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  • 2021-12-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Pre-pandemic photos of babies with deformed limbs do not relate to Covid-19 vaccines (en)
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  • Five images have been shared in Korean-language social media posts alongside a claim they show babies born with defects caused by a parasite in a Covid-19 vaccine. The claim is false: the photos predate the Covid-19 pandemic. Health experts told AFP that Covid-19 vaccines do not contain live parasites. The photos were shared here on South Korean blogging platform Naver Blog on November 16, 2021. As soon as you get a vaccine, parasites [in the vaccine] go into your DNA. It's been about a year since the launch of Covid-19, it's time to see babies born from mothers who got vaccinated against Covid-19. They are giving birth to monsters, reads the Korean-language claim in part. Warning Show Screenshot of the misleading Naver Blog post, captured on November 25, 2021. Each photo has been numbered by AFP in yellow. ( AFP) Hide The same images were shared alongside a similar claim on Facebook; and Naver Blog here , here and here . However, the claim is false. The photos predate the pandemic and health experts say Covid-19 vaccines do not contain live parasites. 'Iraqi baby' A reverse image search on Google showed that the first and second images were published here in a report by International Business Times (IBT) on April 18, 2017. The report reads in part: A seven-month-old Iraqi baby boy, who was born with eight limbs, has been successfully operated on by surgeons at the Jaypee Hospital, located in Noida, India. Below is a screenshot comparison of the images shared in the misleading Naver Blog post (L) and the photos published in the IBT report: Warning Show Hide British tabloids The Daily Mail and The Sun also published reports on the same baby in April 2017. 'Pakistani child' The third and fifth images have circulated in reports about a six-legged baby boy born in Pakistan in 2012. A Google reverse image search found the third image published here in a report by Indian news website Firstpost on April 18, 2012. The report reads in part: A baby born in Pakistan's Sindh province has six legs, with a doctor assessing that the removal of the parasitic limbs could be a serious and time-consuming medical exercise. Below is a screenshot comparison of the image shared in the misleading Naver Blog post (L) and the photo published by Firstpost: Warning Show Hide The fifth image was published here in a report by a Pakistani daily The Nation on April 19, 2012, according to another reverse search on Google. The report reads in part: A team of doctors on Thursday successfully operated on the six-legged boy here in Karachi and separated his four legs and other extra parts from the body. Below is a screenshot comparison between the image shared in the misleading Naver Blog post (L) and the photo published by The Nation: Warning Show Hide 'Indian girl' The fourth image was published in a June 16, 2008 report by British tabloid Daily Mail here about an Indian girl who was born with eight limbs. Below is a screenshot comparison between the image shared in the misleading social media posts (L) and the photo published by The Daily Mail: Warning Show Hide Parasite claim Covid-19 vaccines do not contain live parasites, according to health experts. Professor Kim Shin-woo , an epidemiologist at Kyungpook National University, told AFP that Covid-19 vaccines cannot contain any parasites, because [parasites] are not included as ingredients, and because there is a strict system in place during the manufacturing process to prevent contaminations. Jung Jae-hun , a preventive medicine professor at the Gachon University College of Medicine and Science, also stressed that all vaccines are manufactured in a sterile environment, unadulterated by other pathogens or viruses, let alone whole parasites. (en)
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