1.6m Moderna Doses Withdrawn In Japan Over Contamination-Contaminant In Moderna Vaccines Is Metallic, ‘Reacts To Magnets’
According to Nikkei Asia :
About 1.6 million doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine have been taken out of use in Japan because of contamination reported in some vials, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said early Thursday.
Several vaccination centers have reported that vaccine vials contained foreign matter, according to an announcement from the ministry, which added it will seek to minimize the impact of the withdrawal on the country's inoculation program.
The ministry said later in the day that the substance that had been mixed in may have been metal. "It's a substance that reacts to magnets," a ministry official said. "It could be metal."
Some believe the reported magnetism can be explained by graphene oxide, a magnetic nanoparticle studied for its use as a drug delivery platform and other biomedical applications.
There are many available earlier studies that show how graphene oxide was included in vaccines or by other means:
Graphene oxide gives a boost to new intranasal flu vaccine
https://www.graphene-info.com/graphene-oxide-gives-boost-new-intranasal-flu-vaccine
Functionalized graphene oxide serves as a novel vaccine nano-adjuvant for robust stimulation of cellular immunity
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26814441/
Alum-functionalized graphene oxide nanocomplexes for effective anticancer vaccination
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30448435/
Magnetic properties of graphite oxide and reduced graphene oxide
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1386947714002604
Effects of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles on the Immune System Biomarkers Produced by RAW 264.7 and Human Whole Blood Cell Cultures
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29495255/
Graphene oxide touches blood: in vivo interactions of bio-coronated 2D materials
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32254085/
Coating Graphene Oxide with Lipid Bilayers Greatly Decreases Its Hemolytic Properties
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28772075/
It continues in another report :
Black substances were discovered in syringes and a vial, while unidentified pink substances were spotted in a different syringe with a Moderna vaccine dose, according to Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK.
While the issue is still being investigated, Japan’s Health Ministry revealed on Saturday that two people who had received their second Moderna doses from the vaccine lots withdrawn earlier this week had died. The ministry said it was investigating what killed the two victims, both men in their 30s, and that it was currently unknown if the vaccine played a role.
The vials from the pulled batches, which were manufactured by a Moderna contractor in Europe, are currently undergoing laboratory analysis. The results will be available early next week, Moderna and Takeda said in a joint statement released on Saturday.
On Friday, Taro Kono, the minister in charge of Japan’s immunization campaign, disclosed that more than 500,000 vaccinations had already been carried out using the doses from the vaccine lots in question. So far, there doesn’t appear to be any “serious safety issues” identified, Kono said.
Sources :
https://www.rt.com/news/533369-okinawa-moderna-vaccination-suspended-contaminants-japan/