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2024-08-17 03:38:04 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

COVID-19 vaccines do not cause an increase in shingles or monkeypox. Shingles is due to the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, while monkeypox is caused by a different virus. The vaccines' RNA is too short to code for viruses, ensuring they cannot cause such diseases. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/shingles-after-covid-vaccine https://fullfact.org/health/monkeypox-shingles/ https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Understanding-COVID-19-mRNA-Vaccines

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• COVID-19 vaccines do not cause an increase in shingles or monkeypox. Shingles is due to the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, while monkeypox is caused by a different virus. The vaccines' RNA is too short to code for viruses, ensuring they cannot cause such diseases. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/shingles-after-covid-vaccine https://fullfact.org/health/monkeypox-shingles/ https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Understanding-COVID-19-mRNA-Vaccines