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Health worker in US destroys 500 doses of Covid vaccine claiming vaccine can alter human DNA

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: January 6, 2021 15:06 IST

A health worker working at a hospital in the United States has destroyed as many as 500 doses of ...

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A health worker working at a hospital in the United States has destroyed as many as 500 doses of coronavirus vaccines, fearing that the vaccine could alter people's DNA. The health worker's name is Steven Brandberg (46). Brandberg works at Aurora Medical Center in Wisconsin. The man had taken a dose of Moderna's corona vaccine out of the fridge and kept it out overnight. This caused the dose to deteriorate. Brandberg has also admitted that he did so on purpose. Brandberg has also been fired following the incident. "We tried to damage the vaccine because we thought it was unsafe and could cause changes in human DNA," Brandberg told officials during the interrogation.

The medical centre reportedly had to throw away more than 500 doses of the vaccine, as a result of which, they suffered a monetary loss of about 8,000 pounds. According to media reports, the Moderna vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. It is also being used as a highly effective vaccine. The UK has also approved Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.

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