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The Infodemic: Moderna Vaccine Doesn't Contain Poisonous Chemicals


FILE - Women receive the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease at the Music Auditorium in Rome, Italy, April 14, 2021.
FILE - Women receive the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease at the Music Auditorium in Rome, Italy, April 14, 2021.

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Daily Debunk

Claim: The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has poisonous SM-102 chemical in it.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: USA Today

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media: Claim that a news report shows South Korean President Moon Jae-in demanded the U.S. provide COVID-19 vaccines for North Korea.

Verdict: Misleading

Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

Good news: Mild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection
People who have had mild illness develop antibody-producing cells that can last lifetime.
-- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, May 24

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