A Feb. 15 Instagram post (direct link, file link) shows a draft directory of Food and Drug Administration documents related to COVID-19 vaccines. The poster says it was presented at a county commission assembly in Collier County, Florida.
“Residents were likely surprised to realize that COVID-19 injections were not only shown to prevent infections or illness, but were also known to cause COVID-19 through Pfizer and the FDA, according to the document filed through the FDA on Sept. 17. 2021,” the post read.
The post received more than a hundred likes in two days.
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Pfizer’s (and Moderna) mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 don’t involve any live COVID-19 viruses, causing them to contract the disease immediately, experts say. The document referred to by the social media user does not say that the vaccine reasons. COVID-19.
The document featured in the Instagram post comes from a 2020 FDA filing that included an “updated draft list of potential adverse outcomes. “It does not say the vaccine causes the disease, nor does the 2021 FDA document referenced in the text of the message.
It’s getting COVID-19 without getting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes it. The mRNA-based vaccines, adding the Pfizer/BioNTech variety, do not involve any live COVID-19 viruses.
“COVID-19 vaccines don’t use the live virus that causes COVID-19 and can’t cause COVID-19,” said Jasmine Reed, a public affairs specialist at the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. USA, to USA TODAY.
The CDC points to the same thing, saying, “None of those vaccines can give you COVID-19. “
Instead of injecting a weakened or inactivated form of the virus as a component of the vaccine, mRNA-based vaccines teach the body to produce part of a protein that the immune formula will be in shape to recognize and attack, according to the CDC.
Side effects for adults after the Pfizer vaccine could include fatigue, headache, muscle aches, chills, fever and nausea, which are some of the non-respiratory symptoms of COVID-19.
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Social media user who shared the claim, Karen Kingston, traveled from Southern California to Florida to make a presentation to convince Collier County commissioners to return a CDC grant funding medical awareness. The grant was primarily intended to inspire migrant staff to get vaccinated, but was later expanded to include broader public physical education efforts. The commission eventually voted to pay off the grant and seek budget elsewhere.
USA TODAY reached out to Kingston for comment.
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