Michael J Imperiale Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Expertise: DNA tumor viruses, Cancer Review Type Allclaim (1) Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-06-23 Claim that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain DNA contaminants based on study of vials of “unknown provenance”; no evidence COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can alter DNA in people Claim: DNA in COVID mRNA shots “may have the ability to alter the human genome”; “SV40 has been linked to cancer in humans”; “Regulatory Agencies Knew There Was a Contamination Problem” Source: The Epoch Times, The Healthcare Channel, Joseph Mercola, Sucharit Bhakdi, Kevin McKernan, 2023-06-11 Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-01-31 No, an “FDA study” did not find that vaccines contain cancer-causing viruses Claim: The FDA study looked at vaccines that are made from living cells [...] oftentimes contaminated with hidden viral fragments which have the potential to cause cancer. Source: Principia Scientific, Activist Post, Aaron Kesel, 2019-11-23 Partially correct Health Posted on: 2019-07-25 Claim that virus contaminating polio vaccine between 1955 and 1963 is cancer-causing not supported by science Claim: CDC Admits 98 Million Americans Received Polio Vaccine In An 8-Year Span When It Was Contaminated With Cancer Virus Source: Waking Times, Dave Mihalovic, 2013-07-17
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-06-23 Claim that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain DNA contaminants based on study of vials of “unknown provenance”; no evidence COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can alter DNA in people Claim: DNA in COVID mRNA shots “may have the ability to alter the human genome”; “SV40 has been linked to cancer in humans”; “Regulatory Agencies Knew There Was a Contamination Problem” Source: The Epoch Times, The Healthcare Channel, Joseph Mercola, Sucharit Bhakdi, Kevin McKernan, 2023-06-11
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2020-01-31 No, an “FDA study” did not find that vaccines contain cancer-causing viruses Claim: The FDA study looked at vaccines that are made from living cells [...] oftentimes contaminated with hidden viral fragments which have the potential to cause cancer. Source: Principia Scientific, Activist Post, Aaron Kesel, 2019-11-23
Partially correct Health Posted on: 2019-07-25 Claim that virus contaminating polio vaccine between 1955 and 1963 is cancer-causing not supported by science Claim: CDC Admits 98 Million Americans Received Polio Vaccine In An 8-Year Span When It Was Contaminated With Cancer Virus Source: Waking Times, Dave Mihalovic, 2013-07-17