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COVID-19 Vaccines Alter DNA Cause Cancer

Daily Fact-Check: Have COVID-19 Vaccines Been Shown to Alter DNA, Cause Cancer?

Small amounts of DNA from the manufacturing process may remain in the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Purification and quality control steps ensure any leftover DNA is present within regulatory limits. There isnโ€™t reason to think that this residual DNA would alter a personโ€™s DNA or cause cancer, contrary to claims made online.

Posts Misrepresent Militaryโ€™s Response to Maui Wildfires

The White House declared the site of the Maui wildfires a disaster area, and the Department of Defense has provided more than 400 troops, air support and other resources in firefighting and recovery efforts. Yet posts on Instagram misrepresent the federal response and one falsely claimed โ€œthe military is standing down.โ€

Conservative Posts Misrepresent Royalty Payments to Fauci and Collins

Daily Fact-Check: Conservative Posts Misrepresent Royalty Payments to Fauci and Collins

Documents show that Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins received 58 royalty payments from 2010 to 2021 for their research. Only three of the payments came in 2020 or 2021; the rest were made prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. But social media posts falsely claimed all the payments were โ€œfor allowing companies to use their COVID-19 vaccines.โ€

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