A hearing of the World Council for Health called for an “immediate moratorium” on mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
On Oct. 9, an international panel of medical experts, in collaboration with the World Council for Health (WCH) discussed the previously undisclosed mix of genetic material recently found in the COVID-19 vaccines.
The hearing took place virtually and featured physicians, academics, and researchers from the United States, Germany, Canada, France, and Australia.
The evidence led the panel to call for an “immediate moratorium on these novel genetic ‘vaccines.’”
The genetically contaminated vials in question are those made with messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology, which includes products from both Moderna and BioNTech/Pfizer. Multiple undeclared genetic sequences were found in both Moderna and Pfizer vials, yet one particular sequence was found only in the Pfizer vials.
Although other vaccines employing different immune protective strategies were manufactured and authorized to combat and contain COVID-19, those made with mRNA technology have been the favorite choice among regulators, and have remained the public’s most widely used option. These shots work by programming the body’s mRNA to produce a spike protein similar to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The advantage of this technology is that it can train the immune system to recognize a specific viral threat, without the dangers of exposing the body to a potentially deadly infection.
However, despite regulator approval and public acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccines, some research has suggested that mRNA vaccines do more than temporarily tinker with the body’s RNA—and may actually alter DNA.
Health agencies, drug companies, and fact-checkers have repeatedly disputed this concern. A statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains that “the mRNA from a COVID-19 vaccine never enters the nucleus of the cell, which is where our DNA is kept. This means the mRNA cannot affect or interact with our DNA in any way. Instead, COVID-19 mRNA vaccines work with the body’s natural defenses to safely develop immunity to disease.”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services features a video that directly addresses this concern, “What the vaccine is doing is just helping your body do what it naturally does,” says Dr. Janice Blanchard in the video. “It’s not doing anything different. It’s not changing who you are. It’s not changing your DNA. It’s just helping you make these antibodies. And antibodies are what you make when you get sick already. You make specific antibodies to fight different types of diseases. So this is just helping you make an antibody that will fight COVID.”
On a page of its website addressing health misinformation, Pfizer states, “No, mRNA vaccines do not alter your DNA. In fact, they don’t interact directly with your DNA at all.”
DNA Contamination
The WCH hearing suggests that there may be more lurking in the mRNA vaccines than the public or regulators were led to believe.
By Conan Milner
