“The patented dye Luciferase produced by MIT will help countries to check on who has been vaccinated”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Nov 2020.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
In 2019, Massachusetts Institute of Technology did develop a novel way to record patient’s MMR vaccine history using the luciferase enzyme. However, the same has not been approved for COVID-19 vaccine
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 November 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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