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Saturday, May 16, 2026

False claims that Covid-19 boosters cause AIDS spread online - AFP Factcheck

Online articles claim that recipients of Covid-19 booster shots will develop acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). But medical experts rejected the claim, saying there is no evidence that Covid-19 vaccines can cause the chronic, life-threatening condition.

"Millions get AIDS from Vax by Fall – Dr. Elizabeth Eads," says the headline of a March 23, 2022 article on USAWatchdog.com.

Asked whether the Covid-19 vaccines are injecting people with AIDS , Dr. Eads is quoted as saying, "That is exactly what I am telling you."

Another article also makes the claim and identifies Eads as "one of America's Frontline Doctors" -- a group notorious for spreading health misinformation.

A search of the organization's website did not reveal references to Eads, but it previously made a similar false assertion about the shots causing immune erosion --"Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency (VAIDS)."

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved on March 29 a fourth dose of the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 shots for Americans 50 and older, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says certain immunocompromised individuals may receive a fifth shot.

Below, AFP Fact Check breaks down the claims.

Elizabeth Eads

The USAWatchdog article includes a 53-minute long Rumble video in which "25-year veteran Dr. Elizabeth Eads" is interviewed about "the real unreported effects of the CV19 bioweapons and the dangerous lies by Big Pharma the FDA and CDC."

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