An Instagram video from June 22 (direct link, archive link) in which a user discusses alleged breast cancer death rates.
“Have you visited cancer. org recently and taken a look at your stats?”The person asks. It goes on to say that for women forty-five and younger, there were about 26,000 breast cancer deaths between 2019 and 2021. She says deaths then climbed to 47,000 in 2022 and 297,000 in 2023.
“Don’t worry,” she said. It has nothing to do with shooting. “
The video, which garnered more than 3,000 likes in less than two weeks, has a banner that reads, “We try to warn people. “
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The figures in the video are presented as breast cancer deaths in women younger than 45, but roughly fit estimates of new breast cancer cases projected by the American Cancer Society. The estimated number of breast cancer deaths reported by the organization was much lower. The 3 numbers discussed in the video (26,000, 47,000, and 297,000) are similar to projected statistics on breast cancer occurrence among women of several other age groups, not just women under 45.
For the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, the American Cancer Society, which has as its cancer. org director, estimated new cases of breast cancer in women younger than forty-five years in 26,660, 26,500 and 26,510, respectively. In 2022, the organization estimated that new cases of breast cancer in women under 50, not just women under forty-five, would total 47,550.
By 2023, the American Cancer Society estimates there will be 297,790 new cases in women of all age groups, just women younger than 45. The organization also estimates an additional 55,720 cases of ductal carcinoma, which is a cancer of the cells lining the milk ducts. on the chest.
For those under 45, the American Cancer Society estimated 2340, 2320, and 2310 breast cancer deaths for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021, respectively. For those under 50, the organization estimated 4040 deaths from breast cancer in 2022 and 3780 in 2023.
The video implies that the alleged accumulation of breast cancer deaths due to the COVID-19 vaccine. However, there is no evidence linking the vaccine to breast cancer, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine and Penn Medicine.
The COVID-19 vaccine can cause lymph nodes in the armpit to swell. This can lead to fitness problems, as swollen lymph nodes can also be a symptom of breast cancer.
“Although the swollen lymph nodes that some women experience after vaccination may be misinterpreted as cancer, it is not cancer,” Penn Medicine reported.
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USA TODAY reached out to the Instagram user who shared the post for comment, but did not get a response.
The publication was also debunked through PolitiFact.
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