A video that makes numerous allegations about conspiracy theories and vaccines contains multiple false allegations, such as that the words virus, antigen, and adjuvant mean “poison,” that the swabs are made from living nanoparticles, and that mRNA vaccines are the DNA of recipients. Other claims made in the video fall outside the scope of this check. POISONOUS
Throughout the video (here) words are given incorrect explanations or definitions, which are then used to reinforce the arguments of the video against vaccination.
The video narrator says: ‘The word virus comes from the Latin’ virus’, which means poison, poisonous liquid, toxic. We can also call it a foreign toxin or toxic substance ‘(time stamp 5.52). This etymology of the word is not controversial (www.etymonline.com/word/virus); From this point on the video, however, the terms “virus” and “poison” are repeatedly merged. Although the word ‘virus’ may have been synonymous with ‘poison’ in the Middle Ages, its meaning is archaic. The modern use of the word refers to submicroscopic infectious agents that can only grow and multiply in living cells (here). Many viruses are benign or even beneficial to humans (here).
The narrator further says: “An antigen IS a VIRUS … a foreign GIF that is not in the interstitial fluids of your body!” (Time stamp 6.30) The World Health Organization (WHO) says that the component of a pathogen (such as a bacterium, virus or fungus) that causes the formation of antibodies is called an antigen Vaccines contain antigens, or the blueprints to make them, but in an attenuated form that causes the body to generate an immune response , without giving the disease to the recipient (bit.ly/3chsVLl).
Later, the narrator discusses the “vaccine advisory”, which is described in the video as “toxins” (timestamp 9.22). As used with regard to vaccines, an additive is an ingredient that helps to create a stronger immune response (here) and contains substances such as squalene (here), which are found in some foods (here) and naturally produced in the human body becomes (here). The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) states: “Aids have been used safely in vaccines for decades”, and: “In all cases, vaccines containing aids are tested for safety and efficacy in clinical trials before being licensed for use. in the United States, and are continuously monitored by the CDC and FDA once approved. ”(here)
NANOBOTS The video then shows clips from a video in which a person tears the material from what is described as a COVID-19 test pipe and makes several unfounded allegations, such as that the material is ‘alive’ or made of. ‘Morgellons’, a theoretical material related to an unproven medical condition (time stamp 10.00). Reuters has already addressed these claims (here). The presence of nanotechnology cannot be judged directly with the naked eye; the material used in swabs is not ‘alive’ and Morgellons’ disease is an unproven condition. GENETIC MANIPULATION The video then contains a clip in which a speaker claims that mRNA vaccines will genetically alter recipients. She says: “the mRNA will actually extract a piece of your DNA. It will replace it with a synthetic, a “synthetic piece” (Timestamp 17.46). Reuters has previously denied that mRNA vaccines alter the DNA of recipients (here and here). Although these types of vaccines do inject a small portion of the virus’ genetic code to stimulate an immune response in a patient without an infection (here), in contrast to the more widespread “conventional” vaccines (here) that carry a whole 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).
VERDICT False. The terms such as “virus”, “antigen” and “additive” have specific meanings and do not simply mean “poison”; test swabs are not made from living nanoparticles; and mRNA vaccines do not alter the recipients’ DNA.
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