COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories, Debunked, by Dr. Anthony Fauci.<br />Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist,<br />recently sat down with YouTube’s Try Guys to discuss COVID-19.<br />During their interview, Dr. Fauci debunked these five myths<br />and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine.<br />1. The vaccine was rushed,<br />which means it’s unsafe. <br />.<br />There was no cutting corners, safety was<br />not compromised, scientific integrity was not<br />compromised ... people need to understand that<br />the speed was related completely to the<br />breathtaking scientific advances that had been<br />made over the previous 10 or more years, Dr. Anthony Fauci, via YouTube.<br />2. The vaccine can cause<br />long-term side effects.<br />Dr. Fauci called the odds of long-term side effects <br />“spectacularly low” and that they tend to appear 30 to 45 days after a clinical trial, which is why the FDA institutes a 60-day waiting period. .<br />3. I don’t need to wear a mask or<br />social distance after I get the vaccine. .<br />Even though the vaccine protected you from<br />getting sick, it didn’t protect you from getting<br />infected … you may not even know you’re<br />infected and be completely asymptomatic<br />and then spread it to somebody else, Dr. Anthony Fauci, via YouTube.<br />4. It would be easier to achieve<br />herd immunity if we let the virus<br />spread on its own. .<br />With 20 percent of the people [in the USA] infected,<br />we’ve already had 352,000 deaths. To get to<br />80 [percent], you’d have to have four times<br />as many people. So are you willing to accept<br />1.2 million deaths in order to get to herd immunity? , Dr. Anthony Fauci, via YouTube.<br />5. The vaccine will not work<br />against the new COVID-19 variant.<br />Dr. Fauci said that the only thing “functionally different”<br />about the variation is that it spreads more easily.<br />The mutation does not seem to “interfere with<br />the protection that’s afforded by the vaccine.”
