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by higherup 1757 days ago
The risks of Vaccines is not limited to the AEFI caused by a proper preparation of the Vaccine, but also include the problems with manufacturing such as this as well...

Also, I wonder what the foreign substance was.

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According to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare [1] it's a "substance that reacts to magnets", which "could be metal". Unfortunately, metallic contaminants have been found in many vaccines, so this would not be an uncommon quality control issue. [2]

This could lend some credence to the "COVID vaccine magnet challenge" that went viral in conspiracy theory circles. [3]

[1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-vaccines...

[2] http://medcraveonline.com/IJVV/IJVV-04-00072.pdf

[3] https://www.bitchute.com/video/FApEqfMvbOYw/

> it's a "substance that reacts to magnets", which "could be metal".

> This could lend some credence to the "COVID vaccine magnet challenge" that went viral in conspiracy theory circles. [3]

You couldn't be more wrong here.

This doesn't lend any credence to anything at all.

The false claims about covid vaccines and magnetism, was that people BECAME magnetic, so that spoons and other metal objects would cling to their bodies - NOT that they'd react to magnets.

And the claims were thoroughly debunked. NO ONE was able to show they were magnetic, after applying talcum.

The scam/idiocy was debunked with James Randi's test method from 2 decades ago.

Can't imagine why you're being downvoted