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The Infodemic: Vaccines Don't 'Barcode' or Track Recipients


FILE - A child is vaccinated in Barcelona, Anzoategui State, Venezuela, on March 16, 2021.
FILE - A child is vaccinated in Barcelona, Anzoategui State, Venezuela, on March 16, 2021.

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Daily Debunk

Claim: COVID-19 vaccines contain the luciferase enzyme, along with imprints, barcodes or patterns to track recipients.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: USA Today

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Claim that coronavirus vaccines can be passed – or “shed” – from an immunized person to an unvaccinated woman and then somehow affect the woman’s reproductive system.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

FDA and CDC OK resuming J&J COVID-19 shots paused over rare clot concerns
Experts debated a warning for women under 50, but decided to reinstate the vaccine without one.
-- ScienceNews, April 23

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