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“Adulteration”: The latest iteration of the antivax “toxins gambit” applied to COVID-19 vaccines

Post author By Orac
Post date November 3, 2023
55 Comments on “Adulteration”: The latest iteration of the antivax “toxins gambit” applied to COVID-19 vaccines

"Adulteration" of vaccines with plasmid DNA?

The latest antivax line is that trace amounts of residual plasmid DNA fragments constitutes “adulteration.” It’s just the “toxins gambit” twisted into a bad legal argument.

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“Contamination” of COVID vaccines with SV40: The stupidity continues

Post author By Orac
Post date July 20, 2023
24 Comments on “Contamination” of COVID vaccines with SV40: The stupidity continues

SV40 Peter McCullough — Being interviewed by Alex Jones is not a good look for a physician.

It’s ba-ack. Dr. Peter McCullough has latched onto a recent claim that COVID-19 vaccines are contaminated with cancer-causing “SV40.” It’s all biobabble bereft of understanding of basic molecular biology. Again.

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Return of the revenge of “vaccines permanently alter your DNA”

Post author By Orac
Post date June 6, 2023
104 Comments on Return of the revenge of “vaccines permanently alter your DNA”

In a new twist on the “vaccines permanently alter your DNA” trope that antivaxxers love, a microbiologist named Kevin McKernan is falsely claiming that contaminating plasmid DNA from COVID-19 vaccines can get into the nucleus during cell division and “permanently alter your DNA” to horrible effect.