Thread by @tej_daram

A chemical engineer from Andhra Pradesh became viral on social media by talking against vaccines. He now appeared in mainstream media channels and quoted that every family will have one death in the third corona wave.
#Vaccine #misinformation
Thread 👇 (1/n)

He has made multiple misleading claims on Vaccines which may raise #vaccinehesistancy among the public. let's see the facts (2/n)
#AndhraPradesh #coronavirus #CovidVaccine

He claims that Vaccine #efficacy was reduced to 60 % against delta variant (which is first found in India). He also says that out of 100, only 60 people are safe, and the remaining 40 people are will surely get coronavirus which he termed as vaccine are not safe. (3/n)

But according to Lancet journal, vaccine efficacy is not the same efficiency; it is a different scenario. Suppose if any vaccine has an efficacy of 60%, then it doesn't mean that 100 people vaccinated, then only 40 people will get affected. (4/n)
thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Instead, that 60% will be applied to individuals. It means a vaccinated person is 60% less likely to get sick with covid than a non vaccinated person when they get exposed to coronavirus. This video will explain clearly about #vaccineefficacy.(5/n)

The 60% vaccine efficacy is accepted among the scientific community, and it is meant to be safe. Whatever he termed vaccine efficacy is wrong and completely #misleading the public.(6/n)

Secondly, he claims that Vaccines are just water; they won't work against new #variants, and they are not generating any antibodies among individuals. (7/n)

But recent studies in the UK states that #Covidsheild and #Pfizer vaccines are working effectively against the dangerous #DeltaVariant. However, the efficacy was dropped to 60% but still accepted in the scientific community. (8/n)

And also, a study in India states that #Covidshied and #Covaxin both are inducing antibodies. Overall, 97.8% of those who never had COVID and had two complete doses of Covishield had detectable levels of antibodies or tested seropositive, compared to 79.3% with Covaxin. (9/n)

Whatever he claimed that vaccines are developing antibodies is entirely wrong and misleading.
#mallikparchuri #chemicalengineer #VaccinesWork (10/n)
thehindu.com/sci-tech/healt…

Thirdly he quoted a study from The New England journal of medicine journal says that the number of kids who died of covid is 1 in 1000, but the number of kids who died after taking the Vaccine is 1 in 100. (11/n)

But when search about this study, it was found that there was no such study published in 'The New England Journal of the medical journal. And also, recently, on June 04th 2021, the UK regulator body approved vaccines for 12-15 aged people. (12/n)

If such a study really happened, then the UK government should have banned vaccines on kids as it was published in England journal. He again quoted misleading research report to support his argument on vaccines. (13/n)
theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…

Though he seems to be educated and always mentions some scientific terms in his interviews, and this may attract audiences. But all he is doing is misinterpreting research reports and quoting false studies and scientific terms.(14/n)
#COVID19Vaccine #misinformation

Don't fall into misleading traps.! Be aware of these miscreants who are raising #Vaccinehesitancy among the public. The only solution to end this pandemic is Mass #Vaccination. It only helps to attain herd immunity. Be vaccinated. Be safe. (15/n)