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Did Scientists Discover Off Switch For mRNA Vaccines?!

Claim : Scientists Discovered Off Switch For mRNA Vaccines!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed that scientists just discovered an off switch for mRNA vaccines!

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

mRNA Jab ‘Off Switch’ Discovered by Scientists – Media Blackout

A new preprint study details a method of deactivating the genetic alteration effects of Covid mRNA jabs, providing a glimmer of hope to the billions of humans who have been damaged by the experimental shots.

“The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna biodistribution studies refute the assertion that nanolipid-bound nms-mRNA remains in the deltoid muscle or axillary lymph nodes. Detectable vaccine mRNA levels remaining in various tissues raises potential safety concerns,” the study declared in the ‘Conclusions’ section. “The possibility of vaccine mRNA integration into the host genome and the prospect of unintended protein production due to read through advocate for a mechanism to eliminate lingering synthetic mRNA and halt damaging Spike protein production. The use of siRNA and RIBOTACs to target and degrade vaccine mRNA are promising approaches to mitigate deleterious health effects. The ability to readily tailor the siRNA and RIBOTACs to target an mRNA of interest makes these techniques particularly appealing, although further investigation is warranted to address challenges which include possible off-target effects and immune system activation.”

While the exotic injection makes the individual begin to produce the dangerous Covid spike protein, currently there is no way to stop the individual from producing that spike protein forever. There is no ‘off’ switch, at least until now.

The study described a method of turning off the production of the spike protein.

“…the longevity of the encapsulated mRNA along with unlimited production of the damaging and potentially lethal Spike (S) protein call for strategies to mitigate potential adverse effects,” the study said in the ‘Abstract’ section. “Here, we explore the potential of small interfering RNA (siRNA) and ribonuclease targeting chimeras (RIBOTACs) as promising solutions to target, inactivate, and degrade residual and persistent vaccine mRNA, thereby potentially preventing uncontrolled Spike protein production and reducing toxicity. The targeted nature of siRNA and RIBOTACs allows for precise intervention, offering a path to prevent and mitigate adverse events of mRNA-based therapies.”

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Truth : Scientists Did Not Discover Off Switch For mRNA Vaccines!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : There Were Two Methods, Not One

First, let me just point out that the “study” detailed two methods, not one as stated in The People’s Voice article – siRNA (small interfering RNA) and RIBOTAC (ribonuclease targeting chimeras).

If The People’s Voice article cannot even get that right, you have to wonder – did they even read the study???

Fact #2 : There Was No Discovery

I should also point out that the “study” did not discover anything, because scientists have been researching siRNA and RIBOTACs for some time now.

Neither did the “scientists” discover anything new about siRNA and RIBOTACs as it is just an opinion piece, where no actual laboratory or clinical study was conducted.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence of any actual discovery.

Fact #3 : The Article Was Not Even Peer-Reviewed

Moreover, the article was just a preprint that has not even undergone the most basic of scientific scrutiny – peer review. Ironically, even anti-vaccine activists are pointing out that it was just an opinion piece!

Dr Jane Ruby : 🚨🚨 🚨 WARNING: This IS NOT A STUDY

There is NOTHING “BREAKING”

This is a DISCUSSION of a THEORY

This is not a peer reviewed scientific publication

You may recall Nicolas Hulscher and Peter McCullough as the authors of yet another preprint paper that was removed by The Lancet. I have no idea who Diane E. Marotta is, but she’s listed as an indepenent [sic] researcher out of Eagleville, Pennsylvania.

Fact #4 : mRNA Vaccines Do Not Alter Genes

The People’s Voice article claimed or suggested that mRNA vaccines cause “genetic alteration”. That’s utter nonsense, and shows a lack of understanding of mRNA technology.

mRNA vaccines, as well as similar mRNA strands produced by our own cells, do not enter the cell nucleus. In short, mRNA cannot possibly change our genes.

Fact #5 : No Evidence Those Methods Actually Work

The Hulscher et. al. paper envisions the use of siRNA and RIBOTACs to block and/or deactivate mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, and shut off spike protein production.

The problem is – there is no evidence that siRNA and/or RIBOTACs can actually do that. Outside of a nice diagram showing how they could possibly do that, no actual research was done to show that any of that could actually happen.

Charitably, these could be deemed as hypotheses on possible ways to destroy mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Whether they would actually work though would require actual scientific research, not idle prattle in a preprint paper.

Fact #6 : mRNA Vaccines Do Not Last Long

The Hulscher et. al. paper reads like a solution looking for a problem that does not exist. Despite its premise that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine sticks around for a long time, that’s simply not true.

If the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can persist, we would have years-long, if not lifelong, immunity. We would also not need a second dose, never mind a booster dose. Obviously, that is just not the case.

Fact #7 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Can siRNA / RIBOTAC deactivate mRNA COVID-19 vaccines?!

Claim : siRNA / RIBOTAC Can Deactivate mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines!

People are sharing a post (archive) on X (formerly Twitter), which claims that siRNA (small interfering RNA) and RIBOTAC (ribonuclease targeting chimeras) can deactivate mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and shut off spike protein production!

McCullough Foundation : BREAKING – Our new study finds promising methods to deactivate mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and shut off spike protein production.

Small interfering RNA (siRNA) and ribonuclease targeting chimeras (RIBOTACs) are promising solutions to target, inactivate, and degrade residual and persistent vaccine mRNA, thereby potentially preventing uncontrolled Spike protein production and reducing toxicity.

The targeted nature of siRNA and RIBOTACs allows for precise intervention, offering a path to prevent and mitigate adverse events of mRNA-based therapies.

No Evidence siRNA / RIBOTAC Can Deactivate mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines!

Let’s take a look at the “study” by the McCullough Foundation, and find out what the facts really are!

Fact #1 : The Article Has Not Been Peer-Reviewed

The study in question is called Strategic Deactivation of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines: New Applications for RIBOTACs and siRNA Therapy, written by Nicolas Hulscher, Peter McCullough, and Diane Marotta.

If you download and read this preprint article (PDF), you will realise that:

the “study” isn’t really a study, but more like an article, or an opinion piece,
no actual laboratory / clinical study was conducted,
it was a preprint – which means it has not been peer-reviewed,

Ironically, even anti-vaccine activists are pointing out that it was just an opinion piece:

Dr Jane Ruby : 🚨🚨 🚨 WARNING: This IS NOT A STUDY

There is NOTHING “BREAKING”

This is a DISCUSSION of a THEORY

This is not a peer reviewed scientific publication

But if the authors cannot even get this paper past peer-review, no one should give a hoot about it, because even the peer-review process is merely the first step in the scientific review process.

Fact #2 : No Evidence siRNA / RIBOTAC Can Deactivate mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

The Hulscher et. al. paper envisions the use of siRNA (small interfering RNA) and RIBOTAC (ribonuclease targeting chimeras) to block and/or deactivate mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, and shut off spike protein production.

Fact #3 : It’s A Solution For A Problem That Does Not Exist

If the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can persist, we would have years-long, if not lifelong, immunity. We would also not need a second dose, never mind a booster dose. Obviously, that is just not the case.

But more importantly – if mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are so “dangerous” (which they are not), then it would be much easier to simply not get vaccinated. Even anti-vaccine supporters and other people have pointed that logical fallacy out:

holykek : Oh neat a vaccine to cancel the vaccine 😵‍💫

Agus_Z_X : Wait a second, what you are saying doesn’t make any sense because @P_McCulloughMD knowingly or unknowingly is promoting gene therapy right here:

Sir Didimus : Urgh, talk about swallow the spider to catch the fly……

BitOhoney : Forget that other RNA stuff, here’s some other RNA stuff.

Simply put – there is no need for this siRNA / RIBOTAC treatment. If you are anti-vaccine, don’t get vaccinated.

Those who want to protect themselves against COVID-19 will want the vaccine to work, so it doesn’t make sense to stop the production of spike proteins, which is how the vaccines train our immune system to develop antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus!

Fact #4 : Viruses Multiply, Vaccines Won’t

I should also point out that if the spike protein is so dangerous, then it is even more important to get vaccinated against COVID-19. After all, viruses multiply, while the vaccines won’t!

Even if we simply look at the mRNA vaccines alone, they contain a limited number of mRNA instructions that encode for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The mRNA instructions enter a limited number of cells, which then produce and display those spike proteins on their surfaces, to trigger our immune system.

If you are infected by the actual SARS-CoV-2 virus though, it quickly hijacks your cells to produce millions of copies – each covered with spike proteins, which then infect even more cells, in an ever-expanding chain reaction.

Until your immune system learns to stop and defeat the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it will keep producing millions and millions of viruses that will circulate through your body, delivering those nasty spike proteins everywhere.

So if you are really worried about the spike protein, you should really get vaccinated against COVID-19!

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Did Autopsies Show COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Deaths?!

Claim : Autopsies Show COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Deaths!

People are sharing an article by The Epoch Times which claims or suggests that autopsies just showed COVID-19 vaccines likely causing deaths in 100% of vaccine myocarditis cases!

Here are excerpts from the long, rambling article. Please skip to the next section for the facts!

Autopsies Show COVID-19 Vaccines Likely Caused Deaths: Study

Twenty-eight deaths with cardiovascular involvement outlined in medical literature were likely caused by COVID-19 vaccination, according to a new study.

Dr. Peter McCullough, a cardiologist, along with co-authors, reviewed all published autopsy reports featuring myocarditis, or heart inflammation, following COVID-19 vaccination.

After excluding some papers for not meeting prespecified criteria, the group determined that of the remaining 28 patients all likely died from vaccine-induced myocarditis.

The determination came after the doctors performed an independent review of each case.

The available evidence “suggests that there is a high likelihood of a causal link between COVID-19 vaccines and death from myocarditis,” the authors wrote in the paper.

The deaths occurred in China, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and the United States. They included some sudden deaths.

Mr. Hulscher, Dr. McCullough, and others published a paper in 2023 reviewing 325 autopsies of patients who died after COVID-19 vaccination. That paper was swiftly removed by The Lancet, on whose preprint server the paper was briefly available. The Lancet alleged that the study’s conclusions were “not supported by the study methodology.”

The paper concluded that about three-quarters of the deaths were directly due to COVID-19 vaccination, or that vaccination was a significant contributing cause.

“Our newly published study overcame the headwinds of medical censorship after Elsevier and Lancet retracted our main paper describing the overall population of autopsied deaths,” Mr. Hulscher said.

The group later uploaded the preprint to Zenodo, another server.

The new paper published by ESC Heart Failure only has four authors, compared with nine for the original publication.

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Truth : Autopsies Did Not Show COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Deaths!

This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS created or promoted by anti-vaccine activists, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : An Earlier Version Was Removed By The Lancet

Let me start by pointing out that this study appears to be an “updated” version of an earlier study which was uploaded to Preprints with The Lancet in July 2023.

That earlier study was never published by The Lancet, but was removed because its conclusion was not supported by the methodology, and violated its screening criteria.

This preprint has been removed by Preprints with The Lancet because the study’s conclusions are not supported by the study methodology. Preprints with The Lancet reserves the right to remove a paper that has been posted if we determine that it has violated our screening criteria.

Fact #2 : Researchers Did Not Conduct Those Autopsies

To be clear – both studies were basically document reviews. None of the researchers in both studies actually conducted any of the autopsies. This was what the researchers did in the “improved” Hulscher et. al. study (archive):

search for autopsy reports involving COVID-19 vaccination-induced myocarditis
filter the 1,691 studies they found to just 14 papers covering 28 autopsies
three of the authors (Peter McCullough, Roger Hodkinson, and William Makis) then “independently” reviewed the autopsy reports and determined the “causality” of each case

According to Brian Ward, professor of experimental medicine at McGill University, that likely meant the three of them went through the autopsy reports in separate rooms.

The way they use the word ‘independently’ here simply means that each of the biased individuals sat in a separate room to reach a personal conclusion before sharing their (largely pre-determined) classifications with each other.

Fact #3 : Many Cases Had Other Likely Causes Of Death

Interestingly, if you go through the summary of those 28 autopsy reports, you will quickly see that some of those cases had other likely causes of death:

Nushida Case 1 : This 14 year-old female had Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS) – a serious condition caused by COVID-19.

Takahashi Case 1 : This man in his 90s died from a dissection of the ascending aorta with pericardial hemotamponade. Basically, he died from a tear in the aorta – the largest blood vessel in his body, which caused blood to compress the heart and prevent it from pumping properly.

Suzuki Case 1 : This 91 year-old man had existing ischaemic heart disease, with severe coronary artery sclerosis, aortic sclerosis, diabetic neuropathy, and a previous history of a heart attack.

Ameratunga Case 1 : This 57 year-old female had a left pleural mass, which could have been a tumour.

Schneider Case 1 : This 65 year-old man had severe coronary artery sclerosis, with massive cardiac hypertrophy, and myocardial infarction scars. Basically, he had severe ischaemic heart disease, and past history of heart attacks.

Schwab Case 5 : This 75 year-old female was found to be infected with HHV-6 (human herpes virus 6) – a known cause of myocarditis.

Hoshino Case 1 : This 27 year-old male had an asymmetrically-enlarged heart with the myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve, which suggests his heart problems were due to a connective tissue disorder.

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Fact #4 : Vaccine Myocarditis Seen Mostly In Young Males

Myocarditis and pericarditis are known but rare side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. It is mostly seen in adolescent and young male adults, and usually within 7 days of receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the US CDC.

It is therefore perplexing that this study suggested that quite a number of very elderly patients died from myocarditis caused by the vaccine. It seems more likely that they developed myocarditis from other causes, or died from other causes.

Mörz Case 1 : 76 year-old man who also had encephalitis.

Takahashi Case 1 : Man in his 90s who had dissection of the ascending aorta, and pericardial hemotamponade – both medical emergencies.

Suzuki Case 1 : 91 year-old man with existing ischaemic heart disease

Ameratunga Case 1 : 57 year-old female with a left pleural mass – potentially a tumour?

Schneider Case 1 : 65 year-old man with severe ischaemic heart disease, and past history of heart attacks.

Schwab Case 1 : 46 year-old man died from myocarditis with cardiac muscle damage on the same day he received his first dose?

Schwab Case 2 : 50 year-old female died from myocarditis with cardiac muscle damage just one day after she received her first dose?

Schwab Case 5 : 75 year-old female with HHV-6 infection died from myocarditis with cardiac muscle damage just one day after she received her first dose?

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Fact #5 : Myocarditis Also Occurs Naturally

I should also point out that myocarditis occurs naturally, usually though viral infections (like flu or the common cold), as well as infections by bacteria, fungus, or parasites.

COVID-19 infections aside, the “baseline” of myocarditis in the general population pre-COVID ranged b between 1 to 10 cases per 100,000 individuals per year (source). Of that, about 2.5% of the non-COVID-19 myocarditis will result in death (source).

In other words, we should expect about 375,000 cases of myocarditis worldwide, with approximately 9,375 deaths per year, in the pre-COVID years.

So is it not possible that some of those 28 deaths mentioned by the Hulscher et. al. study may be due to other non-vaccine causes of myocarditis?

Fact #6 : COVID-19 Myocarditis Is More Common

What the study may not tell you is that COVID-19 is known to cause myocarditis. In fact, the CDC reported in September 2021 that COVID-19 patients have nearly 16X the risk of developing myocarditis:

During March 2020–January 2021, patients with COVID-19 had nearly 16 times the risk for myocarditis compared with patients who did not have COVID-19, and risk varied by sex and age.

The findings in this report underscore the importance of implementing evidence-based COVID-19 prevention strategies, including vaccination, to reduce the public health impact of COVID-19 and its associated complications.

The risk of dying from COVID-19 myocarditis (13.54% of cases) is also almost 5X higher than non-COVID-19 myocarditis (2.88% of cases), according to a 2022 German study.

If you are worried about dying from myocarditis, well, you should certainly want to avoid getting a COVID-19 infection!

Fact #8 : Vaccine Benefits Far Outweighs The Risks

Even if we take all those 28 myocarditis cases mentioned in the Hulscher et. al. study at face value, the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination still far outweighs the risk of dying from vaccine myocarditis.

Vaccine myocarditis is rare – the study could only find 28 cases that satisfied its criteria, while myocarditis from COVID-19 infections are far more common.

People suffering from COVID-19 are also almost 5X more likely to die from myocarditis, than people suffering from non-COVID myocarditis (source).

So if you are really worried about myocarditis, or dying from myocarditis, you should definitely get vaccinated against COVID-19!

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