Social media users shared posts showing a video of a nurse fainting after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and claiming that if people continue to get the vaccine, it will become a “mass genocide.” This statement is false: the nurse in the video confirmed that she has a condition in which she faints when she feels pain, and the vaccine has passed safety tests.
The posts (here, here) show a video of a nurse talking in a TV interview after receiving the vaccine: she talks about how excited she was to receive the vaccine, then says she gets dizzy and faints. The title of the post states: “Watch this nurse disappear after receiving the COVID vaccine. It’s so safe, isn’t it? This will become a mass genocide if people continue to follow these angry dictators. “
Tiffany Dover, a nurse at Memorial Hospital Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) in Chattanooga, Tennessee (here) fainted after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as seen in this video by local WTVC news. TV NewsChannel 9 here and WRCBtv 3 here.
After recovering, she told WTVC-TV NewsChannel 9: “It hit me all of a sudden, I felt it was happening. I felt a little disoriented, but I feel good now, and the pain in my arm is gone ”(here).
Dover said he has a condition in which he often faints when he feels pain, as can be seen in this WRCBtv 3 video at 2 minutes 17 seconds here and in another video here.
A CHI Memorial spokeswoman confirmed to Reuters via email that the nurse “recovered quickly” after the incident.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acknowledges on its website that it is not uncommon for people to faint after vaccinations. It is said that although there is no clear answer as to why this is happening, “scientists believe that the fainting is due to the vaccination process and not to the vaccines themselves” (here).
There is no evidence that COVID-19 is designed to harm. On December 11, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization, allowing the distribution of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, concluding that the benefits outweigh the known and potential risks (here, here). The FDA evaluated and analyzed safety data from clinical trials conducted with more than 43,000 participants and manufacturing information submitted by Pfizer-BioNTech (here).
The CDC explains that clinical trials are evaluating investigational COVID-19 vaccines in many thousands of study participants to generate scientific data for the FDA to use to determine how safe vaccine candidates are and that vaccine safety will continue to be monitored. after vaccines. approved for use: “The US vaccine safety system ensures that all vaccines are as safe as possible. Safety is a top priority, while federal partners are working to make the 2019 coronavirus vaccine (s) available (COVID-19). (here here)
According to the FDA, the most commonly reported side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are injection site pain, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, chills, joint pain, and fever (here).
Some people have experienced allergic reactions to the vaccine, and as a result, the FDA has said that while most Americans with allergies should safely receive the vaccine, people who have previously had severe allergic reactions to the vaccines or the ingredients in that particular vaccine. you should avoid getting shot (here).
Reuters recently rejected other false claims about the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (here, here, here).
VERDICT
Fake. There is no evidence that the vaccine is designed to harm: the nurse, who is prone to fainting when she feels pain, has recovered; The FDA approved the vaccine after analyzing safety data from clinical trials involving more than 43,000 participants.
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