Continuing confusion regarding mRNA

In a now-removed but widely shared Facebook video, a man claims that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is an mRNA vaccine, and can make changes to the recipient’s genetic material. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is not an mRNA vaccine, and claims that such vaccines change genetic material have been repeatedly debunked by fact checking organizations and health authorities.

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