COVID
· Mask Effectiveness
· Texas
· Likelihood of Not Getting it Because Haven’t Got it Yet
· Vaccine Safety
· Delta Variant
· Misinformation
· Conspiracy
· Censorship
· Hodkinson
· Byram Bridle & Spike Proteins
· Ethics, Lifestyle, Implications & More
· Family Relationships & Friendships re Vaccine
· How to Know Whether a News Source is Trustworthy
· BitChute
· Vaccine Injury Support Program
· Changing One’s Mind
· Other Resources
· TLDR

Likelihood of getting COVID

https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/ncov/epi/covid-19-daily-epi-summary-report.pdf?la=en

-> Ontario’s population is 14.57 million. Age 20–39 is roughly 4 million (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Ontario)

There have been 197,230 cases in ages 20–39 — so you have a 1 in 20 chance of getting COVID

https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/epidemiological-summary-covid-19-cases.html#a7

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/well/live/putting-the-risk-of-covid-19-in-perspective.amp.html

Likelihood of getting it w/vaccine

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/why-measure-effectiveness/breakthrough-cases.html

If you get vaccinated, you would reduce your risk of getting COVID to a 0.005 in 100 chance

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/fully-vaccinated-people.html

Likelihood of Passing on COVID

Links to studies: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-fast-covid-19-can-spread-in-a-household

Based on this and the likelihood of you getting COVID, you statistically have a 1 in 40 chance of getting it and then passing it to someone in the household

Debunking Common Myths About COVID-19 Vaccines & Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy

Introduction

Topics Covered in This Document

Likelihood of getting COVID

Likelihood of getting it w/vaccine

Likelihood of Passing on COVID

Likelihood of Passing it w/Vaccine

Long Term Effects/Studies of Vaccine

Test Timeline and Transmissibility

Rapid Development

Experimental

Clinical Trials on Humans

Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker

Vaccines typically require years of research and testing before reaching the clinic, but in 2020, scientists embarked…

Death Toll from COVID Compared to Other Causes

Death Rate from COVID vs Vax

Vaccine Risks and Death Rate

Risk of Blood Clot

Excess Deaths from COVID

Asymptomatic

Nanotechnology

Microchips

Supplements

HQL

Drug Treatment

DNA

Fertility

Period

Being Around Vaccinated People

Risks from Getting COVID

Mask Effectiveness

Texas

Likelihood of Not Getting it Because Haven’t Got it Yet

Vaccine Safety

Delta Variant

Misinformation

Conspiracy

Censorship

Hodkinson

Byram Bridle & Spike Proteins

Ethics, Lifestyle, Implications & More

Family Relationships & Friendships re Vaccine

How to Know Whether a News Source is Trustworthy

BitChute

Vaccine Injury Support Program

Changing One’s Mind

Other Resources

TLDR

Written by Jennifer Turliuk