This Sunday’s emergency alert test is not a “signal to activate the pathogen” in the Covid-19 vaccines, despite a number of posts on social media suggesting it is.
contains a weakened version of adenovirus, which can cause the common cold, but in the case of the vaccine this has been genetically changed so that it can’t cause infections in humans.
There’s no way a signal from a cell tower could “activate” a pathogen or anything that was in the Covid-19, or any other, vaccine. Dr Edwards said: “The exact composition of vaccines is documented on their packaging and rigorously checked by many independent bodies, and none of the ingredients can interact with radio waves.”
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