Posted on 08/27/2021 10:54:43 AM PDT by Mount Athos
A contaminant found in a batch of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines delivered to Japan is believed to be a metallic particle, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported, citing sources at the health ministry.
Japan on Thursday (Aug 26) suspended the use of 1.63 million doses shipped to 863 vaccination centres nationwide, more than a week after the domestic distributor, Takeda Pharmaceutical, received reports of contaminants in some vials.
NHK, in a report published late on Thursday, cited ministry sources as saying the particle reacted to magnets and was therefore suspected to be a metal. Moderna has described it as "particulate matter" that did not pose a safety or efficacy issue.
A health ministry official said the composition of the contaminant has not been confirmed. Takeda did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Reuters.
News of the contaminant could provide a fresh setback for Japan's inoculation drive as it struggles to persuade many - particularly young people - to get vaccinated.
The ministry has said the suspension of the Moderna batches was a precaution but it prompted several Japanese companies to cancel worker vaccinations and the European drugs regulator to launch an investigation.
Airline ANA Holdings said it had secured more Moderna supplies and would resume inoculations on Saturday after a two-day suspension of the shots.
Moderna put the lot in question and two adjacent ones on hold.
Another health ministry official said it would take "some time" to confirm how many shots from the contaminated batch had been administered in Japan. Kyodo News reported that at least 176,000 shots have been used based on its own tally of figures reported by municipalities.
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What is the relevance of your message here?
No one doubts that scientists can detect whether a few particles are magnetic or not.
I also don’t understand why you mentioned that there is iron in the blood, which is common knowledge.
Iron in your blood is not magnetic. If it was, everyone getting an MRI would die.
Relevance is to the risk of “metal particles” in our blood - nothing to do with magnetism - having sub-micron metal particles in the blood would be managed as our free iron is. Capiche?
Nanoparticle contamination in vaccines has been a growing concern, see this 2017 paper. The scientists who did the research had their lab raided by the Italian government and all their materials seized.
https://medcraveonline.com/IJVV/IJVV-04-00072.pdf
Moderna has described it as “particulate matter” that did not pose a safety or efficacy issue.
how can they say that without knowing what it is???
wait, nevermind...
I remember watching a video, late last year, that warned about this metallic ingredient, in these shots. Hubby just reminded me that I’d told him about this, after I’d watched the vid.
Hmmmm.....If you see a good article, always key up “archive.is” and create that snapshot for history.
These media rascals will throw something at the wall and then hide it by editing the publication or removing it from the web.
No surprise there...
‘Face
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Then Lonza ships it to a “fill and finish” facility to put it in the little vials distributed to pharmacies around the US.
I know someone who works at Lonza. Lonza is a multinational corporation headquartered in Switzerland. The make drugs for all sorts of patent holders including Pfizer, J&J, Merck, Bayer, pretty much everybody.
## cited ministry sources as saying the particle reacted to magnets and was therefore suspected to be a metal.
Very interesting. I wonder if they were testing with magnets due to the youtube vids on the subject.
Wow, what a bargain .... two jabs plus bonus contaminants for one low price.
Ping - magnetic
Was it a contaminent...
Or an adjuvant...?
Inquiring minds want to know.
...contaminant...
contaminant...doubtful that metallic particles would add to its effectiveness.
Magnetic? Ha. fancy that.
Then store it in an appropriate folder on your hard drive. Storage is cheap.
If it is also “archived” others can find it.
Both and.
I recently saw what appeared to be deletion of material from archive.org
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that
archive.is
is different than
archive.org
>>><<<<
They are.
But if it has happened at one, it can happen at another.
If it is important, both archive and local storage.
Both/and >> either/or
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