FACT FOCUS: COVID vaccines are not in the food supply
Associated PressAnti-vaccine advocates have for years used foreboding imagery of syringes to paint immunizations as dark and dangerous. In widespread posts online in recent weeks, misinformation purveyors have spread an erroneous narrative that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are being quietly added to the food supply, threatening staunch vaccine holdouts. CLAIM: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are being added to the food supply through livestock and produce. There are no mRNA vaccines for any disease being used in cattle in the U.S., the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association emphasized in a recent statement addressing online misinformation. While some researchers have explored the possibility of growing edible vaccines — an appealing idea for use in countries where vaccine storage can be an issue — that concept is “far, far away from being proven,” said Shawn Chen, a professor at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines and Virotherapy.
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