Conclusion of Comprova: Post is misleading when stating that Brazil has just purchased a vaccine against Covid-19 that is banned in numerous countries. The federal government announced the acquisition of 12.5 million doses from the pharmaceutical company Moderna on April 19. According to the Ministry of Health, the batch is part of the most up-to-date immunization agents against the disease, approved by Anvisa and recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The vaccine that the person responsible for the post refers to is the original version (bivalent), which had its target audience changed in some countries due to adverse effects. However, the Moderna vaccine has not been banned.
As the post itself shows, in Sweden, for example, the government suspended the vaccine for people under 30 in October 2021. But what the post does not inform is that the country’s health bodies once again offered the vaccine in October 2021. 2022, with new guidelines for children over six years old.
Another example of a country that would have banned the vaccine, according to the post, was Japan, but this did not happen. In August 2021, the government suspended the use of 1.63 million doses after “reports of contaminants in some vials”. Contrary to what the post suggests, no safety or efficacy issues were identified and the suspension was just a precaution, according to Japanese authorities and Moderna.
As serious adverse reactions, the leaflet for the current version of the vaccine cites cases of myocarditis and pericarditis, conditions that affect the heart. Still, the risk of developing these diseases, according to the pharmaceutical company, is very rare and occurs in less than 0.01% of patients who use the medicine. Most have recovered, but there are fatal cases, according to the laboratory. The most common reactions are swelling, headache, muscle pain, nausea and diarrhea.
The publication also features a video translated from English in which doctor Robert Malone talks about the risks of the Moderna vaccine to North American congressmen. The session was recorded in Washington in 2023 and released by Republican Marjorie Taylor Green, publicly anti-vaccine and whose X profile has already been taken down for sharing misinformation about Covid-19. Malone is also known for spreading false information about vaccines and has been debunked several times.
