A video shared online in which a man discusses mRNA vaccines contains numerous false allegations, including that the vaccines become part of the bodies of recipients, that they alter DNA and that they have not been tested.
The video begins with a man describing how the new vaccines used to protect against COVID-19 differ from vaccines previously released (here Timestamp 5.18). Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines available in the UK are mRNA vaccines.
The man says of the new vaccinations: ‘Once you get this COVID-19 vaccine and this little genetic material, it becomes part of you. And the cells in your body will start multiplying and you will have parts of the genetic material of a foreign entity in your body for the rest of your life. There’s nothing you can do about it. It is now becoming part of you. You are genetically engineered. Your DNA is now different from what it was before you got the vaccine. ”(Timestamp 7.47)
Reuters earlier denied the allegation that mRNA vaccines alter the recipients’ DNA. more widespread “conventional” vaccines (here) that use an entire pathogen or fragment, the mRNA of the vaccine does not alter the recipient’s DNA, is degraded shortly after vaccination, and does not remain in the body (here).
The man in the video also says that when a vaccine recipient comes in contact with the full virus in the environment, the person’s immune system overreacts and a “total immune response will occur” in every area in which the virus’ genetic material occurs. recorded. “You will perish with sepsis in about 4 or five days,” he says (Timestamp 8.36). The man also claims that the vaccine has not yet been tested on humans (Timestamp 10.13). Both claims are false.
Tens of thousands of human participants have received the Pfizer vaccine (here) and the Moderna vaccine (here), both of which are considered safe by UK medicine regulators (here).
VERDICT
Untrue. Vaccines that use mRNA do not stay permanently in a recipient’s body or alter DNA. The COVID-19 vaccines available in the UK have been tested on human volunteers and are safe.
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