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“Monkey virus DNA found in COVID-19 shots”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: An Epoch Times article cited a recent study, which has not been peer reviewed, that found part of DNA sequence called an "SV40 promoter" in COVID-19 vaccines, but that's not the same as simian, or monkey, virus 40.