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The photo published on the Internet on December 11 is the previous one published in 2019 – Photo: FACEBOOK
On December 8, the UK launched the Pfizer Group (USA) BNT162b2 vaccination organization in cooperation with BioNTech Company (Germany). Next up is the United States and Canada on December 14.
While some countries started vaccinating COVID-19, fake news spread on social media.
Photo one way, document another way
Over the past few days, many Facebook users shared a document issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published on December 10. Four volunteers who participated in the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine trial are documented to have temporary facial paralysis (Bell’s facial palsy).
This pathology is caused by damage to the peripheral VII nerve that leads to facial paralysis. The cause of paralysis can be due to a facial trauma, but especially to a bacterial infection, virus or disease (cold, diabetes …).
In most cases, facial paralysis goes away after a few weeks or months.
The Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine container arrived at Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, USA on December 13 – Photo: REUTERS
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Bell’s palsy affects people of all ages. Risk factors include pregnancy, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and diseases of the upper respiratory tract.
In addition to the FDA documentary photos, articles on social media also posted photos of 3 people with Bell’s palsy.
According to the investigation of the French television channel France 24 on December 16 (local time), photos of 3 people with their mouths distorted have appeared in at least two places.
The photo first appeared in the British Medical Journal (UK) on a page about Bell’s palsy with the last update in November 2019.
The photo appeared again in a video played on January 23, 2020 on an Indonesian YouTube channel.
Thus, the photo of 3 people with distorted faces has nothing to do with the FDA documents of December 10th.
Healthcare workers in the UK take priority to vaccinate Pfizer / BioNTech on December 16 – Photo: espectronews1.com
There is no cause and effect relationship with the COVID-19 vaccine
FDA documents are real information. The FDA analyzed the results obtained during the clinical trial of the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Four of the 22,000 volunteers who received the COVID-19 test vaccine had Bell’s palsy. In the group of volunteers who took placebo, no one had facial paralysis.
The FDA concluded that the data from the trials showed “an imbalance of Bell’s palsy” (4 cases in the vaccinated group and none in the placebo group).
However, the FDA believes that “a cause and effect relationship has not been established” because the number of cases of Bell’s palsy is too small and the frequency of Bell’s palsy in vaccine trials is equivalent to the frequency in society. Generally speaking.
From that standpoint, the FDA does not view Bell’s palsy as a side effect of the vaccine and only recommends “monitoring” for Bell’s palsy during widespread COVID-19 vaccination.
The television channel France 24 concluded that there were 4 cases of Bell’s palsy among the 22,000 people who were tested for the COVID-19 vaccine, but the FDA concluded that there is no relationship between the experimental vaccine and cases of facial paralysis. .
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