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Tweet says: Who is surprised that after millions of people have been injected with genetically modified chimp virus, there is now an outbreak of monkeypox?

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by Journeyman (3.8k points)
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This is not monkeypox. The AstraZeneca vaccine uses a chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine vector. This is a harmless, weakened adenovirus that usually causes the common cold in chimpanzees. It has been genetically changed so that it is impossible for it to grow in humans. Chimpanzee adenoviral vectors are a very well-studied vaccine type, having been used safely in thousands of subjects.

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https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/is-it-true/is-it-true-does-the-vaxzevria-astrazeneca-vaccine-contain-animal-dna#:~:text=The%20AstraZeneca%20vaccine%20uses%20a,it%20to%20grow%20in%20humans.

 

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by Apprentice (2.0k points)
Monkeypox was first noticed in monkeys, but it comes from rodents:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/health/monkeypox-attacks-who.html

Also - chimpanzees are not monkeys anyway. Evolutionarily speaking, they are as far from monkeys as people are.

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by Innovator (51.5k points)
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Good response. It would be even better if you also added evidence and an explanation on how the vaccine does not contain monkeypox. You did a nice job of defining its origins though!

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