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The claim was contained in a video posted initially on TikTok but made its way into WhatsApp, an instant encrypted messaging platform. It had the inscription: “You are now classed as cattle Moo.”
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The video was shared in multiple WhatsApp groups with a caption thus:
Breaking News ! All vaccinated persons are no more humans according to UN… if you took the covid-19 jab, consider yourself a cattle.
In the 134-second footage, woman could be seen reading from a piece of paper in a setting where she seemed to be addressing a congregation.
The audio transcription of the footage goes thus:
“In the United states, the supreme court has ruled that vaccinated people worldwide are products, they are now patented goods, according to U.S law which can be verified. People who have been vaccinated no longer qualify as humans and therefore they can no longer be categorised as human beings. In essence, this means that those vaccinated are no longer subject to national or international laws. Since 2013, all people vaccinated with genetically modified MRNA’s are legally transhuman and legally identified as transhuman. They no longer enjoy any human or rights of a state. This applies worldwide because because GEN-POINT technology patents are under US jurisdiction and law, where they were registered.”
The woman in the footage noted that the law is another form of dividing people from each other while noting that humanity can be retained in whatever way possible. She also stated that whatever they have believed from the mainstream media such as climate change, global warming and carbons were not true.
Our fact-checker also spotted the same video on X. It was posted by @gani_jonathan with the caption thus: “Did You get the covid vaccine? Listen to this.”
It has gone viral on many social media platforms including WhatsApp, TikTok and X, among others.
CLAIM
United States identifies people vaccinated with mRNAs as patented products.
THE FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub shows that the claim is FALSE!
A keyword search on the words ‘Vaccine Transhuman US’ led us to some media reports including from Reuters, USA Today, and AP News, debunking this claim as far back as 2022 due to a misunderstanding of a 2013 ruling about specific genes that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a decision about a patent challenge regarding genetic tests for specific genes that raise the risk of developing ovarian and breast cancer.
This patent had given a company a monopoly on a genetic test that involved isolating natural DNA strands and creating synthetic complementary DNA (cDNA) that mirrored the original isolated strands with slight alterations.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a type of Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) that is necessary for protein production. Once cells finish making a protein, they quickly break down the mRNA. mRNA from vaccines does not enter the nucleus and does not alter an individual’s DNA.
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The court’s ruling did not hold that recipients of an mRNA vaccine are no longer human and are therefore eligible for patent protection.
The US Supreme Court’s decision concluded that while non-naturally occurring nucleic acids, such cDNA, may be eligible for patent protection, separated naturally occurring nucleic acids are not eligible.
THE VERDICT
The claim that the United States identifies people vaccinated with mRNAs as patented products is FALSE; the US Supreme Court ruled that only synthetically created complementary DNA (cDNA) can be patented.
Seasoned fact-checker and researcher Fatimah Quadri has written numerous fact-checks, explainers, and media literacy pieces for The FactCheckHub in an effort to combat information disorder. She can be reached at sunmibola_q on X or [email protected].
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