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Far-right lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for COVID-19 vaccines despite cancer rates being at “all-time highs,” despite claims that have been debunked. He said it needed to be researched.
“Cancer rates are at an all-time high,” the Georgia lawmaker wrote Friday night. “In 2024, more than 611,000 people in the United States are expected to die from cancer, which translates to more than 1,600 deaths every day.”
Green’s statistics appear to come from the American Association for Cancer Research, which estimates that more than 2 million people will be newly diagnosed with cancer this year.
“Many factors are involved, from bad food to lack of vitamin D,” she continued. “But we believe we need to investigate the coronavirus vaccine.”
“Many factors are involved, from bad food to lack of vitamin D,” Green wrote in X. However, we believe that we need to investigate the coronavirus vaccine. (AP)
But Green’s suggestion that COVID-19 vaccines “need to be investigated” to find answers to cancer rates comes as COVID-19 vaccines have not been shown to cause cancer. Not based on valid evidence.
The American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute have both said there is no evidence to support claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer or cause cancer to return in patients who are in remission.
The Centers for Disease Control says people who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 are likely to experience the “most severe” consequences of the virus, including heart inflammation, hospitalization and death.
According to the CDC, more than 1.2 million people have died from COVID-19 since 2020. As of Oct. 5, 11.2% of adults reported having received the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, and 20.5% said they “definitely” plan to get it, according to the CDC.
Greene is not the only politician spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former independent presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist who has since supported Donald Trump, said in 2021 that the COVID-19 vaccine would be “the best vaccine ever made.” It falsely claimed that it was a “highly lethal vaccine.”
This is also a false claim, as all reliable evidence shows that the vaccine is safe and effective.
