![]() ![]() Regardless of the brand (such as Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson), no COVID-19 vaccine contains radio-frequency identification chips or other types of magnetic devices as part of a nefarious plan to implant people with technology against their will. TikTok eventually removed that clip, and other social media sites such as Instagram and Facebook placed content warnings on similar videos to avoid confusing people about the real effects of the innoculations. Other footage - including a TikTok video supposedly featuring a "Baby Yoda" (aka "Grogu") magnet sticking to a vaccine recipient's arm - circulated widely around the same time. "Magnet appears to stick to embedded chip following shot." "WE'RE CHIPPED AND WE'RE ALL FUCKED!" a Facebook caption read. For example, as of this writing, social media users were circulating a handful of videos allegedly showing magnets sticking to vaccine patients' arms, which some framed as evidence of the "microchip" scheme.įor example, one viral video (a screenshot of which is displayed below) showed a woman in a tank top placing an item about the size of a coin on her upper left bicep to purportedly reveal an under-skin magnetic force. Those efforts often repeated unfounded conspiracy theories that COVID-19 vaccine administrators were secretly inoculating people with miniature devices to actively track their locations or to connect 5G broadband cellular networks. Meanwhile, anti-vaccine groups accelerated their sensational and often factually vulnerable campaigns to try to stop the remaining population from accepting the shots. ![]() ![]() And, please, follow the CDC or WHO for guidance on protecting your community from the disease.īy mid-May 2021, more than one-third of Americans were fully vaccinated to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Become a Founding Member to help us hire more fact-checkers. Submit any questionable rumors and “advice” you encounter. Read the latest fact checks about the vaccines. Find out what we've learned and how to inoculate yourself against COVID-19 misinformation. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can help. ![]()
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