False claims about mRNA vaccination via shrimp consumption resurface
False claims alleging that mRNA vaccines are being added to shrimp and pork to alter human DNA have resurfaced on social media. Experts and fact-checkers confirm that these vaccines are not used in shrimp and cannot be absorbed through food consumption.
Online content falsely claiming vaccines can be distributed through the food supply has circulated for years and a new series of posts repeated claims that mRNA vaccines are being given to shrimp to alter human DNA upon consumption. However, these vaccines are unavailable for use in shrimp, and mRNA vaccines, which do not interact with human genes, cannot be absorbed through food consumption.
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