“Monkey virus DNA found in COVID-19 shots”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 12 Jun 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
An Epoch Times article cited a recent study, which has not been peer reviewed, that found part of DNA sequence called an "SV40 promoter" in COVID-19 vaccines, but that's not the same as simian, or monkey, virus 40.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 June 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 June 2023, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- theepochtimes.comhttps://www.theepochtimes.com/health/green-monkey-dna-found-in-covid-19-shots_5317587.html
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/5kcrb
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