Facebook users in Singapore and Malaysia have shared a purported Chinese-language news article about a disputed scientific paper that falsely claims mRNA Covid-19 vaccines "damage humans' natural immunity". Health experts told AFP there is no evidence to support the claim that mRNA vaccines are harmful. Immunologists, oncologists and other bioscientists said the paper contained "profound misinterpretations of topics and conclusions about the negative impact" of vaccination on immunity.
The Chinese-language news article was shared as a screenshot on Facebook here by a Singapore-based user on September 5, 2022.
At first glance, it appears to have been taken from the September 3, 2022 edition of Shin Min Daily News, a Singaporean afternoon newspaper.
The article's headline reads: "mRNA vaccines spark debate again; [prompts] fears it will cause natural immunity to lose effect." The story also includes a picture of a child wincing as they receive a jab in their arm.
"Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has discovered mRNA vaccines harm humans' natural immunity. This means that the human body's protection is largely decreased, weakening the strongest weapons humans have against diseases," the first paragraph of the purported report states.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, like the Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and BioNTech and the shots produced by Moderna, work by giving human cells the instructions to make a surface protein of the coronavirus,...
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