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“The COVID-19 vaccines contain “HIV lipid wrappers.”
Social media posts Claim dated 10 Apr 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire

What PolitiFact found

None of the approved COVID-19 vaccines contain any HIV material. Lipids are fat molecules that encase and protect the mRNA in the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. They have no relationship with HIV, experts said.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 10 April 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 April 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.

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