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Is there any relation between the COVID-19 vaccine and CJD?

A question we have been asked a lot recently is, “My loved one had CJD after they received the COVID-19 vaccine. Is there any relation between the vaccine and CJD?”

Here are trusted resources that address this question:

  1. Neuroepidemiology Brief Report | December 12, 2023: Effect of SARS-CoV-2 incidence and immunisation rates on sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease incidence
  2. Neuroepidemiology Brief Report | February 2024: Effect of SARS-CoV-2 incidence and immunisation rates on sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease incidence
  3. Clip from 2021 Virtual CJD Foundation Family Conference session, The 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Report with Ryan Maddox, PhD, Epidemiologist, Prion and Public Health Office Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

4. Reuters Article | May 12, 2021: Fact Check-No evidence that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine causes Alzheimer’s disease

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