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May 21, 2025

COVID Vaccines Linked to 23% Higher Risk of Autoimmune Disease in Kids and Teens, Israeli Study

If it’s happening in the U.S. and Israel, you can bet it’s happening in Canada too.

A massive peer-reviewed study out of Israel has found that children and teens who received at least one COVID-19 vaccine had a 23% greater risk of developing autoimmune diseases compared to their unvaccinated peers. Published in Pediatric Rheumatology, the study analyzed nearly 500,000 medical records of youth aged 1–21.

Researchers observed no statistically significant increase in autoimmune disease risk among unvaccinated children who had prior COVID-19 infection.

Autoimmune diseases — including Type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and even neurological disorders like Guillain-Barré syndrome — can have serious, lifelong consequences. Notably, onset typically occurred around 8.7 months after vaccination, underscoring the need for long-term safety studies — a step bypassed during the vaccine rollout under “Operation Warp Speed.”

Canadian parents should take note: if these trends are appearing abroad, there’s every reason to believe similar patterns are unfolding here at home, despite a lack of official acknowledgment.

Multiple experts are now calling for a halt to the use of mRNA vaccines in children, pointing to mounting evidence — including U.S., European, and Israeli studies — linking the shots to immune dysregulation, chronic inflammation, and autoimmune activation. Researchers are particularly concerned about the toxic effects of the spike protein and its role in triggering inappropriate immune responses via mechanisms such as molecular mimicry and epitope spreading.

Dr. Michelle Perro emphasized that proper vaccine development typically takes 10–15 years, not months. “Children were not adequately studied prior to rollout and have paid the consequences,” she said.

Epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher said, “The damage to our children has already been done—because warnings like this were ignored for far too long. Our focus must now turn to reversing that harm and bringing forth the justice they deserve.”

From Israel to the U.S., and likely here in Canada, new autoimmune diagnoses among youth are rising. It’s time our public health authorities stop ignoring the growing red flags.

 

Sources:
CHD, The Defender
Focal Points, Courageous Discourse

 

 

 

 

 

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