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Were self-assembling nano-structures found in mRNA vaccines?!

Did Korean and Japanese scientists find self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Self-assembling nano-structures were found in mRNA vaccines!

Some people are sharing a study which claims to have discovered self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna!

Andrew Bridgen : Self assembling nano particles found in the Covid 19 jabs !!!!

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Truth : Self-assembling nano-structures were not found in mRNA vaccines!

The study, which is called Real-Time Self-Assembly of Stereomicroscopically Visible Artificial Constructionsin Incubated Specimens of mRNA Products Mainly from Pfizer and Moderna: A Comprehensive Longitudinal Study, can be read in full here.

As impressive as its long name and article length (64 pages!) may seem, it does not show any actual evidence of self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines, this appears to be yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines, and here are the reasons why…

The vaccine vials were likely contaminated

The study authors collected 58 vials, of which only 4 were unopened – 2 Pfizer, 1 AstraZeneca and 1 Novavax. The other 54 vials were used, and only contained residuals – leftover vaccine. There were no unopened Moderna vaccine vials.

Ideally, the study authors should have used only the unopened vials. However, it appears that they used all those vials – the vast majority which were already opened and used, and therefore highly likely to be contaminated.

Both Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are delivered in multi-dose vials – 6 doses per Pfizer vial, and 10 doses per Moderna vial. The vaccine doses in those vials are sterile but do not contain preservatives, and must be kept refrigerated at very low temperatures.

But when a nurse or doctor inserts a needle to withdraw a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, it will likely introduce some contaminants, including microbes. Hence, the contents of each vaccine vial must be used within 2 hours (Pfizer) or 6 hours (Moderna) – to ensure its safety as well as effectiveness.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the used vaccine vials were contaminated before the study authors even got their hands on them.

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The vaccine samples were likely degraded

mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have to be stored at very low temperatures, or they will degrade quickly:

  • -70°C to -80°C (-94°F to -112°F) for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or
  • -25°C to -15°C (-13°F to 5°F) for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

Just before administration, they must be thawed and kept at 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F) – and then, they must be used within 30-31 days.

While the study authors said they kept those vials at -20°C, it is uncertain whether they maintained the cold chain. If the vaccines were left at room temperature for more than a few hours, they would have degraded by the time they were put back into refrigeration.

But more importantly – the COVID-19 vaccines do not last long in our bodies. Right after being injected into our body, these vaccines rapidly enter nearby cells to produce the spike proteins that trigger our immune system to create the necessary antibodies against COVID-19.

Those COVID-19 vaccines, especially the delicate mRNA vaccines, would have broken down into their constituents if they were kept at room temperature for days, never mind weeks or months! It is therefore highly likely that what the study authors observed or photographed were agglutinated (clumps of) components of the degraded vaccines, rather than self-assembling nano-structures!

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The vaccine samples were possibly contaminated

It is also highly possible that the vaccine samples were contaminated during their 12-21 months incubation period. After all, even filtered air in a clean laboratory would contain contaminants and microbes.

Unless the samples were sterilised after being prepared, and kept sealed and untouched during their incubation period, it is highly possible they were contaminated at some point in time.

The samples could also be contaminated at anytime the study authors handled them, if they did not take the necessary aseptic precautions.

The photos show large variety of “nano-structures”

If the COVID-19 vaccines were manufactured to deliver some kind of self-replicating nano-structure (for whatever nefarious reasons), the study authors should see the same “nano-structures” appear in all vaccine vials.

Yet, their photos show a dizzying array of different “nano-structures”, some with crystalline structures while others appear to be biological cells. This suggests that the photos show different kinds of contaminants in the vaccine samples, and not actually man-made “nano-structures” of any kind.

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The study does not show actual nano-structures

It is odd to see the study authors use a stereo microscope to observe nano-structures. A stereo microscope is a type of optical microscope with two eyepieces (instead of one).

Despite having two eyepieces, stereo microscopes actually have much lower magnification than compound microscopes which have only one eyepiece. Hence, stereo microscopes are used for “low magnification” observation of a sample.

In any case, light microscopes of any kind are not the ideal way to observe nano-structures, because they do not offer enough magnification to resolve such tiny objects. Typically, they have a maximum resolution of just 400 to 700 nanometres (nm).

To observe nano-structures, extremely high-resolution electron microscopes should be used, as they can resolve structures from 0.1 to 10 nanometers (nm) in size.

That is why the study authors were not able to take photos of the mRNA vaccine lipid nanoparticle capsules were are approximately 80-100 nm (Pfizer) or 90-120 nm (Moderna) in size.

In fact, the study does not show any any object in the nanometre scale! The photos they took were of really massive objects in the micrometer scale1000x larger than nanometer.

The study authors also provided a 10 micrometer scale in their photos. This tells us that the objects they saw were, for most part, over 100 µm in size. It is possible that some of these structures are even 500-1000 µm (1 mm) in size, and might therefore be visible to the naked eye!

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IJVTPR does not appear to be a credible science journal

The study was published in a journal called the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research (IJVTPR). If you have never heard of the IJVTPR, you are not alone. I have never heard of it either.

In fact, it appears to have been established only in 2020 – during the COVID-19 pandemic. And according to the New Lines Magazine, it does not appear to be a credible science journal:

The International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research could easily be mistaken for a respectable publication. Its stated aim is to “bring rigorous independent and unbiased research to the subject of vaccine safety and analysis.”

All 18 members of its editorial board have university degrees, though that doesn’t make them relevant authorities. The editor-in-chief, for example, is neither a scientist nor a medical doctor but a retired professor of linguistics. Its senior editor, meanwhile, is a Canadian neuroscientist with a long history of spreading scare stories about vaccines.

In short, the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research is not the publisher of rigorous and unbiased research that it purports to be.

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Did UAE freeze French fighter jet deal over Pavel Durov arrest?!

Did the UAE freeze a French fighter jet deal after France arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?! Take a look at the viral claims and video, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : UAE froze French fighter jet deal over Pavel Durov arrest!

People are sharing news reports and/or an Al Jazeera video, which purportedly claim that the UAE just froze its contract to purchase 80 fighter jets from France, over its arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.

Firstpost : #FPWorld: Following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended the deal with France for 80 warplanes, according to a report.

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Kim Dotcom : The French Govt just lost $17 billion over the arrest of Pavel Durov. The UAE froze a deal to purchase 80 Rafale fighter jets and says that the arrest of Pavel Durov is outrageous. Pavel is a citizen of the UAE and a close friend of the Deputy Prime Minister Hamdan Al Maktoum.

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Truth : UAE did not freeze French fighter jet deal over Pavel Durov arrest!

This appears to be yet another example of Russian propaganda, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : No evidence UAE froze French fighter jet deal

Let me start by pointing out that there is no evidence that the United Arab Emirates froze its 2021 deal to purchase 80 Rafale F4 fighter jets.

If that actually happened, it would have been announced by the UAE authorities, and condemned by the French government. As a public-listed company, Dassault would also have to issue a statement on such a shocking development. It would also have resulted in widespread coverage by the mainstream media.

Yet, none of that happened. This fake news appears to have proliferated mainly through Telegram, and X (formerly Twitter).

Fact #2 : Al Jazeera video is fake

The viral Al Jazeera video, which claims that the UAE has frozen its contract to purchase 80 fighter jets from France, is fake. Al Jazeera never created, nor posted, this video.

The last time Al Jazeera ever posted about any arms deal between the UAE and France, was on 4 December 2021, when it reported on the UAE and France signing an arms deal involving 80 Rafael fighter jets and 12 military helicopters.

To be clear – Al Jazeera never made or posted the viral video below, or its contents:

The UAE has frozen the contract actions for the purchase of 80 fighter aircraft from France. This comes after the arrest of businessman Pavel Durov in Paris.

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Fact #2 : Fake Al Jazeera report started in Telegram

Ironically, this fake Al Jazeera report appears to have originated in Telegram. According to Maria Dubovikova (archive) who traced this hoax, here is the timeline on 27 August 2024 (Moscow Time):

20:29 : Russian Telegram group Condottiero posted (translated) – “The UAE unilaterally suspended the contract for the purchase of 80 French fighter jets due to Durov’s arrest. Additionally, the Sheikhs are considering a complete blockade of trade operations with France, including in the defense sector.”

20:35 : Russian Telegram group Topaz posted (translated) – “The United Arab Emirates have frozen the contract to purchase 80 fighter jets from France following the arrest of Pavel Durov. They are also considering the possibility of a complete blockade of military-technical cooperation with France.”

By 11 PM (23:00), a fake video appeared on X, mimicking an Al Jazeera news video with this information. This video was never on the Qatari outlet’s platforms.

The fake news then spread outside of Russian Telegram channels, after being shared by Western opinion leaders like Kim Dotcom, Candace Owens, Chuck Callesto, etc.

Fact #3 : No evidence Marwan Bishara ever mentioned Pavel Durov

I could also find no evidence that Marwan Bishara ever commented on Pavel Durov, or his arrest by French authorities, or any response by the UAE government or leaders.

In fact, Marwan Bishara has not written any opinion piece for Al Jazeera for more than half a year – his last piece was posted on 24 November 2023, and it was about the Gaza war.

Fact #4 : UAE to receive Rafale F4 fighter jets only in 2027

There is also the inconvenient fact that Dassault is only expected to ship its first Rafale F4 fighter jet to the UAE in 2027, which is 3 years away. So there is nothing to freeze, so to speak.

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Did German study find COVID vaccine caused excess deaths?!

Did a new German study show that the COVID-19 vaccine has no beneficial effect, while massively increasing excess deaths?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : German Study Finds COVID Vaccine Caused Excess Deaths!

People are sharing a study (archive) by Kuhbandner and Reitzner, claiming that it shows that the COVID-19 vaccine has no beneficial effect, while massively increasing excess deaths!

Here is an excerpt of the article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

The People’s VoiceGerman Study Finds Covid Vaccine Has ‘No Beneficial Effects’ While Massively Increasing Excess Deaths

A bombshell new study from Germany has revealed that the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines have produced “no beneficial effects” at the community level, while finding that “the more vaccinations were administered in a federal state, the greater the increase in excess mortality.”

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Truth : German Study Did Not Show COVID Vaccine Caused Excess Deaths!

Let’s take a look at the controversial study of excess deaths in Germany, and find out why it does not show that the COVID vaccine was the cause!

Fact #1 : It’s A Preprint That Has Not Been Peer-Reviewed

Let me start by pointing out that paper by Kuhbandner and Reitzner is a preprint that has not even been peer-reviewed. While a lack of peer review does not necessarily mean the data or study is irrelevant, it does mean that we should take it with a pinch of salt, because it hasn’t even undergone basic review by another member of the scientific community.

Even peer review is just the first step in the scientific review process, as the people reviewing such papers are not infallible. The lack of a rigorous peer review is arguably why even peer-reviewed and published papers get retracted, like what happened in February and June this year at Cureus.

Fact #2 : 93% Of Excess Deaths Were Elderly People

It is true that there was a noticeable increase in excess deaths in Germany, during the COVID-19 pandemic years of 2020 to 2022. The ifo Institute issued a press release about this in January 2023.

The study attempts to show correlation between COVID-19 vaccination and excess deaths, by showing that excess deaths increased in 2022, even though reported COVID-19 deaths dropped in 2022.

What it did not show you was a breakdown in age. As the ifo Institute table below shows, 93% of the excess deaths were seen in the elderly – people who were 60 years and older. Those who were 80 years and older, in particular, suffered greatly.

In the 80+ age group alone, 116,000 more people died than expected; in the 60–79 age group, the figure was 51,000. In the large age group of 30–59, on the other hand, there were only 12,000 additional deaths, and only about 900 among those aged 0–29.

Obviously, there are many reasons why the elderly are dying at a higher than expected rate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief amongst them – COVID-19 infections, and their long-lasting effects in some cases.

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Fact #3 : 30-59 Year-Old Excess Deaths Decreased In 2022

Interestingly, the data actually showed a 17.3% decrease in excess deaths for people who were 30 to 59 years in age, from 2021 to 2022. Does this mean the COVID-19 vaccines are protecting 30 to 59 year-old adults from death???

Of course, not. Just as it is silly to jump to such a conclusion based on nothing more than two numbers, it is similarly silly for anyone to conclude that the 2020-2023 increase in excess deaths in Germany were caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.

These excess deaths could have been caused by COVID-19 infections in 2020 and 2021, and other causes in 2022. In fact, the ifo Institute suggested that the summer heat waves and flu waves might account for these excess deaths.

The exact reasons for this are still unclear. The heat waves in the summer and the flu waves at the end of the year probably also played a role.

Fact #4 : Correlation Does Not Imply Causation

What appears clear is that the data does not show any strong correlation between excess deaths and COVID-19 vaccinations. After all – the surge in excess deaths began in 2020 – at least a year before widespread COVID-19 vaccinations occurred in Germany.

But even if there appears to be some kind of correlation between widespread COVID-19 vaccination by end of 2022 and higher excess deaths the same year, that does not mean the vaccines caused those deaths.

For example, if you get pregnant after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, does it mean that the vaccine made you pregnant? Of course, not. It’s the same silly argument being made with the excess deaths in Germany.

How can anyone establish any “causal relationship” between those excess deaths and the vaccine, when all this study has done is just analyse excess health statistics without knowing anything about the person’s vaccination status, prior health condition, or even cause of death???

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Fact #5 : COVID-19 Vaccines Were Proven Safe + Effective

After over 3 years of post-marketing monitoring, and extensive safety and efficacy tests involving tens of thousands of volunteers, it is indisputable that the COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be largely safe and effective in preventing death and hospitalisation from SARS-CoV-2 virus infections.

In fact, widespread vaccination against COVID-19 is arguably the only reason why the world is able reopen completely, without COVID-19 patients overwhelming hospitals and ICUs as they did during the pandemic.

The reason why doctors and health authorities continue to STRONGLY advocate vaccination is because the vaccines have been PROVEN to protect the vast majority of people from getting COVID-19 in the first place. And even if you do get infected after vaccination, the vaccine will protect you against hospitalisation and death from COVID-19.

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Do emails show Ralph Baric created COVID-19 spike protein?!

Did emails released under FOIA show that Ralph Baric created the COVID-19 spike protein in 2018?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Emails Show Ralph Baric Created COVID-19 Spike Protein!

Conspiracists and anti-vaccine activists are excitedly sharing FOIA-released emails, which purportedly shows that Ralph Baric created the COVID-19 spike protein in 2018!

Kim Dotcom : American scientist Ralph Baric developed the spike protein that was inserted into Covid-19 and he worked with the Wuhan lab where the virus was created. Covid-19 was made in America and funded by the US Govt. Where’s the media? Where’s the outrage? Where’s the criminal tribunal?

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Truth : Emails Do Not Show Ralph Baric Created COVID-19 Spike Protein!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news circulating on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Emails Were Referring To SARS Virus

Let me start by pointing out that the March 2018 emails released under the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) were only referring to the SARS virus (now known as SARS-CoV-1).

The SARS-CoV-1 was the virus that caused the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak, and is different from SARS-CoV-2, which caused the COVID-19 pandemic more than 15 years later!

They are related but different coronaviruses, just like how a Tesla Model S and a BMW Z4 are both cars, but they are different cars, with different designs, engines and performance.

Fact #2 : All Coronaviruses Have Spike Proteins

I should point out that the spike protein isn’t a special feature of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Such spike proteins are actually a feature of all coronaviruses!

In fact, the name “coronavirus” is derived from the Latin word, corona, which means “crown” or “wreath” – a reference to its “crown” of spike proteins. To be clear – all coronaviruses have spike proteins on their cell surfaces.

So scientists doing research on coronaviruses would inevitably be working with spike proteins. It doesn’t mean that they were working to create the SARS-CoV-2.

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Fact #3 : SARS Spike Protein Different From COVID-19 Spike Protein

I should also point out that the SARS spike protein is different from the COVID-19 spike protein. Not only are they physically different, they utilise different mechanisms to bind with the human ACE2 receptor.

This was extensively elucidated in a Chinese research paper by Yixin Xie et. al., that was published in the journal Frontiers in Molecular Bioscience on 9 December 2020.

The results demonstrate that SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 S proteins are both attractive to ACE2 by electrostatic forces even at different distances. However, the residues contributing to the electrostatic features are quite different due to the mutations between SARS-CoV S protein and SARS-CoV-2 S protein.

Such differences are analyzed comprehensively. Compared to SARS-CoV, the SARS-CoV-2 binds with ACE2 using a more robust strategy:

  • The electric field line related residues are distributed quite differently, which results in a more robust binding strategy of SARS-CoV-2.
  • Also, SARS-CoV-2 has a higher electric field line density than that of SARS-CoV, which indicates stronger interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2, compared to that of SARS-CoV.
  • Key residues involved in salt bridges and hydrogen bonds are identified in this study, which may help the future drug design against COVID-19.

In short – the COVID-19 coronavirus does not use the same spike protein as the SARS coronavirus that Ralph Baric was working on.

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Structural differences in salt bridge residues of spike proteins Left (A) : SARS coronavirus Right (B) : COVID-19 coronavirus

Fact #3 : There Is Nothing Nefarious In March 2018 Emails

If you go through the emails, you will notice that there is nothing nefarious. Certainly, they do not show Ralph Baric saying or suggesting that he created the COVID-19 spike protein.

To make it easier for you to understand, I rearranged the emails in the right order, and highlighted the key parts in bold. The emails involve four people – Ralph Baric, Toni Baric, Peter Daszak, and Tonie Rocke, and you can read the originals here (PDF):

Peter Daszak : Toni – this is info from Ralph Baric on the nanoparticle work he’s been involved in…

Tonie Rocke : Hi Ralph: I have a couple of questions about the SARS-CoV spike glycoproteins you are developing with respect to the DARPA grant we are collaborating on.

Do you have time for a call sometime tomorrow? I have unfortunately contracted the flu so I am working from home for a few days. I’d be happy to call you if you can provide me a time and number.

Many thanks! – Tonie

As you can see, the emails basically show Tonie Rocke asking to speak to Ralph Baric about his work on the SARS virus spike protein.

At no point did it show them discussing how to insert the SARS spike protein into the COVID-19 coronavirus, or anything along those lines.

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Fact #4 : Ralph Baric Did Not Test Spike Protein On Bats

The March 2018 emails show Tonie Rocke asking about how those proteins can be “delivered to bats”, and what had been attempted so far.

There was no indication from those emails that Ralph Baric actually successfully “delivered” those spike proteins to bats. In fact, a March 15, 2018 email show Ralph Baric stating that he has no bat colony, and no way to actually conduct the experiment.

Hi Tonie, I was definitely planning on testing whatever I could in mice, nanoparticles no problem but my understanding was that RCN doesn’t work well in mice. I have no bat colony, no way for me to do the experiment – which I definitely think needs to be done or we have no credibility. My understanding [is that] another bat colony exists in China, but not sure who is doing what.

As you can see, the emails clearly show that Ralph Baric was not testing the SARS (not COVID-19) spike protein on bats, he hadn’t even started testing it on mice!

Fact #5 : Ralph Baric Called For COVID-19 Origins Investigation

It is somewhat ironic to claim that Ralph Baric might be responsible for creating the SARS-CoV-2 virus, because he joined other scientists in signing a 2021 open letter demanding a thorough investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

While he remains sure whether SARS-CoV-2 was created by a spillover event, or a lab leak, he found fault with a joint investigation by the WHO and the Chinese government, which dismissed the chance of a lab leak as “extremely unlikely”.

Ralph Baric felt that such a conclusion was premature, given the lack of conclusive data and China’s more relaxed laboratory standards.

He pointed out to TIME in a July 2023 article that while the US restricts gain-of-function (GoF) work with dangerous pathogens to labs that are rated at a minimum of BSL-3 (like his lab), “the regulations in China are such that you can work with SARS-like bat coronaviruses in BSL-2 [Biosafety level 2] labs,” which require fewer safety features.

So Ralph Baric himself believes that a laboratory leak could still be a possibility. Would someone who purportedly created SARS-CoV-2 be so eager to call for greater scrutiny of that possibility???

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