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      No, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Does Not Contain Nanotechnology

      An infectious diseases expert said no technology currently exists by which computers could be inserted into an mRNA vaccine.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  14 Dec 2020 6:47 PM IST
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      No, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Does Not Contain Nanotechnology
      A video viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook claims Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine contains lipid nanoparticles that could be concealing "little computers". The claims are false; nanoparticles are microscopic particles that measure less than 100 nanometres, which have no relation to nanocomputers; an infectious diseases expert told AFP no technology currently exists by which computers could be inserted into an mRNA vaccine.


      The video was shared on Facebook by an Australian-based user here on November 28.

      A screenshot of the misleading video, taken December 8, 2020.

      The man narrating the video shows a purported list of ingredients for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. He then focuses on a yellow tag which reads; "Lipid nanoparticles that carry and protect the mRNA from degradation".

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      The narrator then says: "We know people have been talking about nanotechnology and being injected with nanotechnology. Well there it is, you have to say that is what's happening, nanotechnology is made of nanoparticles."

      The narrator then suggests Bill Gates could be involved in creating the technology, echoing long-running COVID-19 conspiracy theories. "We don't know what's in those particles, but they are so f***in nano that just about you could definitely have little computers in there," the narrator claims.

      Nanotechnology is the manipulation or creation of materials and devices at the atomic scale. Nanoparticles are microscopic particles that measure less than 100 nanometres. Nano refers to a unit of size on the nanoscale, which is measured in billionths of the metre.

      The video has also been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts here, here and here alongside similar claims.

      The claims in the video, however, are misleading.

      Griffith University professor of infectious diseases, Nigel McMillan, told AFP in an email that "no such technology exists at this time" that would allow robots or computers to be encased in the lipid nanoparticles found in the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

      The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is an mRNA vaccine, which sends instructions to our cells to create a section of the spike protein found on the surface of the COVID-19 virus, according to the CDC. "Our immune systems recognize that the protein doesn't belong there and begins building an immune response and making antibodies," the CDC adds.

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      Professor McMillan said the lipid nanoparticles found in the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine are a form of protection for the mRNA vaccine as they enter cells. "They [the lipid nanoparticles] are made of fats that either naturally occur in your body (eg think cholesterol) or are derived from plants (think margarine)," he said in a December 8 email.

      Canadian biotechnology company Acuitas Therapeutics developed the lipid nanoparticles in the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and described the process here, explaining: "In simple terms, it takes the mRNA safely through the body and delivers it into our cells, placing it exactly where it needs to be," the company said.

      Conspiracy theories about Bill Gates and false suggestions that he plans to use the Covid-19 vaccine to microchip people have been circulating online throughout the pandemic. The Bill Gates Foundations told AFP in June the claims were false.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine contains lipid nanoparticles.
      Claimed By :  Facebook posts
      Fact Check :  False
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