Michael Shermer on Vaccine Harm: Denies

The claim: COVID vaccines do more harm than good, or are designed to harm.

2020-05-07: “And so it is not crazy to assert—as some conspiracy theorists do in the lead-up to more far-fetched accusations—that governments may, in time, impose COVID-19 vaccination mandates if a safe and effective vaccine is developed.” source
2020-09-09: “If you don’t believe the coronavirus is a real virus, then why would you get a vaccine?” source
2021-08-14: “It’s an imperfect analogy, since rare vaccine side effects are real and witches aren’t. But the point remains: during a pandemic, it is important to focus on the real, not the imagined threat.” source
2021-08-15: “My article explaining three underlying currents behind vaccine hesitancy.” source
2022-11-01: “media companies can just tag them like they are with vaccine questions, vaccine articles that doubt it. Here’s a good article that supports vaccines or rigged election claims.” source