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Flushing Hospital Medical Center: Covid-19 Vaccine Myth Or Fact

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July 8, 2021

There is a myth that COVID-19 vaccines contain metallic ingredients that cause a person to become “magnetic”. On the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website it clearly states that “ All COVID-19 vaccines are free from metals such as iron, nickel, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth alloys, as well as manufactured products such as microelectronics, electrodes, carbon, carbon nanotubes, and nanowire semiconductors.” The main ingredient in two of the  most commonly administered vaccines ( Pfizer and Moderna ) in the United States is messenger RNA ( mRNA ). This is a genetic molecule and non magnetic. The third most commonly administered vaccine ( Johnson and Johnson) also does not contain any ingredient that is metallic.

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