“SV40, a cancer causing sequence” was “put in the Covid Vaccine.”
Social media posts
social media. Claim dated 20 Sep 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
Fragments of residual DNA containing small sections of simian virus 40 (SV40) sequence may be present in the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but there is no evidence this causes cancer.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 September 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 October 2023, 36 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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