IN SHORT: A US doctor,
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Cole makes specific mention of the
The video has been shared over 15,000 times on Twitter.
US-based dermatopathologist Dr
He's also made headlines for prescribing ivermectin to Covid patients - a drug that hasn't been approved in among other countries, the US, for treating the virus.
But is it true that all the Covid vaccines cause your body to produce a toxic cancer-causing spike protein? Here's what the science says.
What different vaccine designs tell us about their safety
Although Cole does not draw a distinction between the different vaccines developed against Covid-19, it is important to note that they are different in design and help our bodies develop immunity to the coronavirus in different ways.
For the body to fight off any new virus, it must first be taught to identify the threat. Vaccines work by introducing the body to weakened or inactive parts of a virus. These fragments are largely harmless, at most inducing a minor immune response.
To trigger an immune response, most vaccines against Covid introduce weakened elements of or modified versions of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes Covid-19. These are the spikes we often see in illustrations of the coronavirus.
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(For more on how mRNA vaccines work, see our
Vaccine-induced spike proteins not free-roaming
The vaccines against Covid-19 are an intramuscular injection, usually given in the deltoid muscle in the upper arm in small doses. As studies show, the vaccine does not roam from its injection site and does not travel to "any cell of your body" causing damage, as Cole claims.
What does remain in the body after many months are the antibodies which the immune system produces. These antibodies either act against Covid infection or reduce the damage the virus is able to cause.
Rigorous safety checks, no links to cancer
In addition to the fact that injections are administered in very small doses, there is no evidence to show that the vaccine versions of the spike protein are toxins or cause us harm.
Before they are made available for public use, all vaccines go through various clinical trials. The
These claims by Dr
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