"The mRNA vaccines are being injected into livestock and companion animals," says an article published January 13, 2023. "That means, if you consume the vaccinated animal, the mRNA vaccine enters your body."
The claims are attributed to Robert Malone, a physician who in the late 1980s contributed to the development of mRNA vaccines. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, however, he has repeatedly promoted misinformation about vaccination.
Screenshot of an article taken January 25, 2023
Natural News, an alternative health website whose Facebook page was banned in 2019 for violating spam rules, published another article about livestock and vaccines on January 16. Similar claims have circulated widely on Twitter.
But they are false.
"In livestock, there are no mRNA vaccines that are used in the United States," said Jessica Gordon, a cattle veterinarian and associate professor at Michigan State University, in a January 25 email.
The Center for Veterinary Biologics at the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Center told AFP that, as of January 2023, it did "not have any vaccines approved or under trial to vaccinate livestock for Covid-19."
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