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What does this even mean? Can someone eli5?
by bubaja 3y ago
What does this even mean? Can someone eli5?
- hammock 3y agoSomeone altered the link to a paywalled version of the same article (for some reason). Here is the full article for free: https://brownstone.org/articles/fda-shuts-down-enquiries-about-dna-contamination-in-covid-vaccines/ https://brownstone.org/articles/fda-shuts-down-enquiries-abo...
- bubaja 3y ago[flagged]
- hammock 3y agoSummarizing the key points made in the article (not my own opinions): Plasmid DNA is a byproduct inherent in a certain way of manufacturing vaccines. The FDA/WHO set a limit of 10 ng/dose of pDNA for vaccines due to the dangers that it can sometimes be incorporated into the patient's DNA and/or cause cancer. (For a bad example - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_contamination_with_SV40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_contamination_with_SV4...) pDNA has recently been found in mRNA vaccines at levels far exceeding 10 ng/dose. How these doses got past the FDA scrutiny and into pharmacies is attributed to a change in manufacturing process to the DNA-byproduct process (away from the more expensive and time-intensive PCR process) happening after the safety data was submitted to the FDA. A review of the data of adverse events following vaccination signals that there may be an association with increased cancer rates. The FDA's response to the new information about pDNA being found is essentially that a)it's not the same pDNA that caused the polio vaccine scandal, and b)they don't have any concern and will not be applying more scrutiny than they already have to the whole ordeal