Claim: COVID‑19 vaccines increase the risk of prion disease by 847 times compared with flu shots.
5%- The “847×” figure appears to originate from a McCullough Foundation–promoted study analyzing VAERS adverse-event reports, which reported an odds ratio (OR) of 847 for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) versus influenza vaccines—not for prion disease in general12. The same study actually reported an OR of only 61.8 for “prion disease (general)”2, so the claim conflates CJD with the broader category.
- The figure is a reporting odds ratio derived from VAERS, a passive, unverified surveillance system. It reflects the frequency of reports relative to other events, not true epidemiological risk or incidence, and cannot establish causation34.
- Major health authorities have found no causal link. The CDC and PolitiFact have stated that VAERS showed no reports of prion-related disease after COVID-19 vaccination and that there is “no evidence to date” of a causative association4. A CDC prion-disease expert similarly says there is “no biological plausibility” for such a link5.
- The CJD Foundation notes there is “no good evidence” that COVID-19 vaccines cause CJD or increase case numbers, and no sound theoretical reason to expect one6.
- The original paper that raised the prion-disease hypothesis (Classen, 2021) was independently debunked by AFP and USA Today as speculative and lacking proof74.
- A WHO VigiBase comparative pharmacovigilance study of mRNA COVID-19 and influenza vaccines did not identify prion disease as a safety signal8.
- The authors promoting the 847× figure have a documented record of misrepresenting data and making misleading vaccine claims, according to Health Feedback, AFP, and European Newsroom fact-checkers91011.
Overall validity: 5%
Over 70% of the global population underwent a chemical lobotomy masquerading as “vaccination.”
This helps explain the widespread collapse of common sense since 2021.
Safety signals identified in our two peer-reviewed studies include:
📈PRION DISEASE — 847× more likely vs. flu shot 📈BRAIN CLOTS — 3,000× more likely 📈PSYCHOSIS — 440× more likely 📈HOMICIDAL IDEATION — 25× more likely 📈DEMENTIA — 140× more likely 📈SUICIDAL THOUGHTS — 150× more likely 📈SCHIZOPHRENIA — 315× more likely 📈DEPRESSION — 530× more likely 📈HERPES ZOSTER MENINGITIS — 1,200× more likely 📈TOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHY — 157× more likely 📈MENINGITIS — 34× more likely 📈AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS — 79× more likely 📈BRAIN ABSCESS — 120× more likely 📈SPINAL CORD ABSCESS — 89× more likely 📈VIOLENT BEHAVIOR — 80× more likely 📈COGNITIVE DECLINE — 115× more likely 📈DELUSIONS — 50× more likely 📈 MYELITIS (ALL TYPES) — 31× more likely
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