“mRNA Vaccine Exposed! Bayer Admits COVID-19 Vaccine is Gene Therapy.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Jun 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
An executive at Bayer referred to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines as an example of innovation in a 2021 speech. But a website post takes the executive’s words out of context to falsely claim he said the vaccines are gene therapy.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 June 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 June 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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