Anti-vaxers relying on discredited doctor's claims about COVID vaccines... again!

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Prominent anti-vaxer and COVID misinformation spreader Dr. Peter McCullough -- who hawks unproven treatments and recently was stripped of his U.S. medical board certifications -- along with various of his anti-vax cohorts are behind a new preprint study that makes discredited claims that COVID vaccines supposedly cause various psychiatric conditions. Experts say the study's claims are based on unverified data and there's no credible evidence to support what McCullough and cohorts are saying.  But hey, that's what McCullough does:

 

Anti-Vaxxers Cite Unverified Study to Claim COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Psychiatric Conditions, Including Homicidal Ideation

"What happened: Prominent anti-vaxxers are citing an April 2025 study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, to claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause 86 neuropsychiatric side effects, including dementia, schizophrenia, depression, and suicidal and homicidal ideation.

 

A closer look: The study was co-authored by Dr. Peter McCullough, a Texas-based cardiologist who has repeatedly advanced false or egregiously misleading claims about COVID vaccines. [emphasis added]

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Actually: Reports submitted to VAERS [the federal data source for McCullough's claims] are unverified and can be submitted by anyone, including anti-vaccine activists, making it an unreliable source for drawing conclusions about the safety or side effects of any vaccine or medicine. ... There is no credible evidence that COVID vaccines cause neuropsychiatric conditions, according to experts. [emphasis added]

 

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https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/canadian-election-false-claims-spread?open=false#§anti-vaxxers-cite-unverified-study-to-claim-covid-vaccines-cause-psychiatric-conditions-including-homicidal-ideation

 

 

ABIM Revokes Certification of Another Doctor Who Made Controversial COVID Claims

— It's not clear exactly when credentials for Peter McCullough, MD, MPH, were revoked

 January 2, 2025

"The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) revoked the board certification of Peter McCullough, MD, MPH, a cardiologist who promoted controversial views about COVID-19.

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Early in the pandemic, McCullough supported the use of hydroxychloroquin in patients with mild disease even when mainstream medicine was recommending against it.

 

But he became more known for being outspoken against the COVID vaccines. He had claimed that there is no scientific reason for healthy people under 50 and those who have recovered from COVID to get the vaccine, and has asserted that tens of thousands of Americans have died from the shots."

 

https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/113624