Some people claim that the vaccine contains magnetic substances. To prove this, videos are circulating on social networks, including Albanian accounts, where people place coins in the place where they claim to have been vaccinated and illustrate that the coin does not fall.
But what is really happening? Doctors strongly oppose this theory. "This is stupid. This is completely fabricated," A. Adalja, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Safety, told Health Amesh.
Covid-19 vaccines do not contain ingredients that can produce an electromagnetic field at the injection site, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, noting that all Covid-19 vaccines do not contain metals such as iron, nickel, cobalt. , lithium, etc.
"Furthermore, the typical dose for a Covid-19 vaccine is less than one milliliter, which is not enough to allow magnets to be drawn to the vaccination site even if the vaccine contained any magnetic metal." - writes CDC.
Why does the magnet stick to some people?
"It is possible for an object to stick to oily or oily skin. "People can balance the spoon in the nose, so it's not surprising that they can balance magnets in their arms," ??Jamie Alan, an associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Michigan State University, told Health.
Dr. Adalja added a little trick:
"If you dip a coin in honey or slime and put it in your arms, it will certainly stick."
The same was confirmed in an interview for "Wake up" by epidemiologist Genc Alimehmeti. He explained that if the coin sticks, it is due to sweat on the body.
"[This is because] It is a physical, classical phenomenon. A small object of relatively light weight with a flat surface, with another flat surface, but already elastic like leather, which also has moisture, fat, other adhesives that it produces itself. "The skin is not the same all day, there are parts where you sweat more." He explained.
Alimehmeti suggested that if the coin sticks to the place where you made the vaccine, smear the area with baby powder (as it eliminates moisture) and you will see that the coin will not stay. "If it had been a magnet, the coin would have continued to climb," he said.
